Dana White to Wandelei: “$9.7 million isn’t rich?”
Here is Wanderlei Silvas recent retirement video.
source | MMAFighting.com
Silva retired from the sport on Sept. 19, and vowed to start “a war” against promoters, claiming they underpay the fighters, and attacking the athletic commission. Banned for life and fined $70,000 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Silva got a response from the UFC president.
“You know how much money Wanderlei Silva has made since he’s been with the UFC? $9.7 million,” White said in an interview to Combate after UFC 178 weigh-ins.
“So Silva says everybody’s getting rich except the fighters. What does Wanderlei considers rich? $9.7 million isn’t rich? A lot of people would consider that rich,” he continued. “Let me say you what: Wanderlei Silva has fought six times in the last five years. He’s fought six times in five years. If being overworked is fighting one time a year, I don’t know what to tell you.