LOS ANGELES – Fighters face additional taxes and fees now that UFC 232 is being held in California rather than Nevada.

For those that stand to make over $50,000, the move effectively serves as a nine percent tax on their earnings, unlike Nevada, a state with no income tax.

They’ll only get so much sympathy from UFC President Dana White, who said the promotion is losing $6 million by moving Saturday’s pay-per-view event, headlined by a Jon Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (18-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) light heavyweight title fight, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to The Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

“It is what it is,” the UFC executive told reporters, including MMAjunkie, during today’s UFC 232 pre-fight news conference. “It’s either that or not fight and nobody gets paid anything. It is what it is. We had to move it. It’s costing everybody more money. It is what it is.”

In other words, fighters shouldn’t be expecting any additional compensation for their troubles. Despite a last-minute scramble for many to get cleared to fight in California, which requires a separate license just to step into the octagon, White believes fighters should be happy simply to be working at all.

“Listen, it’s not an easy decision to make,” White said. “You have to pull the trigger and you’ve got to make moves.

“You can’t make everyone happy. Not every fan, every fighter, but we gave the fans in Las Vegas the opportunity to get tickets first, and the tickets are cheaper. We had over 3,000 people buy tickets here that had tickets in Vegas. We did everything we could to make it better. We did what we could do.”

Since the promotion announced the move, a result of an “atypical” finding on a Dec. 9 drug test for headliner Jon Jones, several octagon combatants have vented about the situation. UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes (17-4 MMA, 9-1 UFC) pointed out the switch came during the holiday season (via Twitter).

Nunes, who’s set to face Cris Cyborg (20-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in a superfight for the women’s featherweight title, will undoubtedly come in at the higher end of the pay scale with six-figure earnings. As a result, she could face a tax bill ranging from 10.3 to 12.3 percent.

Asked specifically about California taxes, White shot back, “Who is going to pay my income tax in California?” The crowd at Los Angeles Airport Marriott booed lustily.

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