The easiest way to 10-8 someone on Byrd's scorecards is to be white and better looking than your opponent.
Terence Crawford tries to explain the difference on fighter pay in Boxing vs. MMA and how UFC fighters are getting fucked. Marty from Nebraska (aka Kamaru Usman) and Henry Cejudo get out their brooms and sweep it up for Daddy Dana pimping them out of money.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=J4n07ELpF9U:236I'm starting to come around on the idea that a lot of MMA fighters are just straight-up dumb. Say what you want about Tito Ortiz, but at least he didn't just let Dana bend him over and fuck him when it came to money. Same thing Fedor. Fedor was not willing to fight for Dana's damp peanut shells because he was (arguably) the best heavyweight in MMA.