http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/2/1...er-pay-i-think-that-they-should-get-paid-more
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"I think that they should get paid more than the ring girls," Rousey said Wednesday at a media day to promote UFC 184 at Glendale Fighting Club. "And I don't know if the ring girls get paid too much or the fighters don't get paid enough. But yeah. There's definitely a lot more in what the fighters do than what they do. So, I think that's one thing that's unfair."
"No, I don't think the UFC is a monopoly at all," Rousey said. "Viacom owns Bellator and they have way more money than the UFC does."
"I have a comparison with how I was treated as an Olympian to how I'm treated as a UFC fighter and I always feel like I'm just so lucky to work with a company that I feel like actually cares," said Rousey, who won the bronze medal in judo at 2008 games. "There's times where they give me more than they're contractually obligated to or more than I even expect. That's why I always trust them so much. Even if they didn't ever give me anything extra, I would still be happy, because you know what I made as an Olympian? Nothing. It cost me money."
"I got my first house, I got a car, what else do I need?" Rousey said. "I don't need a private island. My house is paid off. My car is paid off. I just need to buy dog food and pay my taxes and that's pretty much it. I have no need to want. The only thing I want to do now is fight and they made that possible for me and I'm eternally grateful."
"I've always been very well taken care of," she said. "I'm always extremely happy with how I've been treated."
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I guess female fighters aren't private escorts, for one. The sex trade is very lucrative so she should keep that in mind
I wish more fighters were in a better position to make their feelings known about Zuffa's policies, you only hear that kind of stuff from those who "made it".
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"I think that they should get paid more than the ring girls," Rousey said Wednesday at a media day to promote UFC 184 at Glendale Fighting Club. "And I don't know if the ring girls get paid too much or the fighters don't get paid enough. But yeah. There's definitely a lot more in what the fighters do than what they do. So, I think that's one thing that's unfair."
"No, I don't think the UFC is a monopoly at all," Rousey said. "Viacom owns Bellator and they have way more money than the UFC does."
"I have a comparison with how I was treated as an Olympian to how I'm treated as a UFC fighter and I always feel like I'm just so lucky to work with a company that I feel like actually cares," said Rousey, who won the bronze medal in judo at 2008 games. "There's times where they give me more than they're contractually obligated to or more than I even expect. That's why I always trust them so much. Even if they didn't ever give me anything extra, I would still be happy, because you know what I made as an Olympian? Nothing. It cost me money."
"I got my first house, I got a car, what else do I need?" Rousey said. "I don't need a private island. My house is paid off. My car is paid off. I just need to buy dog food and pay my taxes and that's pretty much it. I have no need to want. The only thing I want to do now is fight and they made that possible for me and I'm eternally grateful."
"I've always been very well taken care of," she said. "I'm always extremely happy with how I've been treated."
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I guess female fighters aren't private escorts, for one. The sex trade is very lucrative so she should keep that in mind
I wish more fighters were in a better position to make their feelings known about Zuffa's policies, you only hear that kind of stuff from those who "made it".
