Paddy Pimblett has the support of UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling after earning a guarantee of just £9,000 for his last UFC fight.
The promotion generated a record gate of $4.5million, but Pimblett was paid just $12,000 (£9,000) to show up and a further $12,000 to win. He ended up leaving the event having earned $74,000 (£58,000) after also picking up a stoppage bonus from the promotion on an historic night.
But fans and fighters alike were outraged after learning of the relatively paltry sum that Pimblett earned after attracting a huge portion of the audience to the venue. He fought in the third fight from the end of the event, and was one of the star attractions after an explosive debut the previous September.
