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The UFC has been around for decades now but it truly saw its growth thanks to UFC President Dana White, who has done a lot to ensure the promotion continues to grow every year.
With that said, fans recently called out the UFC for underpaying fighters despite it reaching record revenue. This has become a recurring issue with the UFC over the years, as the likes of Jake Paul have championed the cause for underpaid UFC fighters.
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The UFC’s Revenue Recently Crossed $1.3 Billion
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Media rights and content continued to be a significant revenue driver, totaling $870.6 million for the year, attributed to broadcast deals such as the UFC’s partnership with ESPN. This marked an increase from $794.4 million in 2022.
There is speculation that the UFC might be seeking a new deal worth double its current contract, potentially reaching $3 billion or more over the contract’s duration. However, the promotion is also grappling with challenges in 2024, particularly the class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by several former fighters. The lawsuit is scheduled to begin on April 15 and seeks damages ranging between $894 million and $1.6 billion.
Fans Are Outraged After The UFC Underpays Fighters Despite Their Massive Success
As noted above, the UFC garnered a revenue of $1.3 billion and this has definitely upset quite a few fans simply because despite such huge earnings, they refuse to pay fighters a proper wage.
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Many fans took toTwitterand commented on a tweet that mentioned how UFC has earned a revenue of $1.3 billion, where they all expressed outrage over the UFC not paying fighters a proper wage and underpaying them.
And now fighter pay increases as well to keep up with inflation. Right?Right?
https://twitter.com/400aybo/status/1762638803834163307
UFC revenue increases but when fighter ask Dana white for pay raise .pic.twitter.com/x8du4ClpCb
and they still refuse to give fighters livable pay 💀
UFC revenue increases to $1.3 billion in 2023.Thats a 13% increase from 2022.pic.twitter.com/TL7nSCiRwk
It is not known whether UFC will end up forking out more money for many of their fighters. Without it, Jake Paul will likely launch another campaign against the promotion. All fans can do is wait and hope for the best.
Subhojeet Mookherjee
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Subhojeet Mookherjee is a Freelance Entertainment Writer for FandomWire. A lover and expert in all things movies, games, TV shows, music and more. I’ve been in the writing business for over five years now, covering various topics all over the world. I love engaging in deep conversations with like-minded people.
