Are you serious? So because the UFC itself is a huge name and serves as a platform for sponsors that is an excuse for the horrendously low purses? I'm not comparing them to other MMA organizations but like White himself does, to boxing or other sporting leagues.

I'm sorry but I can not see how anyone can defend these absurdly low payrolls like a 1 million dollar payroll for a PPV event (Evans vs Griffin I think) and defend that. It's ridiculous they are taking in so much money and signing fighters exclusive contracts, limiting the number of times they can fight a year and not even pay them enough to realistically support a family full time. That isn't going to grow the sport if all the money the fighters get comes from sponsorship.

Top Rank compensates their fighters 10 times better then Dana White does.