Former undisputed UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson has as soon as extra hit out on the promotion in his retirement over the obtrusive problem of fighter pay, laying out his calls for, while poking at skilled wrestler, CM Punk’s paydays within the promotion for simply two Octagon outings.
Johnson, a former undisputed flyweight champion in each UFC and Singapore-based promotion, ONE Championship — retired from blended martial arts competitors again in September of final 12 months, bringing down the curtain on probably the most prolific and gold laden careers in fight sports activities.
And claiming lately he was sad with the pay he obtained throughout his illustrious run with the Dana White-led promotion, Kentucky veteran, Johnson claimed he was “gutted” with the compensation he obtained regardless of turned in an unmatched run as flyweight kingpin.
“That time frame from 2011 all the way to 2017, I had 17 fights,” Demetrious Johnson defined. “I think 12 of them were world championship fights and five of them weren’t. So I did all the math, I did all that stuff and I was like what the f*ck? That’s all I made? I was in bed last night just doing the math. I was like godd*mn, I’m f*cking gutted. I was just gutted.”
Demetrious Johnson continues tirade on UFC fighter pay points
And this week, Johnson has laid out a few of the calls for he made in the course of the closing fights of his Octagon deal — evaluating what he was requesting to disclosed pay of half one million {dollars} obtained by present WWE (World Wrestling Leisure) star, CM Punk for his pair of fights with Mickey Gall and MIke Jackson.
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“My demands weren’t, you know, outrageous, right?” Demetrious Johnson stated on the JAXXON Podcast. “You bought—what’s his identify—CM Punk coming into the UFC, making 500K, and he ain’t had one rattling martial arts match.
“And here’s my black ass with six, eight title defenses, and I’m like, I just want a little more money,” Demetrious Johnson continued. “Make it happen!”
