{"id":64035,"date":"2013-07-09T10:59:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=64035"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:57:34","slug":"mark-hunt-says-he-was-cheated-again-by-fighter-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mark-hunt-says-he-was-cheated-again-by-fighter-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt Says He Was &#8216;Cheated Again&#8217; by Fighter Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53241\" title=\"MARK HUNT\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MARK-HUNT-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Hunt may not seem like the most outspoken man to ever step in to the Octagon, but after a recent look at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mma-manifesto.com\/ufc-fighter-salary-database\/salary-main\/ufc-career-fighter-earnings.html\">Career Earnings Manifesto<\/a> for UFC fighters, Hunt found something to say.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt let his opinion known via his official Facebook page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;well i don&#8217;t now bout where they got there figures from but it must be true lol&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunt went on to question the choice to become a UFC fighter for anyone interested:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>this is really crap man i need a pay rise (sic) how can some of these other gooons (sic) get more than me hahahahai been cheated again,why anyone would want to be a ufc fighter if this is how much we get paid.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunt had been marked down for $537,000 which is the total for his base salary and does not include Fight Night bonuses or discretionary bonuses. Either way, Hunt says that this isn&#8217;t even close to resembling what he has actually made.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt previously fought former heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos at UFC 160, losing via 3rd round knockout after catching a wheel kick to the head. He now <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mark-hunt-facing-plastic-surgery-return-to-hospital-following-failed-skin-graft\/\">sits out<\/a> with a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photo-update-on-mark-hunts-grotesque-staph-infection\/\">well-documented<\/a> staph infection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the latest MMA news visit <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Hunt may not seem like the most outspoken man to ever step in to the Octagon, but after a recent look at a Career Earnings Manifesto for UFC fighters, Hunt found something to say. 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