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T.J. Dillashaw on fighter importance in the UFC: ‘We make that organization’
- Updated: September 13, 2016
Former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw believes that fighters are worth more than they’re getting paid. The former Team Alpha Male member was a guest on Submission Radio this week, and was asked about Luke Rockhold’s recent assertion that he wasn’t being offered enough money to take a fight. This led Dillashaw to explain that the fighters are the heart of the UFC, and they deserve more money:
“Yeah, he does have a point. I mean, it does suck. I do feel that we’re a higher commodity than that. I think the UFC is the UFC because of the fighters and I’m hoping they start realizing that and start paying us what we deserve. That company just sold for four billion dollars. It kind of shows the value of the fighters. We make that organization. If you don’t have the best fighters in the world, you don’t have the best organization. So yeah, I’m hoping it swings around and more guys continue to complain, especially when you see some bigger pay cuts going out to some of these bigger names. But yeah, he’s definitely got a point.”
Incidentally, Rockhold was booked against Ronaldo …
