{"id":198009,"date":"2016-07-04T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198009"},"modified":"2016-07-04T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T22:34:25","slug":"ufc-welterweight-fighting-never-paid-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alberto-mina\/ufc-welterweight-fighting-never-paid-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC welterweight: &#8216;Fighting has never paid enough&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/donald-cowboy-cerrone\/dana-white-fires-back-at-donald-cowboy-cerrone-regarding-his-pay-complaint\/\">Fighter pay<\/a> is always an interesting topic that brings debate from all angles.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, undefeated UFC welterweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/alberto-mina-defeats-yoshihiro-akiyama-via-controversial-split-decision\/\">Alberto Mina<\/a> commented on his UFC pay and interestingly looks at his compensation with the UFC in a way that you typically don&#8217;t hear from many fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting for me is above and beyond just money,\u201d Mina told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/07\/ufc-fight-night-90s-alberto-mina-content-with-part-time-status-fighting-has-never-paid-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been a trainer since the start of my career. Of course, if I had to pay my bills and support my family from fighting alone, I\u2019d need to fight three times a year. In my case, fighting has never paid enough to allow me to quit my other job. As a trainer, I also find gratification. Also, I\u2019ve always tried to always fight uninjured and in good physical condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think if I was a young 22-year-old, I would be fighting every four months. But I\u2019m honest with myself. I don\u2019t expect the UFC will be my primary source of income until I go on a three- or four-fight winning streak, at least, at which time I could sign a better contract. But for now, after academy, manager and medical costs, there\u2019s not much left. It\u2019s not easy. So I\u2019m very happy with my career decisions. As it is, I\u2019ve battled with some injuries. So, at age 34, it falls to me to do my best within my constraints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Mina is set to take on Mike Pyle at UFC Fight Night 90 on July 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada where Rafael dos Anjos will look to defend his lightweight title against contender Eddie Alvarez in the main event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighter pay is always an interesting topic that brings debate from all angles. Recently, undefeated UFC welterweight Alberto Mina commented on his UFC pay and interestingly looks at his compensation with the UFC in a way that you typically don&#8217;t hear from many fighters. \u201cFighting for me is above and beyond just money,\u201d Mina told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54422,"featured_media":196324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10404],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC welterweight: &#039;Fighting has never paid enough&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alberto-mina\/ufc-welterweight-fighting-never-paid-enough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC welterweight: &#039;Fighting has never paid enough&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fighter pay is always an interesting topic that brings debate from all angles. 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