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 shifting to heavyweight for a superfight in opposition to Francis Ngannou.
“I’ll quote him and what he had mentioned to my lawyer,” White mentioned on the time, referring to now UFC CBO Hunter Campbell. “He informed my lawyer he desires what Deontay Wilder was paid.”
“Hear, it’s one factor to come back out and say, ‘I need just a little more cash,’” White mentioned 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 through 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 keen 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 making an attempt to come back to some form of settlement,” Rogan mentioned. “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 on the subject of large cash fights, this may very well 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 bunch of tens of millions like some boxers are making in Saudi Arabia today, however $30 million, which is an appropriate quantity to make as the most effective heavyweight fighter on the planet.
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 continues to be on the low aspect of what he must be paid, and a complete deal for the UFC.
We hope they pay it as effectively.
