As far as I know, Francis Ngannou does not have an existing contract with UFC at this time. Moreover, he said that unless certain terms and conditions are met by the UFC, he would not sign a new contract. I have also heard that he recently had to borrow money from someone to live. Furthermore, it is not difficult to understand that the relationship between Dana White and Ngannou is not at all a good one. So, I really don't know if the demands of Francis Ngannou will be met.
Moreover, I do not really understand how someone like Ryan Garcia can earn more than Francis Ngannou! If anything I think UFC is actually earning more. Therefore, it isn't going to be hard for Dana White, the president of the UFC, to pay the fighters a little more in order to keep them happy.
Even though Francis Ngannou doesn't get paid higher than Ryan Garcia, but do you think $100,000-$500,000 per fights are low? I don't think so, he's must be have a luxury life style so that's make him to borrow money similar like Mike Tyson. Ngannou said the UFC rules that's make him not want to sign the contract, but at the same time he said he wouldn't fight for $500,000 only, so this mean money is the reason why he doesn't want to sign the contract.
Ryan Garcia is just handsome and have undefeated record, that's the reason why he can be paid more although his skill is suck.
I really don't understand how the world heavyweight champion of UFC can earn $100,000-$500000 when someone like Ryan Garcia is earning almost 3 million dollars from 1 fight.
I also believe that Ryan Garcia was assured that he would receive $1 million for the fight with Tagoe, regardless of the result.
I think the UFC should look at that and give the fighters the actual money that they deserve.
$500,000 is a big money but it is also small considering UFC revenues. The reality is, UFC stars are underpaid while many boxing stars and superstars are overpaid. Boxing and UFC numbers are now at par with each other. It's just that the UFC is giving its fighters the small cut while in boxing, many of its stars and superstars are getting huge cuts and at the same time they also get guaranteed purses. Boxing promoters and networks many times lost millions of dollars on failed PPVs yet they continue to overpay and give guaranteed purses to their stars and superstars because they know that they can earn big in their next events.
Meanwhile, I woke up this morning seeing the news of Swede Khamzat Chimaev being detained in Russia after planning a short vacation in his birthplace Chechnya. His manager denied the rumors but probably to stop it from spreading.
In the UFC we have some genuine fighters who are not getting paid as they should be. In boxing, we have dumb fighters who barely possess any skills and who are getting paid like crazy.
As far as I know, Khamzat Chimaev had his passport seized in Russia. They are not trying to spread this information. That's why after that I really did not hear anything else.
