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MjFrancis

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Jacob Volkmann, who was recently cut after going 6-2, said he’s very bitter about his release. Volkmann was always getting into trouble on his interviews and that probably played a part on his getting cut when the option was available, considering he wasn’t any kind of a star. Volkmann said, “They always claim that they treat the fighters so well. Yeah, they treat the top 5% of the fighters well, the ones that are on the main card all the time. They don’t treat the rest of them very well. The healthcare plan is horrible, with a $1,500 deductible per injury. The catastrophic injury insurance is not even really good insurance. There’s no retirement fund. There’s no signing bonus. You start off at six-and-six ($6,000 guaranteed and a $6,000 win bonus). You’re really not making too much money because you’re self- employed, so you’re paying the self-employment tax and you’re paying the regular tax and income tax. So you’re paying twice as much in tax. They claim they’re treating the fighters well, but they’re not.”
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I imagine a typical jobber rolls in the UFC and goes 1-2. So that's $24,000/year BEFORE taxes and BEFORE any sort of medical deductions. Sure, it's three days of work, but if they have any sort of self-respect they're treating their training as a full-time job.

I really hope these guys don't depend on this income because they could make more per year doing janitorial work or landscaping than fighting on the prelims. I hear it's safer, too.
 
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alr1ght

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dream said:

Jacob Volkmann, who was recently cut after going 6-2, said he’s very bitter about his release. Volkmann was always getting into trouble on his interviews and that probably played a part on his getting cut when the option was available, considering he wasn’t any kind of a star. Volkmann said, “They always claim that they treat the fighters so well. Yeah, they treat the top 5% of the fighters well, the ones that are on the main card all the time. They don’t treat the rest of them very well. The healthcare plan is horrible, with a $1,500 deductible per injury. The catastrophic injury insurance is not even really good insurance. There’s no retirement fund. There’s no signing bonus. You start off at six-and-six ($6,000 guaranteed and a $6,000 win bonus). You’re really not making too much money because you’re self- employed, so you’re paying the self-employment tax and you’re paying the regular tax and income tax. So you’re paying twice as much in tax. They claim they’re treating the fighters well, but they’re not.”
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Coming from him, this is rich!
 
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polyh3dron

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How you like dat free market, Christmas?

Yeah and if you're an undercarder making 6 and 6 per fight and you don't have any other job, you're not too smart unless you think you'll go up in the ranks really quickly.
 
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Jest Chillin

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MjFrancis said:
I imagine a typical jobber rolls in the UFC and goes 1-2. So that's $24,000/year BEFORE taxes and BEFORE any sort of medical deductions. Sure, it's three days of work, but if they have any sort of self-respect they're treating their training as a full-time job.

I really hope these guys don't depend on this income because they could make more per year doing janitorial work or landscaping than fighting on the prelims. I hear it's safer, too.
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I imagine just being in the UFC nets them a ton of sponsors who then give them free stuff + cash. And from what I've heard the sponsors pay monthly, not based on appearances so they do make a regular salary. I can't imagine even a guy like Volkmann making any less than 30k a year when all is said and done, just to train and fight.

He feels they're paid low compared to the guys pulling in 6 digit income for a single fight. That's all. I feel no worse for him than I do for guys who ride the pine in other sports collecting paycheck larger than the average income of an American who then go on strike because they feel they're not being paid well enough. Suck it up and deal or move the hell on.
 
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Heel

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M-1 Challenge 39: Ibragim Ibragimov headbutts Dennis Smoldarev after losing by TKO

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TUF: Russia please.
 
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Fifty

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What is God's Child, Jon Jones doing in Russia? I hope he's not getting into shady business with the Russian Mafia. This can't end well. Hopefully it's just for the opening of the Nike Store in Moscow or some shit like that. Keep him safe, Malki, keep him safe!
 
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Gr1mLock

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RBelong2Us said:
Can someone explain to me how Pat Healy's win becomes a no contest but Overroid's win over Brock is still a W?
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Really dude? We got a man who is made out of oatmeal who's the number one middleweight and a man who was on TRT who talked his way into a LHW superfight. Is there any illusion left?
 
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Heel

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RBelong2Us said:
Can someone explain to me how Pat Healy's win becomes a no contest but Overroid's win over Brock is still a W?
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Reem wasn't popped in his post-fight drug test at UFC 141 vs. Brock. That came back clean. It was a random pre-fight drug test after a press conference for UFC 146 vs. JDS.
 
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A More Normal Bird

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RBelong2Us said:
Can someone explain to me how Pat Healy's win becomes a no contest but Overroid's win over Brock is still a W?
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Cos the test he failed was months after the fight. EDIT: Beaten like Brock's colon.
 
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RBelong2Us

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Wasn't Reem given a conditional fighter liscence to fight Lesnar and needed to pass numerous random tests after the fight?

I get it if it was an ordinary circumstance but dude wasn't on any ordinary circumstances.
 
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Lambda Pie

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creating a folder with future EA MMA entrance songs (hopefull they'll allow MP3s).

Lambda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID6-lHwzwuU
Can - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7jSesdxl0
FACE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U87FnYudLsE
Vio-Lence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVnmXkTd_w
Muddream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGKsXPBILw
jerry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2NkGHkqDZk
Gr1m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82orAnzFuE8
ShaneB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXp1-bUNpE
chits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DnufBRdbUk
Keen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5dPYHi17k
Cheesy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6v6fN_jRpU
poly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M
Chamber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdWB_u_FqmU
A More Normal Bird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQl1JbuYrLk
Heel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKksLSycLcI
Host - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0
Ninja Scooter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnDYattQH3Y
 
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Ninja Scooter

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Lambda Piscium said:
creating a folder with future EA MMA entrance songs (hopefull they'll allow MP3s).

Lambda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID6-lHwzwuU
Can - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7jSesdxl0
FACE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U87FnYudLsE
Vio-Lence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVnmXkTd_w
Muddream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzGKsXPBILw
jerry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2NkGHkqDZk
Gr1m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82orAnzFuE8
ShaneB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGXp1-bUNpE
chits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DnufBRdbUk
Keen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5dPYHi17k
Cheesy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6v6fN_jRpU
poly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M
Chamber - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdWB_u_FqmU
A More Normal Bird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQl1JbuYrLk
Heel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozn0YXAeE
Host - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0
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Mine will be Easy Lover by Phil Collins.
 
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