Is Jon Jones lastly going to receives a commission Deontay Wilder cash? If the UFC desires him to struggle Tom Aspinall to unify the heavyweight titles, that’s what it might take.
Deontay Wilder made round $30 million for his second struggle with Tyson Fury in February 2020 — a quantity that apparently caught out in Jon Jones’ head when he approached the UFC about transferring to heavyweight for a superfight towards Francis Ngannou.
“I’ll quote him and what he had stated to my lawyer,” White stated on the time, referring to now UFC CBO Hunter Campbell. “He advised my lawyer he desires what Deontay Wilder was paid.”
“Pay attention, it’s one factor to come back out and say, ‘I would like a bit more cash,’” White stated in one other interview. However the amount of cash Jon Jones needed? You couldn’t be asking for a extra absurd amount of cash at a worse time.”
That point was Might 2020, simply when the UFC had began holding fights once more throughout the Pandemic and it was very questionable as to whether or not they’d be capable of proceed within the face of presidency restriction and public outcry.
Now issues are very totally different, and it sounds just like the UFC is prepared to pay Jones that quantity. UFC commentator Joe Rogan mentioned what he was listening to in a brand new episode of his podcast.
“I believe it’s gonna be Aspinall, I believe they’re attempting to come back to some form of settlement,” Rogan stated. “The rumor is that he desires $30 million and the UFC goes to pay it. Hopefully.”
“I hope they pay it,” Rogan added.
Whereas the UFC is notoriously stingy in comparison with boxing in relation to large cash fights, this might be the second they splash some money and make it clear that the highest names in MMA are making prime greenback. Okay, perhaps not a whole lot of thousands and thousands like some boxers are making in Saudi Arabia as of late, however $30 million, which is a suitable quantity to make as the very best heavyweight fighter on the earth.
Let’s simply lay down a fast reminder: 1,000,000 pay-per-views offered at $79.99 per unit is $80 million, and the UFC simply made $16 million off Jones’ final gate. Jones making simply 30% of what could be over $100 million in gross revenue remains to be on the low aspect of what he ought to be paid, and a complete deal for the UFC.
We hope they pay it as effectively.
