MVP urges MMA fighters to form union over pay

Michael 'Venom' Page says MMA fighters need to form a union and "move as one" if they want to secure better pay in the sport. Michael 'Venom' Page joined KSI's Misfits Boxing promotion earlier this month The 39-year-old signed a deal with Misfits Boxing earlier this month after leaving the UFC. Page, better known as MVP, won five of his six bouts in the UFC after debuting in 2024 but was critical of the money its fighters earn, compared with top-level athletes in other sports. After joining Misfits, where Page says he will earn "a lot more" than he did in the UFC, the Briton wants to use his platform to empower fellow fighters.

Page points to the Muhammad Ali Act – a 2000 US law designed to protect boxers' rights and combat potential monopolies – as something which he'd like to replicate in MMA. "It's less about speaking out now, it's more about forming a union and coming together. We have to move as one," Page told BBC Sport. "If all fighters said 'we're not gonna do it', then UFC doesn't exist. That's the important thing for fighters to remember. It's not just the machine of UFC, you guys are the nuts and bolts that help the machine move. "A fighters union is what's important – the Muhammad Ali