The controversy over UFC fighter pay rolls on, with Performance of the Night bonus recipient Cheyanne Buys this weekend revealing that her bank balance was negative heading into her fight on Saturday night.
Buys demolished Gloria de Paula with a single head kick a mere minute into their fight. In the post-fight interview, she revealed that she and her family were completely broke. So broke, in fact, that her bank account was in a negative balance.
Cheyanne Buys: “I’ve been broke my whole life because of this sport”
“I just found out two seconds ago I got Performance of the Night, so yeah, it’s pretty surreal. Seven weeks ago I decided to take a big risk and just ditch my house and everything in it in Dallas, Texas, and I came here with my animals and my husband and we have one vehicle.
We packed up our car with one suitcase. We came here, we didn’t have a house, we had nothing. I had to get a loan just to get a house and I knew coming in here tonight that my whole paycheck was just gonna go back to that loan.”
Buys continued: “I am negative in my account right now.
So it’s gonna make a big difference. My whole paycheck is I have to pay back $15,000 for a loan I got from a few people, so I made 10 and 10 for my win and show so that $20,000 was just gone.
And I’m okay with it, I was okay if I won and that check was gone because I made that move out here and I knew that this fight was just gonna be for the move.
It was the best decision me and my husband made for our careers and just to get that bonus…” She continued:
“I’ve been so broke my whole life because of this sport but it’s so worth it to me because I love this sport. But to get a $50,000 paycheck, my husband’s gonna tell me to put it away.
I’m definitely gonna want to buy some nice stuff, but I like to buy a little bit of things for the house and for my animals.
I really like to spoil my family, but this week I’m definitely taking my team to go get a nice dinner. It’s life-changing for sure, but I’ve got to put the money away and just go out there and fight again.”
It’s a terrific return to form for Cheyanne Buys, who spent the entirety of her last fight in a headlock. Do you think she’ll continue her winning ways and earn more? Let us know in the comments.
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