Rich people before becoming fighters

[FinalConflict2005]

Anyone else besides BJ Penn came into the game with money?

 

[Frank McEdgar]

Sage

 

[Reign009]

Israel Adesanya

 

[Sweater of AV]

Dillashaw and Cerrone

 

[Reign009]

By the way, BJ's family wasn't always wealthy.

They were struggling quite a bit actually some point while he was growing up.

 

[Frank23]

Brock Lesnar had that WWE money.

 

[pride_rules]

maybe bev hills ninja as well? iirc someone said he comes from money

 

[Horriblehim]

Jose Aldo

 

[The Chosen]

Sage

Maybe he should have stayed out

 

[The Chosen]

Supposedly Donald Cerrone is a trust fund kid

He inherited his money that he bought his ranch with

 

[1s1k]

Just because your parents have some money doesn’t always mean you do.

 

[akproplayer]

Frank Mir, I think.

 

[filthynumber1]

Just because your parents have some money doesn’t always mean you do.

But you will eventually


Allegedly

 

[Satan's Daddy.]

Define rich. Lotta fighters come from well off backgrounds to get to where they're at today.

You have to start somewhere and they had plenty of support to get there.

 

[chiefwiggum]

Uriah faber

 

[The Chosen]

Define rich. Lotta fighters come from well off backgrounds to get to where they're at today.

You have to start somewhere and they had plenty of support to get there.

Hmm do great fighters come from anywhere but the working and lower class? I’m not sure the middle mini-van class produces many fighters at all

 

[KOPPE]

Jinh Yu Frey
Miranda Maverick (daddy owns a ranch the size of Texas)
Kevin Lee

 

[Lee_]

Royce Gracie. The first few UFC's were informercials for his family's MA schools.

 

[The Chosen]

Royce Gracie. The first few UFC's were informercials for his family's MA schools.

There should be an asterisk if the family trade was sport (specifically the sport they compete in as well)

 

[laleggenda27]

The question is impossible to answer without defining "rich." Judging by the answers in this thread, it seems like we're talking about upper middle class, which isn't remotely close to being rich.