Referees aren't taken care of. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/11/...ges-roy-nelson-pay-for-referees-mma-interview Conor and Alvarez are obviously going to make shit-load of money right now. Do you think the referee should also be comparatively – not saying a multi-millionaire- McCarthy: He shouldn’t be a multi-millionaire off of it. But I can’t tell you, that’s New-York and they never had it, but I will say probably the pay for it will be 1,500 dollars. Which is still way less than most big boxing matches. McCarthy: Yes, and when you can say ‘Ok, that is the biggest gate that Madison Square Garden ever had, it’s going to be a huge pay-per-view day.’ Back in March 8th, 1971, you had Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier 1. Back then you could buy a freakin’ full-size car for 3,600 dollars brand new. When you look at that, you had Art Mercante was the referee. He made 750 dollars for that fight when both fighters made 2.5 million. You’d consider 750 dollars then. I’ve done UFC fights, championships – when I did Cain Velasquez versus Junior Dos Santos the first time, on Fox. I made 700 bucks. That’s what I got paid. Just telling you the truth. I’ve taught a lot of fighters now to be referees and judges. But the biggest problem with most of them is they look at it, ‘I can’t live off of it, there’s not enough money’. The guy who’s the closest to being up there and being seen is Frank Trigg. He came to me, he’s been training for a quite a while now, he’s doing great, he’s doing better and better, but – he doesn’t care about the money.
