UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste has lifted the lid on how she amassed her wealth, denying speculations suggesting that she earns more than fighters in the process.

The veteran ring girl played down Uriah Hall’s assertion that they make seven times more money than the fighters at UFC as she disclosed her earnings while responding to a comment on TikTok.

The 36-year-old — who is an integral part of the mixed martial arts industry after continuous service that spans over 16 years — proffered a circuitous analysis of her earnings as a means to repudiate Uriah Hall’s postulations about the ring girls.

Arianny Celeste hits back at Uriah Hall

“I feel like I need to address this because this has been said multiple times and it’s not true!

“I don’t know where the assumption is [coming from] but it’s always an article from a fighter saying, ‘We make more’ and it’s always a picture of me.

“So, no. I don’t make more than the fighters. I’ve been in this industry for over 15 years, and I’ve worked my a** off to be where I am in life.

“I have an OnlyFans that makes me money. I also put my money into real estate that makes me equity. It’s about really hustling in the position you’re given.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 03: Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste holds up a round card during the UFC On FX middleweight bout between Andrew Craig and Kyle Noke at Allphones Arena on March 3, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

“I gotta just say the rumours are not true, so stop spreading these lies.”

The erstwhile UFC star Uriah Hall, who announced his retirement from MMA competition in August, recently disclosed that ring card girls makes exorbitant amount of money per appearance.

“You don’t have to go too much into details, but I know people [fighters] who are making [$10,000 to show, $10,000 to win], which is ridiculous,” he said after picking up a boxing win on Jake Paul’s undercard last weekend.

“Because you’re going out there and fighting and you’re putting your brain cells on the line and f****** ring card girls are making $70,000, which is utterly f****** ridiculous.”

Hall’s statement preceded that of Jake Paul, who also pointed out how Octagon girls are making more money than the fighters themselves in an interview in 2021.

“It’s a big problem. How is Arianny Celeste… she’s a ring girl, right? How does she make more money than some of the fighters in the Octagon who are risking their lives? Doesn’t make sense to me,” he said.

Celeste has been in the mix of controversies in recent times with fellow colleague Ronda Rousey and Khabib Nurmagomedov castigating her personality and she has had to stand up against such criticism.

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