Jeremy Stephens (photo via UFC)

By FCF Staff

Following Monday’s news that the UFC has been sold for approximately $4 billion dollars, several fighters have called for more revenue to be sent the athlete’s way.

After reports and weeks of speculation that the promotion was going to be sold, earlier today it was confirmed that  WME | IMG has acquired the UFC. Silver Lake Partners and KKR, MSD Capital, L.P. and MSD Partners, L.P. are providing financing for the purchase.

Not long after, some of the comments below were tweeted out:

You are 1000% correct sir. The time is now. No more excuses for 15% of the total revenue to fighters. @MMAFA https://t.co/vvBiET1nMK

— Kyle Kingsbury (@Kingsbu) July 11, 2016

Wishful thinking suggest UFC sale = higher fighter pay, but I've never made an investment in hopes of finding ways to slow down my return

— Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) July 11, 2016

1 single move that would change the sport for the best, literally overnight..

Match the revenue split to all major sports. (Close to 50/50)

— Johnny Hollywood (@HollywoodCase) July 11, 2016

Perfect time to change the revenue split to ➡️ 46% / 54% split to be equal to the other major sports.#WeAllNeedToEat

— Jeremy Stephens (@LiLHeathenMMA) July 11, 2016