As far as the pay goes, yes, the UFC does not pay exactly what they should be paying their athletes RIGHT NOW. But again, look at the rise of the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL. At the start up, which is basically what the UFC and MMA is right now, a start up sport, salaries were not that huge in those sports. Give it time it will get better for them and bottom line is UFC will be the last man standing in the end. Why burn your bridges (Tito, Randy, Roger) It makes no sense to me. No one fighter is hreater then the sport. PERIOD. In order to get the salaries they want there can not be other promotions, once UFC is on top with no others to compete, then everyone, EVERYONE, will watch the UFC and there salaries will go up. Plus people say that Dana and them pay the fighters they like more, no they dont. They pay the fighters that succeed the most more. Basically the same thing that other sports do. You dont see new comers to Baseball making what A-Rod or Manny make do you. Same thing goes for something closer to the same sport as MMA with boxing, you dont see new comers or losers making what Maywether or DeLahoya make do you. Quit complaining and whining about the UFC like the fighters do. They will always whine because they are the ones trying to negotiate contracts. Dana does pay fighters, ask Tito what he really made in his prime a year with UFC, ask Randy, which as already been shown by the pay stubs. THis is how sports survive. UFC has the perfect model in place to succeed with MMA. Sooner or later, tick tock, tick tock, others will see the light, and come crawling back to the UFC because there is no other place to fight. The best of the best are already in the UFC anyway, except a very few, I dont know why you would want to watch another promotion with a bunch of washed up UFC fighters in the firtst place. THis is not like playing video games you all, they cant just always be good, and that is why when they whined they were let go by the UFC with no hassle from them (Tim Sylvia, Tito, and others).

Plus look at what the UFC is attempting to do with their fighters and promotion. In example, the toys, the clothes, and going global, all of this means money for fighters. SO quit bitching and all MMA fighters that fight for UFC will in the long run be rich…. Plain and Simple End of Story…….. Anthony