{"id":392972,"date":"2022-06-19T03:57:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=392972"},"modified":"2022-06-19T03:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T03:57:34","slug":"stop-talking-about-money-unless-youre-the-main-event-chael-sonnen-gives-a-brutal-reality-check-to-ufc-fighters-not-named-conor-mcgregor-or-brock-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stop-talking-about-money-unless-youre-the-main-event-chael-sonnen-gives-a-brutal-reality-check-to-ufc-fighters-not-named-conor-mcgregor-or-brock-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cStop Talking About Money Unless You\u2019re the Main Event\u201d- Chael Sonnen Gives a Brutal Reality Check to UFC Fighters Not Named Conor McGregor or Brock Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UFC is the market leader in MMA. The promotion that was started close to three decades back was the first MMA promotion to get on TV and build a brand around a sport that was extremely obscure at the time. Things picked up pace once Dana White and the Fertitta brothers acquired the company. Since then, the company has seen a trajectory like no other and is one of the biggest sports franchises in the world today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, an issue that has plagued the company since its first few events still persists to this day. The issue of fighter pay is something that has been discussed time and time again with <a href=\"https:\/\/ufc.com\/\">UFC<\/a> fighters publicly bashing White and his team for not paying them enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:-<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/all-them-pills-up-your-bum-and-you-still-couldnt-even-beat-king-cruz-aljamain-sterling-launches-a-expletive-filled-attack-on-rumored-next-opponent-tj-dillashaw\/\">\u201cAll Them Pills up Your Bum and You Still Couldn\u2019t Even Beat King Cruz\u201d- Aljamain Sterling Launches an Expletive Filled Attack on Rumored Next Opponent TJ Dillashaw<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chael Sonnen shares his thoughts on fighter pay in the UFC\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent video on his YouTube channel, former title challenger turned pundit, Chael Sonnen shared his thoughts on fighters asking for more money for their fights. He said, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have other guys who have the same participation who aren\u2019t yet main event. And they wanna talk about where\u2019s the money. You want to have a real fair real or real open business it\u2019s gotta go both ways. Gotta go both ways. Which means the promoter should be able to come back to you and say, \u2018 Look at what everything I\u2019ve done for you.\u201d<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONiWYACvjEE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonnen continued, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLook at all the events plus all the market plus all the money I\u2019ve put in for you. I\u2019ve done the same thing for George Saint Pierre And look at what he brought in for me. I did half of this for Brock Lesnar and look at what he brought in for me. I need a quarter of this for Conor McGregor and look at what he brought in for me. This is what I\u2019ve done for you and you\u2019re still not my main event. I need to reassess this contract I need you to give me some of the money back\u2026 Please stop talking about money unless you\u2019re the main event.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most recent example of the same was bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling stating that he did not sign the contract to fight TJ Dillashaw as it was not a significant bump in pay for the assignment he was about to take on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC is the market leader in MMA. The promotion that was started close to three decades back was the first MMA promotion to get on TV and build a brand around a sport that was extremely obscure at the time. Things picked up pace once Dana White and the Fertitta brothers acquired the company. 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