The “Super Samoan,” Mark Hunt, is leading the vanguard against the UFC, who he says have stolen from the sport of MMA and from its athletes. He told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that even the sport’s champions are “the world champion of nothing”, retiring with empty wallets and little to show for their stellar careers.
“That idiot Dana talking about, ‘We built this company.’ Yeah, you built the UFC. The sport, you’ve stolen from. You’ve stolen from the sport, from all the fighters. That’s the difference.
Mark Hunt Declares War on the UFC: “They’ve Stolen from the Sport”
There would have been another company that brought MMA up to where it is, because it is the ultimate in fighting combat. The problem is they’ve built the UFC up, but they’ve stolen from the sport.”
Compared to boxers, who Hunt says can retire comfortably and enjoy the spoils of their victory, even the UFC’s elite are left begging for scraps.
“If you’re the world champion of boxing, there’s reality. You have made it to the top, you don’t have to worry about money, don’t worry about nothing.
There’s the goal to reach. Mount Everest. But in the UFC, you make it to the top, what do you get? Look at the champions. Don’t look at what I’m saying, look at the champions in the sport, what have they got? They’re sitting there complaining about money.
You’re the world champion of nothing.” His ongoing war with the UFC includes back-and-forth lawsuits including fraud, false pretenses, breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligence, and unjust enrichment. For Mark Hunt, he just wants fighters to get what they deserve.
“It’s a fight for proper pay, what the top-end boxer gets. Like Joseph Parker, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, all these top-end boxers, Canelo, when they make it to the top they split half of the revenue automatically. Whereas a UFC fighter has to say, ‘Can I get a dollar off the pay-per-view? Can I get 50 cents?’
This stuff really annoys me, because it’s taken my fighting career and I felt that as I was competing in there. I felt when I was competing in the UFC I just lost all love and interest because what is the purpose of this?””
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