Brendan Loughnane said MMA fighters are not getting paid well, and their earnings are still a matter of debate.
The Manchester homegrown is not a fan of how MMA fighters earn less money and are underpaid and overworked athletes. Brendan, the rising PFL star, said in April last year that fighters are consistently paid less than how much they work.
The amount of work to compensation ratio is not even. And this is the second time an MMA fighter has complained about the pay scale in the industry. Recently, renowned fighters have said that they are broke while fighting for UFC, the leading entity in the world, which is valued at $6 billion.
He even likened the payouts to those made in other sports, such as football, baseball, and basketball, in which players earn millions of dollars each year.
Anthony Pettis, a former UFC champion, has stated that fighters do not feel comfortable talking about their pay with other MMA fighters because they are embarrassed to do so and do not want to say anything about it because of how little they make.
Brendan Loughnane, who is set to clash for $1 million in the PFL Featherweight World Championship this Friday, revealed his first-ever earnings as a fighter was £150 when he made his bout debut in 2008.
And he pointed out there has been little increase in payment compared to other sports. Loughnane’s issue was that he was not given an increase in his salary when the postseason began, even though he had already been paid for the previous two rounds of the playoffs.
According to MMA Fighting, Brendan Loughnane is among the highest-paid MMA fighter, with his earnings ranging from $150,000 to $170,000. Likewise, his PFL final American combatant Bubba Jenkins makes $98,000 a year.
Because the vast majority of sports commissions no longer see the need to disclose payment details to the public, salaries are only rarely made accessible to people these days.
Similarly, Kayla Harrison, the highest-paid female PFL fighter at the moment, makes $124,850 a year from professional bouts, which are very minimal compared to other sports.
