Usman Nurmagomedov declines PFL $2 million offer

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    So Usman Nurmagomedov reportedly said no to $2 million per fight from the PFL, and now everyone's wondering if he's UFC bound. The UFC probably won't hand him that kind of money on a first contract unless he's already a champ, so it's not about the immediate cash. It feels like he's chasing legacy, which echoes what Khabib once said about fighting for legacy over money. He might be betting on himself, thinking that if he succeeds in the UFC, later contracts could blow that $2 million out of the water. Plus, rolling with Islam and that crew, seeing them get recognized while he's in the PFL, that could push him toward the UFC for relevance. At the end of the day, is being the 7th best in the UFC better than being the champ in the PFL?

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    Uzman or Magomedov I guess declined a two million dollar per fight offer from the PFL. Yeah. Now I'm interested by this because UFC is not going to pay him that but is he not even close to that unless he becomes a champ but like the first contract no way is he saying no because he's just he wants the legacy is it what do you think Uzman's thought process is here yeah because he's like I have the money I don't need more money I want legacy I mean this goes back to habib saying like you fight for money i fight for legacy and that's another question is it better to be a champ in the pfl or be number seven in the small fish big pond or big fish in a little pond bet trying to go for legacy but also betting on yourself to a degree where it's like the two million dollar deal fight in pfl is nice but you take the tiny deal in ufc by the time that second contract third contract rolls around it could be way more than that if he succeeds there's also an aspect to it where it's like i don't know if these guys care about fame at all but if he's rolling with Islam and that whole clan all the time and they're getting people coming up to him and taking pictures and just aware of them as a fighter and they're not as much aware of Usman just because he's fighting in the PFL I feel like that could be a factor of it not not even in terms of like I want more people to know who I am but in terms of like am I just am I like yelling into a void over here like should I be doing this for people no