Josh
Barnett is questioning Misfits’ financial strategy after
Michael „Venom“ Page described his lucrative new contract with the
promotion.

Page said his three-fight deal with MF Sports’ Misfits will pay him
more than he earned across his six bouts in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. The Englishman claims he will
earn seven figures per fight after the UFC opted against renewing
his contract despite his 5-1 promotional record.

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Josh Barnett questions Michael ‚Venom‘ Page’s seven-figure
Misfits contract claim, cites past MMA promotion failures

Barnett responded on social media, questioning the accuracy of
Page’s claims. The former UFC heavyweight champion warned that such
spending could exhaust Misfits’ capital and jeopardize its
future.

“Either Page is telling a very bold lie for publicity sake…”
Barnett wrote on X. “Or [Misfits] has decided to run the same old
formula of: jumping into the MMA market, overspending like mad,
burning through all their capital in record speed, and soon to be
another gravestone in the marketplace due to either incompetence or
intent to raise and burn capital on the way to fire-sailing what
remains (that’d be the IP, library, all those fighter’s contracts)
in what amounts to cash grab scam with the skinsuit of making a top
tier MMA company/UFC competitor.”

Barnett cited EliteXC,
Affliction,

International Fight League and
World Series of Fighting as cautionary examples. He warned that
fighters could suffer if another promotion exhausted its
capital.

“Oh, and it’s the FIGHTERS in the end who truly get screwed
over…again,” Barnett added.


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