Video taking off 14x its usual first day

Brendan Allen backs Sean Strickland's pay concerns after Las Vegas win

MMA Junkie's post-fight clip draws an unusually large audience, with viewers discussing the balance between supporting better pay and protecting a livelihood.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 64,934 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (4,508).

Brendan Allen reacts to Sean Strickland's recent comments on contract

Brendan Allen had a submission victory to discuss, but his response to Sean Strickland's contract comments brought a different part of fighting into focus: getting paid.

MMA Junkie's short, "Brendan Allen reacts to Sean Strickland's recent comments on contract", reached about 64,000 views in its first 23 hours. A regular short on the channel usually draws only a few thousand over its opening day. The comments were also far busier than usual, moving beyond the result to questions about fighters' bargaining power.

Allen spoke with reporters after submitting Christian Leroy Duncan in the fifth round in Las Vegas. MMA Junkie's fuller interview title identifies his support for Strickland's pay comments, alongside his call for a fight with Dricus Du Plessis. A separate clip makes Allen's position on that matchup plain: he wants it, but won't wait around.

Beneath the contract clip, viewers discuss whether a fighter can support someone else's push for better compensation while remaining careful about his own position. Others argue about what fair pay should mean, rather than dissecting Allen's finish.

There is an interesting sporting history behind that support: Allen and Strickland have fought each other in the UFC, with Strickland winning by TKO. Here, the subject connecting them is the business outside the cage.

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