After an Instagram post critical about Reebok, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has now found himself out of his side job as a member of the Spanish commentary team for UFC broadcasts.
Werdum’s comments stemmed from his displeasure with the current sponsorship situation with Reebok, which replaced the previous model that allowed for some fighters to rake in substantial amounts of money. The current climate prevents outside sponsorship on fight week and UFC broadcasts, thus limiting most earnings to the amount decided by the UFC and Reebok.
Werdum is claiming that many other fighters are also upset with the limitations, as well as the fact that fighters have no choice but to agree to the terms of the Reebok deal.