Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hall-of-famers Chuck Liddell and Matt Hughes were coaxed into retirement with cushy, front-office jobs that paid more in one month than most fighters make in one year.
Sounds outrageous, but then again, maybe there wouldn’t be a place for these young bucks to compete if not for the trail blazed by “The Iceman” and “Country Breakfast” (among others).
Unfortunately for the wealthy ex-champs, the promotion downsized after being acquired by WME | IMG last summer, and not even their longstanding bromance with promotion president Dana White could keep them on the payroll.