UFC fighter purses aren’t revealed as often as they used to be. The state of Nevada no longer releases them and other athletic commissions are doing the same. So when a false report of Paddy Pimblett‘s pay was released, he wanted to set the record straight.
And it was shocking, to say the least.
The initial report claimed Pimblett made $107,000 at UFC London, he tweeted that it was incorrect and then set the record straight.
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“Twelve and 12,” Pimblett said during an interview with Barstool Sports. “No, yeah, 12 and 12, so 12 to show and 12 to win.”
The number was a bit jarring considering how much of a draw he was for the London crowd, something even UFC president Dana White admitted in the post-fight press conference.
“I’ll give you an example,” White said. “On my Instagram, I posted the faceoffs yesterday for the heavyweight fight [Aspinall vs. Volkov]. Did 120,000 views. Paddy’s faceoff did 1.3 million. So all the talk going into the fight about his walkout and all this s***, listen, it’s real.”
