“Are they though?” questioned McCann. “The undisputed champions and the champions 100 per cent are, but are they? The media likes to say this a lot, but what Dana said is, ‘I’ve got 2,000 athletes that I have to pay and they all have to fight three times a year contractually.’ And how much do you pay one of your pros who’s doing four rounds? And how much is my pro who’s fighting three rounds? We only fight three rounds, so how much are they getting? And when you look it up, is it that different? And when you see some of the perks, we [UFC fighters] have nutritionists, strength and conditioning plans, strength and conditioning coaches, a performance institute that you can come and train at for free, free physio, free food on fight week, all your weight cuts taken care of, all your hydration, all your meals are done, your travel sorted. It’s like that, do you know what I mean? And you haven’t got to pay them to go and put a bid in for a fight, or I haven’t got to give that promoter this much to fight for that. It’s a lot into it. It’s all the ugly sides of the sport that I don’t like, but I’m just in it to just try and win a fight and just get a belt, that’s it, to be honest.”
