{"id":87138,"date":"2014-02-20T19:59:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T03:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87138"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:02:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:02:02","slug":"white-addresses-fighter-sponsor-woes-its-not-my-fing-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/white-addresses-fighter-sponsor-woes-its-not-my-fing-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"White Addresses Fighter Sponsor Woes: &#8216;It&#8217;s not my F***ing Problem&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-boss-says-gsp-vs-hendricks-rematch-should-be-finalized-in-two-weeks\/dana-whitepng-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75247\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75247\" title=\"Dana-WhitePNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dana-WhitePNG1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dana-WhitePNG1.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dana-WhitePNG1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Dana-WhitePNG1-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDuring <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-dana-whites-ufc-170-pre-fight-media-scrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">today&#8217;s UFC media scrum<\/a>, Dana White discussed the never-ending topic of fighter income.<\/p>\n<p>A fighter makes their contracted wage that the UFC pays and they can also take advantage of the real estate on their fighting attire to make additional income from sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsor market is not what it once was and many blame the UFC&#8217;s sponsor tax and\/or their lack of support for undercard and mid-range fighters. Either way though, Dana made his position clear.<\/p>\n<p>Check it:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not my fucking problem. Getting sponsorship is a problem. It&#8217;s tough. it&#8217;s hard to do. That question is ridiculous. If a guy fights on Fight Pass, first of all, he&#8217;s getting paid to fight. That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s getting paid for. That&#8217;s what he does. How sponsorship works out for a guy is not my problem. That is not my problem. He&#8217;s a fighter, he gets paid to fight, period, end of story. Whatever extra money he makes outside of the UFC with sponsors and all that shit, that&#8217;s his fucking deal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During today&#8217;s UFC media scrum, Dana White discussed the never-ending topic of fighter income. A fighter makes their contracted wage that the UFC pays and they can also take advantage of the real estate on their fighting attire to make additional income from sponsors. 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