MOSCOW, Oct 12 Former UFC heavyweight champion champion Frank Mir criticized league leaders for banning fighters from competing in other promotions. Mir, who heads the United Fight League, said that he himself would not interfere with fighters earning money in fights at other venues. He cited the example of the current UFC champion Francis Ngannou, who was banned from the boxing ring by the organization.
"If he was our fighter and he was offered $ 30 million to fight Tyson Fury, that would be just amazing . In no case would I interfere with this, but, on the contrary, I would ask for a ticket to the first row. Why stop a fighter from making money? For me, this is comparable to slavery,» Mir said on the Intellectual Combat podcast on YouTube.
Mir stressed that fighters cannot feed their families during periods of downtime in the UFC without performances outside the promotion. Frank Mir is 43 years old. He spent 32 fights in mixed martial arts, scoring 19 victories and suffering 13 defeats.