UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev did not maintain again in harshly criticizing Ronda Rousey’s current promotion.
UFC Corridor of Famer Ronda Rousey is simply weeks away from making her long-awaited return to combined martial arts after a 10-year hiatus. Rousey and fellow ladies’s MMA pioneer Gina Carano will headline a stacked card on Netflix subsequent month, that includes the return of Nate Diaz, Mike Perry and former UFC heavyweight titleholder Francis Ngannou.
Earlier than returning to the cage, Rousey was significantly essential of her former employer, particularly when discussing pay for UFC fighters. Rousey has not too long ago branded the UFC as a lesser group in fashionable martial arts and has repeatedly teased the upcoming White Home card.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan and several other different fighters have praised Rousey’s robust stance on the promotion in current weeks. However one of many present UFC stars, middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev, has chosen the alternative path.
Khamzat Chimaev: Ronda Rousey is ‘ungrateful’ for criticizing UFC fighter’s pay
In a current Vlog posted by him, YouTube On the identical channel, Chimaev gave his ideas on Rousey’s current feedback concerning the UFC.
Chimaev mentioned of Rousey’s feedback, “I hate her, she’s ungrateful.”
“Who cares if their salaries are excessive or low? When she was an Olympic champion, what did she earn then? Zero.”
Rousey might be one of many highest-paid fighters in UFC historical past. On the peak of her stardom, Rousey was a worldwide celebrity and arguably the face of MMA throughout her reign as ladies’s bantamweight champion.
UFC fighter pay stays a scorching subject within the martial arts world. A number of high fighters, together with Ngannou, have criticized the way in which UFC CEO Dana White and matchmakers have approached contract negotiations.
Forward of his UFC 328 headliner vs. Sean Strickland, Chimaev is taking a tough stance on Rousey’s feedback.
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