After fighters clicked open their Inboxes to read Monday’s frosty email informing them that the UFC had in fact been sold to a group led by talent agency giant WME-IMG for a whopping $4 billion, there was a sentiment that pay raises could soon be coming their way after their new bosses cracked opened their big wallets.
Yeah, about that…
Why would WME-IMG do that? Because they feel bad for the fighters who have risked life and limb to make the UFC what it is and to want repay the massive debut left behind by the former owners?