According to some unsealed documents in the UFC’s anti-trust lawsuit, the UFC undertook a study on fighter pay in 2013. The former UFC Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta claimed in 2012 that fighters were paid “not far off what the other sports leagues pay as a percentage of revenue,” close to being “in that neighborhood” of 50 percent. Those comments received a backlash, with many suspecting that the…
Documents Revealed: UFC Previously Ordered A Study On Fighter Pay