Topics: Paddy Pimblett, UFC, MMA, Michael Chandler
UFC star Paddy Pimblett's first contract with the premier MMA organisation has leaked online, and it is truly shocking.
Today, Pimblett is a highly successful professional MMA fighter and an established figure within the UFC.
As he goes in to what is almost certainly the biggest fight of his career against popular fighter Michael Chandler, it is likely that the Liverpudlian will be taking home a career-best pay day.
But this wasn't always the case, as the UFC star has opened up about his humble beginning when it comes to his earnings as an athlete in the UFC.
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In 2016, Pimblett became the Cage Warriors featherweight champion, before going on to defend the title in a further bout, before losing to Nad Narimani in 2017.
Pimblett since signed up to UFC in 2021, but he has spoken out to reveal that he initially was earning considerablly less than what he got at the previous MMA organisation.
In an interview with the Full Send podcast he revealed: "When I first signed with the UFC, I took a pay cut.
"The UFC standard deal is ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win). I signed for a pay cut at first. My first two fights were 10/10 and then 12/12, and obviously, after I won my second fight, we got a new deal, and it went up."
The Liverpudlian was also very candid when talking about his finances and how he has spent his money, particularly how he had been diligent with his earnings from Cage Warriors.
He revealed that he used much of it to save for a house deposit, as well as pay off his mum’s mortgage.
But it appears that his decision to take the pay cut and move to the UFC has now paid off as recently earned a new contract with Dana White's organisation.
Removing any doubts of that he was going anywhere in an episode of UFC Embedded, Pimblett said in July last year: “New contract signed.
“For all them d***head’s saying that I’m going anywhere, I’m not going nowhere, b******.”
