Former undisputed UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson has revealed he crunched the numbers from his gold laden tenure with the Dana White-led promotion, claiming he was “f*cking gutted” to find how underpaid he was throughout his time with the group.
Johnson, a former undisputed flyweight champion and pound-for-pound primary fighter on the promotion’s books, departed the Octagon in a high-profile trad with ONE Championship, with Ben Askren transferring the opposite approach to the North American-based promotion again in 2018.
And calling time on his illustrious mixed martial arts career earlier this year, Kentucky native, Johnson — who’s thought to be one of many best fight fighters of all-time, referred to as time on his profession following a trilogy unanimous resolution win over Brazilian star, Adriano Moraes to defend the ONE Championship crown again in Might of final 12 months.
Demetrious Johnson admits he was “f*cking gutted” by UFC profession earnings
Nonetheless holding the file for many consecutive title struggle victories and defenses below the banner of the UFC with a staggering 11 straight championship defenses, Johnson lately opened up on how underpaid he feels off the again of his tenure within the Octagon — claiming he was “gutted” to study the figures are breaking down his fights.
“ONE Championship is the very best factor that’s ever occurred to me,” Demetrious Johnson advised MMA Fighting. “The explanation why I say that’s on a number of fronts. Clearly the [UFC antitrust] lawsuit simply went preliminary [approval] and I bear in mind any individual mentioned you’re taking 23 per cent of no matter you made within the firm and that’s what it could be [that you earned].”
“That time-frame from 2011 all the best way to 2017, I had 17 fights,” Demetrious Johnson defined. “I believe 12 of them have been world championship fights and 5 of them weren’t. So I did all the mathematics, I did all that stuff and I used to be like what the f*ck? That’s all I made? I used to be in mattress final evening simply doing the mathematics. I used to be like godd*mn, I’m f*cking gutted. I used to be simply gutted.”
“For being the most effective fighters on the planet, at one cut-off date the very best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. I used to be like f*ck, godd*mn. “If I’d have accomplished NBA, f*cking baseball, it could have been f*cking pennies on the greenback what I made within the UFC.”
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