Jake Paul has noted that the UFC's reported 600 per cent increase in fighter pay isn't as impressive as it sounds when you take into account some other statistics.
The social media star, who is 5-0 as a professional boxer and quickly becoming one of the most influential voices in combat sports, took to Twitter to compare fighter pay increases to general improvements in the promotion's revenue, claiming that it paints a grim picture for athletes.
According to numbers estimated by the Huddle Up newsletter following last week's earnings report from the UFC's parent company Endeavor, their profits are up by as much as 6,200 per cent, while revenue is up 1,700 per cent since 2005, the year from when the promotion often cites their fighter pay as having gone up 600 per cent.
