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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

Jake Paul to make fighter-pay announcement in response to UFC 270 purses

Jake Paul will announce his plan to improve fighter pay in MMA tomorrow after learning that the entire UFC 270 PPV card made just $1.8million (£1.3m).

World heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou made as little as 50 times less than his boxing counterpart Tyson Fury did for his last fight when he faced unbeaten interim champion Ciryl Gane last night in California.

And Paul was stunned to see the total payouts for the 11-fight card, which featured 22 fighters, saw the collective number come in at less than his last disclosed guarantee.

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