Fighter advocate Sean Strickland feuds with Mike Perry, admits UFC pay is “total garbage”

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Shawn Strickland is a bit of an enigmatic figure. Take, for example, his relationship with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) star Mike Perry. In recent months, Strickland has politely expressed a desire to face Perry to see what he can do, but in a recent press conference, he slammed BKFC.

“How much would it cost me to fight bare-handed?” Strickland said. “They don't pay me nothing. They pay these guys shit. I'm gonna break their hands, I'm gonna break their eye sockets, and I'm gonna make a couple thousand dollars.”

Former UFC champion and current BKFC fighter Eddie Alvarez has already spoken out against Strickland, and now Perry has responded. In response to the above comment, Perry wrote, “Strickland, he fights for pesos at UFC and I get paid here. He posts videos on Instagram all the time where he walks outside his garage or front door and there's someone in the driveway who wants to fight him for free barehanded. What are you talking about, Shawn?”

Strickland responded, largely echoing Perry's sentiments, claiming that most BKFC fighters are paid less than their UFC counterparts, even though he uses his platform to fight for UFC's “totally terrible” pay.

“UFC salaries are total garbage,” Strickland responded. “Lol, their [sic] It should be criminal to sign a fighter at 10/10…yet the vast majority of BKFC fighters get paid far less than that…As a UFC fighter, I advocate for better pay for myself and all fighters…you should do the same for your fighters.”

He continued, “I'm talking about rags to riches, but with capital it just snowballs. These elites will probably never take a paycheck again and could easily make half a million a year… but they have millions of dollars piling up in their bank accounts that they'll never need or spend, across all industries.”

Just a week ago, Strickland defeated Paulo Costa by unanimous decision at UFC 302. He maintained after the win that he won't compete until he gets a title shot, while Perry remains unbeaten in bare-knuckle boxing and recently handily defeated Thiago Alves (watch it here).

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