There are a lot of reasons why Dana White loves the way the UFC stacks up against every other major sport across the globe, but heâs particularly happy when it comes to equality among the athletes.
While thereâs been endless debates about pay for men versus women across sports, particularly in the wake of the explosion in popularity for Caitlin Clark, who earned just over $76,000 for her rookie season in the WNBA, White is happy that these are problems the UFC solved long ago. While there was a time where White famously declared women would never fight in the UFC, heâs long since changed his mind as the promotion now touts three female-led divisions and a trio of champions representing various countries from around the globe.
The womenâs revolution in the UFC all started with Ronda Rousey, who White still praises to this day and uses as the perfect example about how women can draw just as much if not more money than their male counterparts.
âThe women make just as much money as the men do,â White said when speaking to the Straight Talk podcast. âWhen you look at the UFC, itâs very real and very fair.
âThe WNBA in the United States right now, tennis, golf, all these other things, when Ronda Rousey was here, Ronda Rousey made more money than everybody until Conor McGregor hit the scene. She was the highest paid athlete in the company because she brought in the most money.â
Rouseyâs star power was undeniable, but the womenâs divisions have continued to flourish long after she retired from the sport.
Saturdayâs UFC 312 event from Australia features a co-main event in the womenâs strawweight division as champion Zhang Weili takes on Tatiana Suarez.
In addition to his statements regarding equality in the UFC, White also touted that he always allows the athletes to be themselves inside and outside the octagon â no matter what anybody says.
That attitude led to White verbally lambasting Bryce Mitchell just days ago after the UFC featherweight produced a podcast where he called Adolf Hitler a âgood guyâ and denied the Holocaust. As much as White hates what Mitchell said, he continues to champion allowing his athletes the right to say it.
âWe donât tell anybody what to say, what not to say, what to do,â White said. âThey all have their own personalities. Whoever you are, thatâs what Iâm selling. Wherever you come from, thatâs what Iâm selling.â
Fighters all have different personalities, but itâs undeniable that vast majority of the biggest stars ever produced by the UFC have all shared some sort of magnetism with fans outside of what they do in the cage.
Thatâs how superstars like McGregor and Rousey became household names, but White promises that as much as he loves when a new superstar comes along in the UFC, he never centers his focus on any kind of promotional bluster to earn headlines.
Instead, White insists it always comes down to signing and promoting the best fighters in the world and the rest eventually works itself out.
âSkills,â White said about what matters most to him about UFC fighters. âYou can be a deaf mute. If youâre a bad ass, thatâs what Iâm interested in. Iâm interested in how good are you at fighting.
âIf you have a personality like Conor and Ronda and all these others, itâs a home-run. It doesnât suck.â
Why?
The men are being discriminated against and the women are being massively overpaid.
Who earns more in the modelling industry men or women?
Funny how there is no campaign for men to be unfairly paid the same as women there right?
There is a reason Dana got away with publicly slapping his wife when most other straight white men would have lost everything they had as a result.
J3
Make a full card with women fights, see how many PPVâs that sellsâŚ
And he uses someone that hasnât fought in 10 years as an example.
Contracts today have a large social media âinfluenceâ when it comes to negotiating
The woman have an unfair leverage in regards to this
SN Checks OuT
It just means the men are getting low-balled BAD.