Dan Le Batard Calls Out Dana White for Comments on Fighter Pay After UFC 304 | Dan Le Batard Show

Dan Le Batard and the show react to UFC 304 and Dana White's comments where he took away fighter bonuses after a disappointing card. This leads to a conversation on the state of the UFC and fighter pay as a whole.

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[shindean]

If Dana wants fighters to hit each other harder than he hit his own wife, then he needs to start treating them with more respect than he has for his own wife.

[johndavis]

Fight bonuses have been $50k for over 10 years. He is an awful human being. Unless the fighters form a union things will never change.

[DavidH]

Belal Muhammad works hard all his life, wins 11 in a row, put on a masterful performance to win the title, & Dana White shits all over him in the post fight press conference. Unreal.

[georgiihoward]

Francis Ngannou said it best, no fighter comes into the ring to not fight their hardest. Sometimes you’re up against the best in the world and can’t just come in and knock out people.

[Locusto]

Mokaev got cut not simply b/c his style, it’s because he’s a problem BTS, sucker punching his opponent, starting shit at the weigh in, etc…

[BosMass]

Until a UFC fighter makes 20 million for a fight no Fanboy better ever say MMA has replaced boxing. They fight for peanuts while the corporation pockets millions.

[catherinewilliams]

Who put the card together? Dana White. So, does he lose his bonus?

[rishbademha]

I never seen fights held at 5 am in the morning in a country so another country can watch it prime time. Why not just hold the fight in the US.

[sparkypete]

Kimbo Slice was payed extra to stay on his feet in his first televised fight. Dana said ppl make bets. Influencing fights by paying ppl more to stand is illegal

[dsk]

"It's 7 in Vegas" is wild.

[mkeyfreshhh]

I have to say when your fighting at 3-5am it’s just not a good recipe, I don’t understand why they don’t have it earlier? When you go to England just make it a Sunday fight and you can start at 5pm eastern

[adrftgvvbh]

Dana wants Max Holloway vs Justin fights no matter what happens. Dudes aren't trying to kill each other, they're trying to win.

[nyvqonm]

Dana white only cares for himself. The UfC is declining, it’s become so mainstream and massive yet the fighters make nothing. It’s also become mainstream to the point of being cringe.

[sonickfilms]

Please call in Morning Kombat next time you want to discuss combat sports. They’re in your network, they know what they are talking about

[Mrmoustache]

It truly can't be overstated enough how despicable an organization the UFC is. They concertedly monopolized the industry with the bottomless pockets of the Fertitas and now that the war is over they've absolutely done wrong by the very sport they helped popularize. Zuffa cared deeply about legitimizing MMA stateside until it actually happened - subsequently they've done basically everything they can to un-legitimize it.

Follow the wider sport of MMA. UFC has a monopoly on attention and market share, but there is an immense amount of talent that fights outside of the UFC that just gets little attention. Fighting in promotions that are barely getting by but are paying the fighters an actual reasonable split of what is brought in - in turn being able to pay comparable purses. If these promotions (PFLlator, Rizin, KSW, ACA, OKTAGON and I'll even include ONE even though they're gross too) could actually dent the UFC's market share the UFC wouldn't be able to pull this constant bullshit like they've been able to for the past decade. They can do it because they don't get punished for it and there's no legislation in place preventing them from mistreating fighters (like the Ali act in boxing).

Truly, genuinely a disgusting organization that has served it's purpose to the sport of MMA - my favorite sport and one that is very important to me.

[hooonchyeah]

I like that these guys have the balls to criticize dana white

[TheHiphop]

And for him to want people not to fight with strategy and just go out there swinging is why the sport was laughed at before love to see strategy

[myjil]

Did Lebatard called Dana White a skinhead?

[Annihilationconquest]

I wish you had someone that knows the ufc and the business. That was a good card for non casuals. Wrestling is part of the sport. Dana also said it wasn’t about monkeav fighting style it’s because the dude is a POS. If you’ve seen his fights you’ll know his fight style is boring but if he’s hard to work with why keep him.

[estevenj]

If Dana wants fighters to strike, he needs to do away with extreme weight cutting. It gives wrestlers an unfair advantage. Joe Rogan is on the record calling it sanctioned cheating. Mohammed is a 185er fighting a more natural 170 lb champ in Edwards.