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Jack Della Maddalena may not fight at UFC 293 due to fighters demanding higher pay to fight in Australia; will return in Las Vegas later this year if an opponent is not found (twitter.com)

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“🚨🚨🚨JDM UPDATE🚨🚨🚨

Jack Della Maddalena may NOT fight at #UFC293 next month.

The fight has reportedly been offered to multiple fighters.

However, due to the fighters demanding significantly higher pay to fight in Australia that the UFC are unwilling to pay nothing has…”

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[–] satanssultana@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

According to John Nash the UFC's profits reached $387 million in 2022, more than three times its profit in 2015. Has fighter pay increased 3x? Not even close. You could feasibly pay each PPV main card fighter $1mil and still take home $260 mil in profits. This is why 293 is a terrible card. You just know JDM's potential opponents are squabbling with the UFC for a number under $100k, which is nothing to the tomato.