So they're not going to pay them, love it
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Yeah they were talking about crypto.com throwing in a million and another company (maybe ram?) Throwing in another 400k for additional bonuses. This was at the press conference a few days ago, maybe the one a month ago too. Standard performance of the night/fight of the night is 50k (recently changed to 100k) so the million extra is on top of that. Everyone is still paid whatever is in their contract in USD as well as whatever initial bonus in USD. I guess the additional million will be split between Topuria and Gaethje based on last night's post fight presser. I think Gane is also getting a portion of the extra bonus. Every winner got an additional 25k on top of their win bonus (if win bonuses are in their contract) as well according to Dana at the press conference. I watched the majority of the press for this card, as I do with all the cards. I didn't see that the fucking Trump's were involved in the crypto aspect. Fucking poisoning everything they touch. So mad this is how many people are being introduced to the sport. Fucking embarrassing.
I keep saying it because I think it's likely true - this is probably foreshadowing for the grift of not only this century, but possibly the biggest grift of all time:
I kinda get why parody/caricature/satire is so difficult nowadays, because what do you do when reality is already THIS ridiculous?
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Amazing how they keep finding new layers of corruption to add. Like a rotten onion.
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So… they aren’t paying them at all. Just admit it. If you are being paid in any cryptocurrency… you are not being paid in a legal tender that 100% of the country accepts.
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Corpos are really desperate to reintroduce scrip.
Dana white looks like a scrotum holding its breath.
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Good. That's exactly what they deserve.
I'm rolling my eyes so hard it hurts.
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The UFC said some fighters will receive bonuses in World Liberty Financial crypto called “stablecoins”, whose value is pegged to the US dollar. World Liberty named the currency “USD1”.
It says the crypto is being used for bonuses. That suggests they are also getting other pay, hopefully with actual money.
“This sounds like advertising,” Todd Phillips, an expert in crypto at the Klaros Group, told the Guardian. He said “Paying the fighters in the USD1 stablecoin would have the same economic function as writing them a check but announcing to the world they are doing it in USD1 sounds like they are adverting to the world that USD1 is out there and that it is connected to the UFC and the White House.
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Is this the same crypto that you can’t cash out without Trump's permission?
That’s like worse than getting nothing.
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This is right out of The Boys
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We are already back to company scrip huh?
We sure are regressing and declining quickly, anyone have an altimeter for this bird? Would be awful if we crashed.
USA, USA, USA, USA
This so fucking crazy, you can't invent it.
trump: here's your payment. [hands the UFC fighters a box of twinkies & ho ho's]
fighters: ...
Probably foreshadowing of the EPIC GRIFT that is yet to come if the DonOLD crime family get their way:
It gets better and better.
Do not pass Go.
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PLEEEEEAAAASSSEEEEE Let all the fighters refuse to fight without actual payment!!!
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Hahahahaha I can't wait for this pump and dump.
Maybe some CTE riddled MMA fighter will get pissed and take matters into his own hands
No. Fuck you. Pay me my money.
Every Trump Dollar will be worth 5 real dollars. That is the exchange rate the treasury will implement, when I hijack their democracy.
At least it is a stablecoin and not some crappy meme one.
It is still bad, but mot as much as I feared by the headline.
Edit: I know crypto is just scam. But there is a tiny difference between stablecoin and other coins.
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So they're not getting paid, gotcha.
Without the timing on the pump and dump, those coins are useless.
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Grift upon grift upon grift upon grift, and repeat infinitely.
I remember being a little shocked when Donald sold the Resolute Desk for ad space to Goya during his first term, or using an NCAA championship visit and dinner to the White House to promote a host of fast food brands, but that was small potatoes.
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It's like a grift and a pyramid scheme combined. There's one big grifter at the top running grifts on people that pay for it by running grifts on people who pay for it by running grifts on people...
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Suckers.
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lol the grift that keeps on grifting
LOL!! Good for them. Fucking grifters just grifting.
coughCommoduscough
Great... I'd like to cash this in, please.
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One expensive nap.
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