Professional mixed martial arts player Kevin Lee stated that a major factor in his decision to sign a new promotion company was Bitcoin (Bitcoin).

According to a report by MMA news media BJ Penn, the Eagle Fighting Championship in Russia will be To pay Lee is in BTC as part of the four-war contract.According to reports, the fighter has been a HODLer since before the bull market in 2017. Later use Part of the profit after paying the cost of knee surgery.

“Paying in Bitcoin and not giving me any obstacles, this is a huge decision [to sign with Eagle FC],” Li said. “It gives me more financial security and will also help me fight better. “

Respect Eagle #EagleFC pic.twitter.com/tgmCQyYK2R

— Kevin MTP Lee (@MoTownPhenom) December 15, 2021

Payments related to Eagle FC were not disclosed, but Lee had previously earned up to $280,000 in UFC matches with Tony Ferguson.In an interview on December 17, Li Imply Eagle FC will pay more than his income when signing the contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), which means that at current prices, the potential expenditure may be 5.86 BTC or more.

Lee, also known as The Motown Phenom, was recently suspended for six months and fined after testing positive for Adderall. Later, before Eagle FC tried to add him to their roster, he was freed from the UFC contract-his first game with the company is expected to be against Diego Sanchez on March 11.

UFC has been deeply researching the benefits of digital assets through cooperation with crypto and blockchain companies. In July, the organization signed a Signed a USD 175 million deal with Crypto.com In the next ten years, the final agreement Lead to release UFC licensed non-fungible tokens.Besides Fighting champions have worked together before Together with the blockchain reward application Socios and the tokenization platform Chiliz, fan tokens will be released.

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Since Jon Fitch became the first professional boxer to pay with Bitcoin in 2015, individual mixed martial arts fighters have been expressing interest in BTC and other tokens.Last year, former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez Said he bought Some BTC, and Ben Askren is to promote Litecoin (LTC) And supports the recent BTC halving.