Sam Alvey goes to bat for the UFC within the fighter pay debate.
‘Smile’n Sam’ parted methods with the UFC in 2022 after 8 years with the promotion. The now 37-year-old had a string of 8 losses previous to his departure.
It was throughout a current interview for ‘Final Punching!’ that Sam Alvey put his assist behind the UFC relating to fighter pay, truly saying many fighters don’t deserve the amount of cash they get from the UFC:
“Many of the card will get paid far more than they’re value. I’d wish to convey up an instance, my first win within the UFC was over in Australia. They known as me and my nook on the market, they usually flew my opponent and his nook on the market, and we obtained off the aircraft, they gave us a thousand {dollars}, they get off the aircraft, they get a thousand {dollars}. And we did the mathematics, and behind the top of our combat, the UFC in all probability spent 50 to 70 thousand {dollars} on our combat, and didn’t make a penny off us. I imply, no one tuned in to observe ‘Smile’N’ Sam Alvey.”
Persevering with Sam Alvey mentioned (h/t MMANews):
“They paid us, to have us combat, 70 thousand {dollars}. It’s a loopy quantity, and we did nothing to deserve that.”
Whereas Alvey feels that method, many fighters disagree. Francis Ngannou, Jon Jones, Sean Strickland, Paula Costa and others have been publicly important of fighter pay inside the UFC.
As for what Alvey is doing now, he most just lately confronted Cameron Graham (5-13 MMA) in Might of final yr on the B2 Combating Sequence 183, in his heavyweight debut, and received by TKO.
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