UFC president Dana White has actually dismissed Sean Strickland’s problems over fighter pay, indicating the middleweight champ’s just recently signed agreement in the middle of a continuous disagreement over his next title defence.
Strickland has actually openly criticised the UFC’s monetary terms throughout settlements for a proposed bout with Nassourdine Imavov, threatening to abandon his champion and combat out his agreement unless an arrangement is reached. He has actually likewise revealed an interest in pursuing chances in boxing.
“I have not personally; I’ve simply heard through social networks and things,” White informed press reporters following the last episode of Dana White’s Contender Series when asked whether he had actually spoken with Strickland, per Mixed martial arts Fighting“But when isn’t Sean Strickland upset about something or does not have something to state?”
“Sean Strickland simply signed a brand-new agreement in May. He simply signed a brand-new agreement in May. He signed a brand-new offer,” White continued. “And from what I hear, the number he’s putting out there, it’s not real. The number that he declared he made is not real.”
Strickland has not openly divulged his specific profits however has actually declared that he got a portion of the reported $30 million made by Conor McGregor at UFC 329. With settlements over the Imavov battle unsolved, it stays uncertain when Strickland will make his next title defence.
“It is what it is,” White stated. “If we remained in a circumstance where he ‘d been under the very same agreement for a year, 2 years, he simply signed an agreement in May. He got an entire brand-new offer in May. It is what it is.” Strickland last contended at UFC 328 in May, beating Khamzat Chimaev by split choice to restore the UFC middleweight champion.
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