Every UFC fighter offered $120,000-a-year sponsorship deal in extraordinary proposal

An online casino company has penned an astonishing open letter to all UFC fighters, offering them $10,000 each month to join Gamdom.

The letter clarified that this offer extends to the entire UFC roster, from those making their competition debuts, to established champions.

Gamdom founder Felix Romer said: “We see an opportunity for Gamdom to contribute. We believe in these athletes, and we want to back that belief with meaningful financial support.”

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Every UFC fighter offered $10,000 each month to join Gamdom project

According to Gamdom’s letter, UFC fighters deserve “greater financial support for the dedication, sacrifice and commitment it takes to compete at the highest level.”

SPORTbible recently sat down with Tyron Woodley to discuss the UFC’s pay controversy. In September, another fighter, Bobby ‘King’ Green, claimed he is currently homeless.

The online casino company released a scan of the letter on X (formerly Twitter) with an accompanying video of Gamdom founder Romer signing it.

“We want to contribute directly by providing additional income to support their training, their facilities, and their futures,” the statement continued. “Gamdom is offering every athlete on the UFC roster [this] sponsorship deal… $10,000 per month, per fighter.

“This offer extends to the entire roster. Our offer is straightforward: $10,000 each month to each fighter who joins Gamdom through this initiative. We welcome conversations with fighters and their representatives across the roster,” it concluded.

At the time of writing, Gamdom’s tweet has accumulated 1.1 million views, and attracted multiple UFC fighters to its comment section.

The contents of the letter included comments from Romer, who wrote: “I understand the economics of the UFC, and respect the investment, risk and work involved in building the organisation into what it is today.

“I want to be absolutely clear: this initiative is in no way an attack on the UFC, or a negative reflection on its business. I have enormous respect for the platform it has created, and the opportunities it provides.”

Roster Watch estimates there to be around 700 active UFC fighters, meaning that, if each of them was to accept Gamdom’s offer, the company would shell out $7 million each month, and $84 million annually.

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Which UFC fighters have taken up Gamdom on its $10,000 offer?

Tim Welch, long-time coach of UFC star ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley, appeared beneath Gamdom’s post, writing: “Let’s go, I got a few guys on [the] UFC roster ready to sign!”

‘Suga’ isn’t the only UFC fighter that ‘Red Hawk’ coaches; Welch also trains Mario Bautista and Kyler Phillips. It is currently unknown which athletes are, according to the ex-fighter, “ready to sign.”

Elsewhere, Dan Ige appeared in the comment section, a UFC featherweight athlete, writing: “I do UFC,” accompanied by a money bag emoji.

He was joined by another UFC star, this time a lightweight fighter, in Matt ‘The Steamrolla’ Frevola, who commented with a GIF of Steve Carrell on the phone, accompanied by the text “I’m in.”

YouTuber Stephen Deleonardis, better known as SteveWillDoIt, who boasts almost 5 million followers on Instagram and X, and 1.7 million subscribers on Youtube, signed a major long-term deal with the crypto casino platform, and quote-tweeted Gamdom’s post with: “Let’s go!”

At the time of writing, no UFC fighter has yet announced themselves as being sponsored by Gamdom, and taking the $120,000 annual sponsorship deal.

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