Joaquin Buckley works at Walgreens

[Pierced7681]

I mean, even if MMA does work out, when you're 35-40, eventually you have to go back into the workforce or choose to destroy your mind and body for 5 more years of getting your ass kicked to be a resume piece for younger guys (and then eventually go into the workforce anyways after that). Have fun going back into the workforce at 35-40 with no work experience in the past 15 years, while having no job skills, or you haven't used the skills you did have in 15 years..

Hey, it's just Walgreens.. but being at the very least a manager at Walgreens at 35 and developing job skills and licenses and certifications along the way is a hell of a lot better that starting at the bottom with teenagers.

To be fair, even a regular ufc fighter like Raging Al was able to turn his fame into a real estate gig, primarily due to his name value. Selling cars is another easy one if you’re a little famous. “Buy a car, take a photo with a former ufc fighter!”

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Noone wants to actually answer the question of what they would do if they were in charge of running the ufc and why.....

Financially crumble and ruin UFC most likely.

 

[560ti]

IMO it's not about making money during your MMA career. Anyone that's pro MMA at that level doesn't need to work, now. It's about not being putting yourself in a hole. The guys that quit their jobs end up at 35 with no work experience in 1.5 decades and no job skills. That's why you see guys fighting themselves into CTE and destroyed bodies at 35-40. By keeping his job here, he'll at least be a manager by then, will probably pick up other skills relevant to running. business, and won't have to do that. Even at the highest levels, that's why Stipe is still a fireman, and Shane is still an engineer, and they can always fall back on that. The guys that don't just work at all and have nothing beyond MMA, even if it's just a Walgreens job -- that's where guys like Mike Perry are going to be at 35-40.

100% this. That's what fucks alot of former NFL players in my area up. They'll spend all of college and then 2 or 3 years in the league (with another year or 2 on top of that trying to get back into the league) and won't have any real world work experience.

Majority of the money they made went towards living expenses during there career so there now late 20s with no viable skill and no job experience.

 

[superpunch]

100% this. That's what fucks alot of former NFL players in my area up. They'll spend all of college and then 2 or 3 years in the league (with another year or 2 on top of that trying to get back into the league) and won't have any real world work experience.

Majority of the money they made went towards living expenses during there career so there now late 20s with no viable skill and no job experience.

At least they're forced to get realistic at like 25-30. That's not so old, and their bodies and brains still work. In MMA, they could delay the inevitable by getting their bodies and brains beaten by whoever will pay them until they're 40.

 

[560ti]

Fighters are in a D-level sport and most perform once or twice a year

Pay could be higher but alot of people over inflate the value and worth of these guys. Most on here think after 10 UFC fights they should be retired and shouldn't have to work for the next 50 years of there lifes (LMAO). There's much higher talented competitors in contractor sports like Golf and Tennis that make equal if not less than the average UFC fighter. Even MLB which has a union there's top prospects that have national titles and are drafted high that get stuck in semi-pro leagues forever

I think the big issue is people on here inflate UFC guys as stars just because there in the UFC when in reality being a pre-lim guy is the equavlent of being a D-leaguer in most sports

 

[Passive]

Usually if you're a viral sensation you become rich real quick. Unless you're with the UFC.

 

[MMAudit]

Thinly veiled CVS hate thread

<Lmaoo>

 

[Jawth]

Even if he is on the shittiest 12/12 contract, he still made 150k in a little over a month with the KO bonuses, salary, and reebok.

He doesnt need to work at Walgreens if he doesnt want to.

 

[10mm]

It's more like a $7K deductible, with a few free doctors visits, and the rest like $20. And if you make under like $40K a year or something, you get subsidies. So if you're making $25K, you're probably only paying $30 a month, and the government pays the other $170. If you're even poorer, you can get on medicaid for free.. I used to get free medicaid when I waited tables. People not having health insurance used to be a real thing before Obamacare, now it's their own fault. Most people that don't have health insurance are simply too lazy to sign up for it and apply for subsidies or medicaid, probably because they're too high or drunk to use a computer, and then just blame the government and some faceless capitalist lol.

