Champion Quote by Michael Chiesa

I'm not in the UFC to be mediocre.

— Ryan Bader

Financially, I've done very well doing what I do. I've got plenty of money in the bank. I've got gigs with FOX doing analyst…

— Michael Bisping

People think that you're in the UFC and you make a lot of money, but you really don't.

— Sean Strickland

Even though the UFC is millionaire, trillionaire, we have to live our reality. Unfortunately, the UFC makes all that, we don't. But I'm happy…

— Jessica Andrade

I'm not complaining. I've made a very good living from boxing, better than any living I possibly could have done. Having said that, you…

— Paulie Malignaggi

I want to make the UFC money.

— Chael Sonnen

My goal is to become the best fighter in the world, and I did that and at a time when there was no money…

— Frank Shamrock

We're not making millions and millions of dollars doing this, so for me it's more of a goal for me to say that I'm…

— Chad Mendes

In my situation, when I quit my job, I was able to get paid from the UFC to sustain myself.

— Jared Cannonier

It is my job to sell these fighters. I'm now a business partner of the UFC. What I do directly affects my paycheck. I…

— Daniel Cormier

If you want to prove your worth and prove you're one of the best in the world, you need to be fighting in the…

— Brendan Schaub

I make, like, three or four times more when I don't fight than when I do fight. And, I'm one of the higher-paid guys…

— Tim Kennedy