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Matt Mitrione Openly Talks About UFC Fighter Pay


Matt Mitrione was one of the guest of this week radio show "The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani ", and during the interview most people latched on to the ' I'll beat Jon Jones Ass " comment because everything Jon Jones sells.

However, most people miss what I consider the most important part of the interview.

Ariel and Mitrione began talking about his pay in the UFC.

Now we all know Matt has a TUF contract, and he started out his contract at 8k / 8k which made Ariel wonder how the hell is he supporting himself since he hasn't fought in over a year.

According to Matt himself, he made an incredible $180k during 2010 in just 2 fights which included a fight of the night bonus, and $120k for 2011 in just 3 fights which one of those fights was a defeat to Cheick Kongo.

They begin talking about fighter pay at 16:30

Is it safe to say that UFC fighters are paid well even the bottom feeders? and is none issue at this point? or Matt covering up for Uncle Dana?

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