Former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz hasn’t always represented himself during his 17-year professional MMA career but says he’s learned some things along the way that caused him to forgo hiring a manager to deal with the UFC.
Typically for UFC fighters, contracts are set at a fixed number of bouts and rate, which includes built-in escalators. Cruz, 37, points to this as one reason why having a manager doesn’t make sense for him. He also highlighted the UFC’s Venum uniform deal – previously Reebok, which began in 2014 – that puts strict limitations on fighter’s obtaining their own sponsors for their fights.
