Everyone obviously wants to fight McGregor because of the pay day he'll bring.
I enjoyed Conor's comments regarding his 5 year plan. Defend the belt once, move up to 155 and try and win that.
Don't like that he turned his back on Dethrone. 'Stay Ready' was good and much better than being with Reebok. I understand he wants to make his money and run while he can but still...
pretty sure that the ufc (ie// dana, larenzo and frank) would have forced/influenced his decision. he would make more money than 99% of ufc fighters, so he wouldnt care...
this whole clothing deal is why there needs to be a union.... the fact that the low grade fighters, the fighters that really struggle to get sponsers will do better, and, fighters that are in the upper echelon will do much better , but fighters in the middle will be screwed is absolute bullshit.
u only have to look at nate diaz' pay check from his recent fight to understand the discrepency that is in place. u have a fighter that, while he doesnt premote fights along the same lines as conor, he is a "needle pusher", as dana would say. how he can take home less than 20 grand before taxes and camp costs is remarkable.. i think mma is a very selfish sport, which works against all fighters because they would be a hell of alot better off if they banded together,
its a joke.. there is a hell of alot money to be made in mma but it seems only zuffa is making bank.
i cant see zuffa owning the ufc in 5 years, due to the way they run there buisness. The ufc will be much like the nba and nfl, in terms of employee rights in the near future.
id recommend anyone to read luke thomas' piece on it on mmafighting.com
while he doesnt take issue with the union per se, he points out the difference between an employee (which ufc fighters should be), and independent contractors (which ufc fighters are)