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This was his 2nd deal. He was 21-0 and just beat Healy and got ranked for that win heading into RDA fight.
Put another way, the contract was signed when Khabib was one win past being an unranked fighter. I agree with everyone that fighter pay is too low in general, but I can also understand that at the time, he wasn't a big name, didn't bring in the viewers, and hadn't been uniquely impressive in those wins (one of which he had failed to make weight).