Keith Jardine: okay with getting paid pennies

MMAfanhouse has a new interview with Keith Jaridne. In it they discuss a lot of issues but the most interesting exchange was over money and payment

After you fought Wanderlei Silva at UFC 84, the athletic commission reported your purse as $10,000, and a lot of people were saying that the UFC wasn't paying you enough. Are you satisfied with your contract, and do you think you deserve to get paid more?
That was the contract I signed at the time, and because I signed the contract, I wasn't going to complain that I wasn't getting paid more. But Dana White has given me bonuses besides that, and after that fight we renegotiated, and I got a better contract than that. I'm making a fine living right now. I'm pretty lucky. I geta lot of money to do what I love to do.

I think you had about 10 pro fights under your belt before you were on The Ultimate Fighter. What kind of money were you making back then?
Oh, I was happy to make a couple thousand a fight. That was big then. My first fight I think I made $200. So I can't complain.