On Saturday evening Alexandre Pantoja defeated Brandon Moreno to be topped the brand new UFC flyweight title.
On Monday he appeared on the MMA Hour and revealed how a lot he struggled with cash.
Per @arielhelwani new UFC Flyweight Champion Alexandre Pantoja was driving for Uber Eats two combat’s in the past and solely stopped working for the corporate after he acquired his $50 Okay Bonus vs Brandon Royval.One more reason why these fighters want more cash as this shouldn’t occur…
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) July 10, 2023
The brand new champion mentioned that simply two fights in the past he was driving for Uber doing Uber Eats meals supply to earn cash to ship again to his household in Brazil combating pandemic points.
He might solely give up the facet job when he earned the UFC bonus in his combat with Brandon Royval.
This information comes because the UFC is being criticized for low fighter pay throughout a few of the firms largest income years.
