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If you woke up tomorrow a UFC champion, what is the first thing you will do???

With the news of the WNBA successfully negotiating a new deal, it’s worth putting their numbers next to the UFC. A few things immediately stand out… The WNBA, a league that was losing money as recently as 2024, just secured a 354% minimum salary increase overnight. From $66,079 ➝ $300,000+ In one deal. Meanwhile, the UFC, a $12 Billion organization that generated about $1.5 Billion in revenue in 2025 with roughly 57% margins, still pays its lowest tier fighters $12,000 per fight. That number hasn’t meaningfully changed in over a decade. A 2021 pay analysis found 19% of UFC fighters earned less than about $25,000 annually. Here’s where it gets even sharper: ⛹🏼‍♀️Basketball WNBA players now capture about 20% of league revenue 👊🏼 UFC fighters sit at 15 to 18%, despite massive revenue growth ⛹🏼‍♀️WNBA minimum: $300,000 per season 👊🏼 UFC minimum: $12,000 per fight, before fight expenses ⛹🏼‍♀️ WNBA players own their NIL. Caitlin Clark’s Nike deal is hers. 👊🏼 UFC controls NIL in perpetuity. Fighters get flat fees. Not allowed their own sponsors when fighting. The difference isn’t revenue. It isn’t popularity. It’s structure. The WNBA has a union. The WNBPA held the line for 17 months, threatened a strike, and won. UFC fighters, classified as independent contractors, have no union no collective bargaining no real leverage A league a fraction of the size just delivered 25x higher minimum pay. That’s not a coincidence. Will we ever see the fighters form a union? 🤔 📊 Full breakdown in the graphics above Source: WNBA/WNBPA CBA March 2026 · TKO Group Holdings 2025 Earnings

WNBA players avoided signing contracts past the 2025 season so they could take advantage of the higher salaries allowed in the new CBA. Which means that other than those on rookie-scale contracts, only two players are on contracts The rest of the league will be free agents.

Colby Covington just EXPOSED UFC for FORCING fighters to take BAD fights and FREEZING them if they dont comply.... Says Hunter Campbell gives NO CHOICE to the fighter to pick their fights😳 "You don't get a choice.. They will freeze you out if you dont take their fights."

Colby Covington just EXPOSED UFC for FORCING fighters to take BAD fights and FREEZING them if they dont comply.... Says Hunter Campbell gives NO CHOICE to the fighter to pick their fights😳 "You don't get a choice.. They will freeze you out if you dont take their fights."

Colby Covington just EXPOSED UFC for FORCING fighters to take BAD fights and FREEZING them if they dont comply.... Says Hunter Campbell gives NO CHOICE to the fighter to pick their fights😳 "You don't get a choice.. They will freeze you out if you dont take their fights."

Apparently MMA agent Ali Abdelaziz is part of the UFC contingent training FBI agents. This is mostly notable because Abdelaziz was once an NYPD/FBI informant, but the FBI believed him to be a liar and tried to have him deported. Now he's training FBI agents!