Renato Moicano thinks it’s time the UFC bumped up its $50k efficiency bonuses.
When ‘Money’ Moicano steps again into the Octagon this Saturday night time at UFC 311, he’ll look to attain his greatest win but when he meets the returning Beneil Dariush. A win would prolong Moicano’s unbeaten streak to 5 and, extra importantly, inch him nearer to a possible shot on the light-weight title.
Apart from his spectacular work contained in the cage, Moicano has grown a sizeable fan following for his usually hilarious commentaries on social media and his energetic post-fight interviews.
Throughout a latest interview with Caroline Pearce of UFC on TNT Sports activities, Moicano provided up one other sizzling take, this time directed at his employer’s paltry $50,000 payouts for issues like Knockout and Struggle of the Night time.
“To be honest, with this inflation, this bonus kind of needs to be updated, you know? $50k is not the same as like ten years ago, but it will still be good to make some extra cash,” Moicano mentioned.
Efficiency bonuses had been first issued at UFC 67 almost twenty years in the past and sometimes fluctuated in quantity earlier than 2013 when $50,000 grew to become the official determine awarded to fighters who delivered one of many night’s extra memorable showings.
In line with the Bureau of Labor Statistics shopper worth index, at this time’s costs are 1.52 occasions as excessive as common costs since 2007. In consequence, a greenback at this time solely buys 65.697% of what it may purchase again in 2007.
Renato Moicano searching for his third $50k bonus at UFC 311
The final time Renato Moicano bagged a efficiency bonus was in 2018 when he scored a first-round submission victory over Cub Swanson at UFC 227. Earlier than that, ‘Money’ picked up $50k for his Struggle of the Night time with Brian Ortega at UFC 214.
Former light-weight champion Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira holds the file for essentially the most efficiency bonuses in UFC historical past at 20. He’s adopted carefully by Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at 18 and Nate Diaz at 16.
