Fighter Quote by Wanderlei Silva

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

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to do something…

— Forrest Griffin

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

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

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

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got…

— Dana White

The only thing I said was that I feel us being a major organization on ESPN, UFC athletes should definitely get paid the same…

— Jared Cannonier

With the UFC it's like, you make okay money, and only if you're the champion do you make good money. So they're keeping the…

— Gegard Mousasi

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

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

MMA has a lot of those things that you're not allowed to talk about; like, they're completely off-limits. So you have to make a…

— Roy Nelson