Obama should have tackled medical costs first. Everyone is scared to do this. Before obamacare, deductibles were approx 3k for the family. Companies used to pay for all of the vast majority of premiums. Insurance is a scam. Get costs down and do away with insurance. If you actually have to use it for something serious, a 7k deductible is a fortune. Then it resets every year. Big pharma can charge 20 bucks a pill and you can go bankrupt just to go to a shitty dr that may or may no diagnose you since all he wants to do is run tests because they dont know shit. It all depends on if you need to use it or not. Anyway.....end rant.

 

[Madmick]

U.F.C. = U Fight Cheap



<{CMPALM}>

-wants to stay modest and hungry
-works at Walgreens because he wants to have a business
-planning to start a clothing line?
-wants to be in the Conor-Dustin 2 undercard
-says that James Krause lied about him hurting sparring mates
-likely will get with an altercation with James

This dude is a winner. Keeping his head to the ground. He's taking the time to actually learn business from the bottom.

This is such a wise strategy. Usually young people, even very smart & educated young people, don't have brains like this. They don't realize the value of understanding the logistics of business from the ground to the top. They don't understand the challenges face, or the mindset that results from it. They don't understand how management mismanages so many things because they are out of touch with these truths.

 

[Maripucci]

Well Drake used to work at Shoppers drug nart. Which is basically the Canadian equivalent of CVS.

Who cares let him build his brand.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Thinly veiled CVS hate thread

Those fuckers won't even sell me cigarettes now. Fuck CVS.

 

[Sickbro69420]

Thinly veiled CVS hate thread

 

[560ti]

Obama should have tackled medical costs first. Everyone is scared to do this. Before obamacare, deductibles were approx 3k for the family. Companies used to pay for all of the vast majority of premiums. Insurance is a scam. Get costs down and do away with insurance. If you actually have to use it for something serious, a 7k deductible is a fortune. Then it resets every year. Big pharma can charge 20 bucks a pill and you can go bankrupt just to go to a shitty dr that may or may no diagnose you since all he wants to do is run tests because they dont know shit. It all depends on if you need to use it or not. Anyway.....end rant.

and it's extremely misleading because the plan you get through the exchange only covers the hospital portion. Every doctor you see in the emergency room/hospital is going to mail you a separate bill because they do not accept your Obamacare plan

Obamacare was literally the scam of the century.

 

[linch]

He never complained about low pay from ufc, he said they sent him big checks but he simply wants to keep his job, nothing wrong with that.

 

[campbecc]

Indeed its quite tiresome to constantly see the same complaints over and over again, most of these sports teams are worth MORE than the UFC period, of course they can afford to pay their athletes far more...

By no means are most teams worth more than $4 billion. The reason they pay more of the revenue is not because they have more money or because they want to pay more, it is because the union makes them or they will strike.

 

[campbecc]

Everyone pays taxes. Not sure why people bring in paying taxes when discussing salaries and pay.

independent contractors do pay way higher tax rates at lower income levels. Most people who make as little as lower level MMA don't pay many taxes, but independent contractors are taxed differently.

 

[kflo]

independent contractors do pay way higher tax rates at lower income levels. Most people who make as little as lower level MMA don't pay many taxes, but independent contractors are taxed differently.

But they also get to deduct all related expenses.

 

[Joinho10]

I've been saying for years that these aren't professional athletes, 95% of MMA fighters are "semi-professional"

Pro in MMA is just a way to distinguish/DQ you from amateur status.

Fans cry about pay but this isn't specific to the UFC. Alot of pro leagues have medicore D-league/practice squad payouts and most of these sports are 5x more profitable then UFC.........

Remember when UFC found out Stipe was a firefighter and thought it was a good idea to use it as promo... I swear our sport is such a shitshow cant take it seriously.

 

[IDL]

That’s a fucking shame. You are responsible for the greatest KO of the year in the premiere professional MMA promotion and you still have to work at fucking Walgreens. Guy just had a baby in August and since August has body bagged 2 previously undefeated fighters in exciting fashion.

The fact that UFC pays 10-18% of their revenue to fighters is fucking disgusting. Every other major sport pays close to 50/50 split, including boxing.

He said he is still working to keep the mentality despite the 'big checks' from the UFC, not because he needs the money.