Over the past decade, the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts company experienced tremendous growth in popularity. The UFC is now worth over 10 billion dollars and showing no signs of slowing down. Yet the UFC pays only 10% of its earnings to those same athletes drawing the fans in and paying the bills. Its fighters make very little in comparison to the profits they ge nerate. UFC champions Francis Ngannou and Israel Adesanya —and social media fight celebrities

Francis Ngannou remains the heavyweight champion and defeated Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision. Shocking the MMA world and silencing his critics, Ngannou displayed his freshly refined takedown/grappling abilities and won in what most MMA fans considered the least predictable fashion. Ngannou has solidified himself the title of "THE BADDEST MAN ON EARTH" as he continues to add new dimensions to his already lethal arsenal. As if Ngaannou's victory was not impressive enough, in