Max Holloway Quotes

Look at guys like Demetrious Johnson, who's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why isn't he on the largest pay scale? Why are there people that aren't even champions making more money?

The UFC has a long history of changing a fighter's compensation for a particular bout... There's always changes that's always being made as far as contracts.

I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million. But I think I justify my pay with my skill set, and I've always been willing to promote my brand.

With the UFC it's like, you make okay money, and only if you're the champion do you make good money. So they're keeping the fighters deliberately poor so they'll keep fighting.

I think money in general hurts all sports.

Canon is basically a very aggressive company. Our company works on competitive principles. It does not treat people equally, but it does treat them fairly.

A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.

Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake.

I felt that K wasn't getting a fair shake anyway.

One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

All workers want is a fair shake.

There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life.

Exploit us, but exploit us fairly.

We ... deceive ourselves in believing that competition can secure for the public fair treatment in such cases.

People who are wealthy tend to be treated much more fairly in our criminal justice system.

Over 17 years, I took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anybody who treated anybody unfairly.

Mayweather Promotions - we are the past, the present, and the future of sports and entertainment, and everybody knows Mayweather's pay is better.

Minorities do not believe this country will give them a fair shake.

When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the flavor of being a champion.

One can construct a strong legal and ethical argument for minimizing the fees that are paid to world sanctioning organizations in conjunction with championship bouts. It's not uncommon for skilled fighters to be denied championship opportunities while less-talented but better-connected boxers fight for belts.

I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.

My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive.

I want the biggest fights possible.

When I become world champion, what do I need? I need opponents, I need someone to pick a venue, negotiate a date, and I need a promoter.

I think the only person who will ever lose in a fight and still end up making a million dollars is Conor McGregor - that's just because of how his contract is structured or whatever.