Cerrone: I spent $20,000 on UFC 182 fight camp
Donald Cerrone: “This was a little more expensive just because I have the new facility and decided to bring a lot more guys in.”
Some athletic commission reveal salary information for combat sports, so the salaries for some athletes are known publicly. However what is not known is the expenses an athlete occurs during a fight camp. These can include coaches, special food, gym expenses, traveling expenses, paid sparring partners, and more. For UFC lightweight Donald Cerrone, he estimates spending $20,000 in his latest fight camp:
“I spent quite a bit of money bringing people in and getting ready for this fight,” Cerrone said on Wednesday.
Cerrone invested quite a bit of funds to get ready for Jury, but it’s just what he has to do to give himself the best chance to win at UFC 182.
“It cost me $20,000,” Cerrone said about his recent training camp. “That’s not like coaches, that’s strictly bringing guys in, flights, like bringing guys in from the east coast is $1000 round trip, feeding them, paying them so yeah right around $20,000. This was a little more expensive just because I have the new facility and decided to bring a lot more guys in.”