Joe Rogan Reacts To Ronda Rousey's Rant On UFC Fighter Pay
© Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ImagJoe Rogan appears to agree with Ronda Rousey’s rant on UFC fighter pay.
Last week, Rousey blasted the UFC for making over $7 billion, and having some of their fighters still in poverty.
“It used to be that UFC was the best place you could come in combat sports to make a living and be paid fairly,” Rousey told reporters. “It’s now one of the worst places to go. It’s why so many of their top athletes are leaving to go and find pay elsewhere. It’s why their champions, like Valentina (Shevchenko), are selling pictures of their titties on OnlyFans. A lot of them at the ground level can’t even support their families. They’re living poverty level fighting full time.”
“This company just got $7.7 billion. There’s no reason that they can’t afford to pay their athletes at least a living wage and not even that, to at least be able to match what these athletes are making in other sports.”
While some UFC fighters like Sean O’Malley have criticized Rousey for her take, Rogan appears to agree with the former women’s UFC champ.
In the latest episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan reacted to Rousey’s comments on UFC fighter pay.
“She had this big, long speech about the UFC (partnering with Paramount) for $7 billion, and these fighters aren’t making enough money – look, she made some good points,” Rogan said. “The most important thing is she gets the conversation out there, and it puts pressure on the UFC to pay people more. If Netflix can become successful at MMA, if they can become successful at putting cards together and pulling fighters away – like, right now they’re doing a one-off. It’s crazy money, but if anybody’s got that kind of money, it’s Netflix. They throw around a lot of ridiculous money. They make so much money. So they can kind of do that.”
“The question is, are they going to do that more than once? If they do that more than once, then what happens is it’s all about the name of the fighters just like in boxing. Nobody cares if it’s Golden Boy, Bob Arum (promoting events). Nobody cares about that. What they care about is who’s fighting who?”
