In a land where the average salary of an NBA player is
$5.15 million, NFL players average almost $2 million
and baseball teams are required to pay their players at
least $500,000 a season, it’s understandable that UFC
fighters are a little annoyed that $34,000 is the average
salary they make per fight. But with top fighters such
as Benson Henderson starting to test their worth on
the open market, and Conor McGregor more than
happy to chat about the massive amounts he’s making
per fight, the UFC finds itself in a bit of a jam. So
while McGregor makes bank for a super-fight against
fellow champion Rafael dos Anjos, the man who
sits just above him at No.2 on the pound-for-pound
rankings ponders his own super-fight with Dominick
Cruz. The problem for the UFC? If you want to see
Demetrious Johnson in a super-fight, it’s going to cost
a few dollars — two million of them to be precise.BY SUBMISSION RADIODEMETRIOUS JOHNSON
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