UFC brass is not going to like this. But it seems abundantly clear that Jose Aldo doesn't care very much.
Aldo, the UFC's lineal featherweight champion and one of the best overall fighters on the planet, recently expressed his support for a formal fighter association and monthly fighter salaries.
As it stands, most fighters, negotiating individual contracts on their own, do not hold major sway at the bargaining table with promotions like the UFC. Pay also comes per fight and can vary widely depending on fighter performance and their position on a card.
If all of this were up to Aldo, he would make the environment more fighter friendly, according to comments he made Thursday to Brazilian news site Combate (translation h/t Lucas Rezende of Bloody Elbow):
In the NFL, Nike makes the uniforms, but teams still pay their athletes, the same goes for NBA.