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Until all fighters are worth millions (never going to happen)<\/em> the topic of fighter pay will always be here. I mean, who’s really happy with what they make for a living? More is always better.<\/p>\n

UFC veteran, Nate Quarry, took to the Underground forum<\/a> earlier this week to debate the topic and give his side of the coin (which we covered intensely<\/a>)<\/em> and now we have some new insight from the former UFC middleweight title challenger.<\/p>\n

In a great interview with Bloodyelbow.com’s Steph Daniels<\/a>, Quarry continued his tirade over fighter pay.<\/p>\n

Here’s a snip:<\/p>\n

“I always make a reference to my title fight against Franklin. I ask people, \u2018What do you think a title fight main event, in the MGM Grand on Pay-Per-View will get you?\u2019 People usually guess about a million dollars. I got paid $10,000. No Bonus, no nothing. When I lost, I went back to my original contract of $5,000 to show and $5,000 to win. People are shocked by that. They can\u2019t even comprehend it. I didn\u2019t know any better. My representation was Team Quest. None of those guys knew how to even read a contract, let alone negotiate one. When I came back after my back surgery, they were putting me back on $5,000 to show and $5,000 to win, and I told them I just couldn\u2019t do that. So they bumped me up to $10,000\/$10,000 and I fought Kalib Starnes and Pete Sell for that pay. Then I called them up and I said, \u2018I can\u2019t do this. You\u2019re paying me so little and I have a little girl I\u2019m trying to put through college. There\u2019s so much wear and tear on my body for such little money that I\u2019d be better off doing just about anything else.\u2019They gave me a raise, which was much appreciated, and at the end of my career I was happy with the money that I was making. It wasn\u2019t bench riding NBA player money, but it was better than I ever expected, and I was very grateful for it.
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\nThe more money the UFC pays to the fighter, the better the fighters they\u2019re going to have. I\u2019ve known plenty of guys who have said, \u2018It\u2019s so embarrassing that I\u2019m bartending between fights just to get by.\u2019 If they\u2019re not working as bartenders, how much better prepared would they be for their fights? The fans would get better fights, and the fighters would feel more comfortable. People generally don\u2019t perform well when they\u2019re scared for their jobs. They want to know that their jobs are secure. That even if they have an off night, they\u2019re safe, because the company cares for them. Dana is famous for tipping his wait staff at the restaurants tens of thousands of dollars, so it would be better for your long term career to serve Dana drinks than it would be to fight for him.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until all fighters are worth millions (never going to happen) the topic of fighter pay will always be here. I mean, who’s really happy with what they make for a living? More is always better. UFC veteran, Nate Quarry, took to the Underground forum earlier this week to debate the topic and give his side […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":34054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[2899,11,5659,649,2754,15,3835,16,5674],"yoast_head":"\nQuarry Continues: Dana Tips Servers More Than He Pays Fighters | 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\/ufcnews\/quarry-continues-dana-tips-servers-more-than-he-pays-fighters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quarry Continues: Dana Tips Servers More Than He Pays Fighters | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Until all fighters are worth millions (never going to happen) the topic of fighter pay will always be here. 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