Cheyanne Buys made a pretty big splash with her first UFC win this past Saturday – and it mostly was peripheral to her first-round TKO win.
Buys (6-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) took out Gloria de Paula (5-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in the UFC on ESPN 28 co-main event. After the card, she picked up a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus – and that turned out to be huge for her.
Buys said at her post-fight news conference that her bank account was negative after she and her husband packed up to move from Dallas to Las Vegas, and she had taken out some big loans to essentially fund her career and stay afloat for the fight. The big bonus check means she can repay the loans and be a little less stressed financially ahead of whatever she books next.
But her revelation got people talking again about fighter pay, which can be a fairly complex issue to fully understand and dissect.
“Spinning Back Clique” host John Morgan asked this week’s panel of Brian Garcia, Mike Bohn and Nolan King what they think about Buys’ comments – and the state of fighter pay in general.
Check out that topic in the video above, and don’t miss the full episode below.
Video: Cheyanne Buys reignites fighter pay conversation, and it’s not a good look