Sean Strickland a ‘hypocrite’ for criticizing UFC pay

Colby Covington got here to the UFC’s protection when Sean Strickland criticized fighter pay.

Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) advocated for higher pay within the UFC, and the beginning $10,000 present and $10,000 win purses “legal.”

UFC fighter pay has been a sizzling matter for years, however Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) thinks former champion Strickland isn’t ready to make such remarks after the corporate financially put him in a a lot better place.

“My ideas are, Sean modified his life, so he’s type of hypocritical to be saying this,” Covington mentioned on SOSCAST w/ Adam Sosnick. “Now he lives in a very nice mansion-style kind home, you realize, has nice automobiles, and has cash within the financial institution. So who’s he to say this?

“He’s actually being a hypocrite too, like, he’s speaking in regards to the guys that simply began in UFC. He’s speaking in regards to the $10,000/$10,000 pay? Yeah, that’s while you get your first struggle in UFC. Let’s discuss what he’s making now. He’s making a assured $500,000 to 1.5 million in that vary per struggle.”

Covington, a former interim champion and multiple-time title challenger, argued that the UFC ought to solely reward fighters if they assist them do good enterprise in return.

“As a primary time fighter within the UFC, you haven’t made the UFC any enterprise, you haven’t completed something for the corporate,” Covington mentioned. “So, why do you suppose you should get handouts and receives a commission? When you go 0-2 in your first contract, you don’t win any fights, how do you have to ever should receives a commission or get healthcare?

“You probably did nothing for the corporate. You added no worth, and also you made the corporate no cash. So, Sean’s within the unsuitable right here once more. I don’t know why he’s so mad in regards to the UFC, they made him one million or two.”