Over the last few months, the fighter pay within the UFC has been a hot topic and now, MMA legend Mark Hunt is the latest former fighter to come out and criticise the UFC for their fighter pay — this and much more on ꧅Thursday's social media roundup.
Mark Hunt comments on Francis Ngannou's pay at UFC 270
It is no secret that over the last few years, Mark Hunt has been firmly against the UFC for multiple different reasons. Some of those being over fighter pay and also because hღe has been in a lawsuit with the UFC over his fight against Brock Leanne at UFC 200.
After Francis Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in one of the most impressive performances of hi🐈s career, it was revealed that Ngannou was only paid $600,000.
This amount, compared to the amounts which certain other champions within the UFC and what top heavyweight boxers earn is minuscule and is way off what Ngannou should actuall🌱y be earning.
In a recent interview, the former interim🌟 UFC heavyweight title 🦩challenger revealed that he got paid $900,000 for a fight where he had no title and a title wasn't on the line.
🍷See below to see what Hunt had to say on the issue.
Mark Hunt had a few words about fight pay.--
— MMA On Point (@OnPointMMA)
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Hunt's comments are very ac❀curate and to be the heavyweight champion of the UFC and to be only getting paid $600,000 isn't rightಞ at all, especially with the value Ngannou brings to the UFC.
Do you agree with Hunt's comm🌠ents? And if so what do you think Ngannou is worth to the UFC?
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano square off in New York
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano faced off for the first time this week whilst doing some pro♍motional work for their upcoming fight at Madison Square Gard♛en.
Taylor and Serrano 🔯will square off in what will be the biggest fight in women's box🎃ing history.
— fight pics that go hard (@fightpicsgohard)
Big UFC women's bantamweight fight made official
A big women's bantamweight boꦉut has been made official for a UFC Fight Night main ev𝔉ent in May.
Former champion Holওly Holm will face Ketlen Vi꧅eira.
Former UFC champ Holly Holm returns in a May main event with Ketlen Vieira.
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie)
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Derrick Lewis is not a fan of shoeys
Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasꦬa will fight ea𒉰ch other very soon at UFC 271.
Lewis h𒅌as already hilariously ruled himself out of getting involved in any shoeys with Tuivasa.
Don't expect The Black ওBeast to take🌌 a shoey at --
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma)
On this day in 2007...
On this day in 2007, UFC legend Rampage Jackson avenꦰged the first loss of his career when he knocked out Marvin Eastman in their rematch.
Feb3.2007
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday)
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson avenges the first loss of his career,
when he finishes Marvin Eastman by knockout in 👍their ൲rematch
Conor McGregor high as a kite
Check out this video which Conorജ McGregor recently posted to social media.
Conor McGregor devient fou ?--
— La Sueur (@LaSueur_off)
Full UFC London lineup
Tickets for UFC London go on sale tomorrow.
Check out the up to date listꦺ of bouts which will be taking place on the card.
Your line-up is looking --
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope)
--️ We're on general sale at 10am GMT tomorrow morning!
*Bout order is not set
Henry Cejudo shares a snap of him with Jiri Prochazka
In prepa🍨ration for his upcoming UFC light heavyweight title fight against Glover Teixeira, Jiri Prochazka is n✤ow training in Arizona under Eric Albarracin.
Proᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚchazka ๊will now be training alongside fighters such as Cejudo, Deiveson Figueiredo and Jon Jones.
No country, no man is safe from the wrat༒h of Tripl𒁏e C! ----
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo)
Paulo Costa says he wants to end Marvin Vettori's life
Paulo Costa has revealed that he is not interested 🎀in returning to fighting unless he faces Marvin Vettori in a rematch.
Costa expressed his de♍sire to rematch Vettori in a recent interview and made some bold claims in the inter🍬view too.
Paulo Costa *really* wants to rematch --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting)
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