If you want someone to blame for fighter pay, blame the fighters.
After logging 30 career fights under the UFC banner, Matt Brown laid down his gloves for good earlier this year. In the time since, Brown has kept busy building businesses and setting himself up for long-term success outside the Octagon.
Having learned much about how the UFC conducts business over his 16 years with the promotion, Brown believes that the never-ending debate over fighter pay is much deeper than simply pointing a finger at the promotion and telling them to pay their athletes more money.