Family Quote by Jared Cannonier

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

Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players. Because…

— Tito Ortiz

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

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

— Jared Cannonier

When it's time, when the UFC or Bellator really want the athlete, they will pay.

— Marlon Moraes

The athlete is not treated like he deserves. We deserve better. I'm not speaking only about the UFC, but about the media as well.…

— Jose Aldo

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

The UFC isn't this whole glamor everybody thinks. They don't pay you right.

— Wanderlei Silva

The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what…

— Tito Ortiz

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

That's what it's all about in MMA, we're not the highest paid athletes in the world, so when you can get the big money…

— Jimi Manuwa