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UFC Featherweight breaks down the average expenses of an MMA fighter

UFC fighter Myles Jury laid out the financial hardships that pro MMA fighters face in a blog post for his website,

On the surface, making $20,000 in one night for winning a fight looks like a great deal. Fight four times in a year, win three of the fights, and you've almost made a cool six figures.

What the post-fight salaries don't show is how much work, time and money the fighters put into earning that $10,000 show money and $10,000 win bonus. UFC fighter Myles Jury gave some insight as to what expenses the average MMA fighter incurs in a recent blog post.