What Happens When You Sign With The UFC

What Happens When You Sign With The UFC.. You just knocked out a veteran in your very first UFC fight, and he still got paid almost four times as much as you. Every step of a UFC career, from the Contender Series to the release, with the real pay at every step. What's inside: • The knockout that paid the winner $20,000 and the loser $75,000 • The contract pages nobody reads: extensions, arbitration and the class-action waiver • Why entry pay has been $10,000 to show and $10,000 to win for about a decade • Weight cuts, the commission scale and the half pound that cost 20% of a purse • Where a $24,000 purse goes: manager, coach, camp, medicals and taxes • Drug testers at the door, whereabouts strikes and Conor McGregor's three • What happened to James Krause's gym in 2022, as the record shows it • The $375 million antitrust settlement and the 'fighters go broke' myth CHAPTERS 0:00 You just knocked out a veteran... 0:52 Tuesday night 2:15 Keep it to yourself 2:43 The contract 4:00 Ten and ten 5:01 Your coach 5:43 Where are you sleeping on the 14th? 6:47 Someone else's phone call 7:23 Camp 8:25 Half a pound 10:22 Fight week 11:47 Fight night 12:48 The cheque 14:24 Statistically, you're safe 15:08 Fight of the Night 17:14 Snap 18:12 The part you can't put in a cast 19:14 Second job 20:31 The knock 21:17 Served 22:01 Good hands 22:12 James Krause? 24:26 Definitely a reason 26:38 What millions? 29:04 Do this instead