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Originally Posted by v3xi  Potential? Woulda coulda shoulda MAYBE? Who knows. I wonder what its like not knowing if the broken arm or shattered orbital bone etc you may face will even cover your expenses. Your saying the fighters that risk their health but are not exciting deserve less than table scraps? |
They have health insurance for that stuff now.
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Originally Posted by v3xi UFC won't let in any random idiot and yes I do think that the lowest tier fighters should be making at least $20k a fight. What are the minimum salaries for a 3rd string place kicker in the NFL? Like 500k a year for almost no risk?
MMA is a brutal sport, no fighter that fights under the UFC label should be just scraping by. |
The undercard fighters are no different then the guys who have to earn their way into any other pro league. They start out at the bottom of the pay scale and there are hard ships. That third string kicker can blow out his knee an be done with football forever just as easily as a fighter being hurt. They all run the risk of hurting themselves and potentially never making big money. They do it because that is what they want to do and they don't have a problem earning their way up.
Also define scrapping by because we all know they make more then 5k for a UFC fight by the time it's all said and done.