Belt Quote by Dan Hooker

I do get paid well as an MMA fighter, but this isn't boxing and I feel like we should get paid like this is…

— Nick Diaz

I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million.…

— Demetrious Johnson

We know that money's being made in the sport of MMA. It's just not finding its way to the fighters.

— Dan Hardy

I want the MMA fighter to make as much money as the NBA and NFL players. We are as professional as they are, we…

— Wanderlei Silva

You get a lot of people in this sport, they win a fight and they get a little bit of money, we're talking a…

— Sean Strickland

As fighters, we pretty much only get paid when we fight, and it's on us to get sponsors to help in the in-between with…

— Brad Tavares

Even when you're on top in the UFC, you only get paid a couple times a year.

— Matt Riddle

I'm not here to say the UFC isn't paying me. Because I'm getting paid pretty good from the UFC.

— Jared Cannonier

I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.

— Fedor Emelianenko

Logically money is important in a boxer's career. That is why one fights.

— Julio Cesar Chavez Sr

When I started fighting MMA, I saw I could make some money with it.

— Jessica Andrade

Speaking on all of it in general, I think we, as MMA fighters, should be getting paid just as well as the NBA players,…

— Anthony Johnson