Aljamain Sterling has given his reaction to Michael Chandler sticking up for the UFC over fighter pay.<\/p>\n
Chandler recently appeared on the How U Livin J Piven<\/em> podcast and urged UFC fighters complaining about fighter pay to take advantage of the freedom to make money outside of the promotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aljamain Sterling believes that the point has been lost on Chandler. Sterling took to his YouTube channel to say that while he’s quite cordial with Chandler, he feels he isn’t taking into consideration UFC fighters who don’t have name value yet (h\/t MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cI like Michael Chandler. He\u2019s a cool dude, every time I see him he\u2019s super cordial, no problems with him whatsoever. But I think it\u2019s a little bit different and ill-advised for someone to be saying the things that he\u2019s saying that are sort of discrediting all the other fighters out there.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cMichael Chandler fought for Bellator, he made a s*** ton of money for Bellator, he was a world champion in Bellator, [and] I think he was also a national champion at the Division I level, so he has all those things going for him. The average fighter comes up, they\u2019re not a wrestler, they\u2019re not a national champion, they didn\u2019t become a Bellator champion, they don\u2019t have all those credentials and accolades, they don\u2019t come from money \u2014 I\u2019m not saying Michael Chandler comes from money, I don\u2019t know anything about his backstory, but he doesn\u2019t understand the situation of the other fighters. Clearly, he doesn\u2019t understand this, because he wouldn\u2019t have said what he said if he did \u2013 the backstory of the other fighters that aren\u2019t making the type of money that Michael Chandler is making, and that\u2019s the difference.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n As Sterling mentioned, Chandler did establish himself as a major player before signing with the UFC. He was a three-time Bellator Lightweight Champion.<\/p>\n