UFC chief Dana White is not taking seriously the words of Muhammad Mokaev, who earlier said he would be willing to fight his first fight for free if the league gives him a new contract.
"Of course no one is going to fight for free. People can say whatever they want about how much we pay them, but nobody's going to come out to fight for free. What happened is what happened. I always say - we give the opportunity to perform and showcase ourselves to the world, and this guy did everything wrong and pissed off a lot of people in the organization. I wasn't personally involved in everything that was going on with him, but the matchmakers and Hunter Campbell who interacted with him were very unhappy with this guy. They were unhappy with the way he acted, what he did and what he said. He seems to regret it now, but he did it. You did it! You put yourself in that position."