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UFC star Paige VanZant said OnlyFans allows her to make 'life-changing money'

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[–] xc2215x 284 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] Cato_the_Posadist 79 points 1 year ago

UFC pays like shit for all but the top talent.

Tbf, she was never at risk of being considered that so it doesn’t say that much about the pay scale vs OF.

[–] TryingToEscapeTarkov 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Rakonat 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And people wonder why all these teachers are ending up on onlyfans

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago

It's not like the profession has been treating them with any more respect anyway.

[–] jeffw 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of the only major sports without a union

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always say the NFL is the worst sport for athletes because their bodies get destroyed in return for relatively little money (at least for everybody except the superstars), but that's because I always forget about the UFC.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Still though a practice squad player in the NFL is clearing $500k+ a season. So it's at least a decent amount of money. Is it worth the future health problems with no pension? Not my decision, but at least it is an amount of money where there is a decision to be made.

MMA, Boxing, WWE... Haha go fuck yourself.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 9 points 1 year ago

Still though a practice squad player in the NFL is clearing $500k+ a season.

It seems practice squad players actually make a minimum of $12K per week or $216K per season. Still not that bad compared to conventional jobs, but it's not like you can have a 40-year career doing that.

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[–] Tedesche 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don’t think so. If it was a male UFC fighter, he’d stand no chance of making as much money as her on a site like OnlyFans. And the UFC is pretty good about equal pay based on gender.

No, this is simply the newest iteration of one of the oldest truths in history: attractive women can milk desperate men for a king’s ransom any day of the week.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

And probably a bit about UFC fans, too

[–] [email protected] 256 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

The real hero, here.

[–] kylua 18 points 1 year ago

hey thanks!

[–] LemmyIsFantastic 145 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

She made that much because she's a known fighter established within the UFC. UFC pays shit but it pays shit across the board unless you are a superstar.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it's sad seeing this considering all the women I know who have been suckered into making OFs only to make a few bucks from weirdos saving their nudes.

Porn is the same, really. Most people who do porn make very little money from it, but still have to deal with their naked bodies on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like you should only do fans (and similar pages) if you already have a fan base in some other area. Otherwise it will end like you said.

[–] captainlezbian 28 points 1 year ago

Or if you just actually want to do sex work. It’s like camming. It can be a hobby where you pick up a couple bucks here and there. If you want it to be a job it’s going to be more like trying to make it as a musician or actor.

In general if you’re more or less normal you aren’t going to make any real money as a sex worker. Either you aren’t famous or attractive enough or you aren’t willing to do what it’ll take to make better money or you won’t settle for the little you’ll get or be willing to deal with people who have odd fetishes, possibly of your body type.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All internet media is basically the same on pay. Most people on you tube or twitch don't make much either.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but they don't put their naked bodies out there.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OF out there making up for the gender pay gap

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Trust me, it's not.

For every story like this, there are literally millions where regular women make next to nothing for their nudes.

Most normal women with OFs usually end up having a few subs from people they know who just want to distribute their nudes among peers. Imagine thinking you're going to make thousands when you end up making less than $100, and now everyone has your nudes.

That's the reality for most people on OF. And it's sad.

[–] Aceticon 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's all down to exposure and even minor celebrity status can be leveraged to generate lots of views.

You see a similar thing in the acting community: celebrity actors aren't really better as actors than lots of unknowns out there (the quality all around of acting in places with very good acting colleges and a strong acting tradition, such as Britain, is really good) and often you get stories of people's careers taking off due to a mix of luck and persistence, and once people are in the public eye their careers pretty much shift gears (for reference, the average actor in the UK earns in average less than minimum wage from Acting).

[–] TheControlled 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you consider "people having your nudes bad". I'm sure some do/have but many just don't care. My friend's sister has one. I subbed to support her and because she's hot. Unsubbed later because she was too expensive. Hung out with her at a party once and she didn't give a flying shit I had seen her buck naked. We just talked about normal stuff.

[–] investigationsale 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, no joke, I thought you said "your sister" instead of your friend's sister.

I was like wtf lmao.

[–] Konstant 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't believe this stuff, because it is a fox "news" article. Why was this even posted here? How can we be sure that this is even real considering everyone on this post says you don't make jack squat on that site

[–] Lon3star 79 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's real, Fox News loves posting these horn-dog articles because it hits the bullseye of their conservative-value, low-morality base

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OK but she wouldn't be as popular and wouldn't have made that much on OF if it weren't for her time in the UFC. I mean she's hot yea, but she's famous because of her mma career.

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