Mitrione: ‘Ridiculous’ Sage/Paige get paid more than me
UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione recently joined that Three Amigos Podcast and discussed his own situation with the UFC and his qualms with the pay scale.
UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione recently joined that Three Amigos Podcast and discussed his own situation with the UFC and his qualms with the pay scale:
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“I don’t necessarily agree that it’s going to have to force a trickle down to everybody else because they — the UFC — don’t care. They’re going to say, ‘Yeah, Conor’s making $100 million, so you’re going to take 10 [thousand] and 10 and you’re going to like it, or your just not going to fight and that’s all there is to it. Like Paige [VanZant] and Sage [Northcutt], they get paid more than I do. I’ve had 13 fights in the UFC — should’ve been 14 with [Stefan] Struve — and Paige and Sage both get paid more than I do. That’s ridiculous.”
