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 shifting the opposite approach to the North American-based promotion again in 2018.
And calling time on his illustrious blended martial arts profession earlier this 12 months, Kentucky native, Johnson — who’s considered one of many biggest fight fighters of all-time, referred to as time on his profession following a trilogy unanimous choice 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 report for many consecutive title struggle victories and defenses underneath the banner of the UFC with a staggering 11 straight championship defenses, Johnson not too long ago 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 most effective factor that’s ever occurred to me,” Demetrious Johnson advised MMA Preventing. “The rationale why I say that’s on a number of fronts. Clearly the [UFC antitrust] lawsuit simply went preliminary [approval] and I bear in mind someone stated you’re taking 23 per cent of no matter you made within the firm and that’s what it might be [that you earned].”
“That time-frame from 2011 all the best way to 2017, I had 17 fights,” Demetrious Johnson defined. “I feel 12 of them had been world championship fights and 5 of them weren’t. So I did all the maths, 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 maths. I used to be like godd*mn, I’m f*cking gutted. I used to be simply gutted.”
“For being among the finest fighters on the earth, at one cut-off date the most effective pound-for-pound fighter on the earth. I used to be like f*ck, godd*mn. “If I’d have accomplished NBA, f*cking baseball, it might have been f*cking pennies on the greenback what I made within the UFC.”
