UFC President Dana White likes former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez. But White still is compelled to set the record straight on UFC pay.
Alvarez, who signed with ONE Championship last year after fighting out his UFC contract, claimed in a recent interview that interim belts were given out in lieu of higher compensation.
White said that’s simply not true.
"I like Eddie, I have a great relationship with Eddie, but he was talking about how we give interim titles so you don’t have to pay a guy so much, or some weird comment like that,” White said Friday at a press conference for UFC 236, which takes place April 13 in Atlanta. “When you win the interim belt, you’re looked at as a title holder. So when you go into a title fight, both guys share in the pay-per-view revenue. If you’re a contender without the interim title, you don’t. So, there’s nothing bad about holding an interim belt.”
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