UFC fighter left ‘homeless’ just two months after $100,000 win on Conor McGregor card

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UFC lightweight King Green has declared he is homeless and currently living out of his car.Green, who legally changed his name from Bobby to King in 2024, is currently in training camp to fight Esteban Ribovics on the main card of UFC 332 next month.Green has been in the UFC for more than 13 years now and is undefeated in his last four fightsGettyLast time out, the 40-year-old from California survived an early scare to score a dramatic first-round knockout of Terrance McKinney at UFC 329.The bout featured on the undercard of Conor McGregor‘s nightmare return against Max Holloway in Las Vegas on July 11.Yet despite his inclusion on one of the biggest cards of the year and walking away with a healthy $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus after his fourth UFC win in a row, Green finds himself homeless.What has King Green said about his situation?“I’ve been living in a car,” Green, 36-17-1 in his professional MMA career, explained during a Kick live stream on Wednesday.“I’ve got like nine houses, but I’m homeless right now. All of my homies live in all my homes, so I’m living out of my car as we speak, which is crazy.“This is part of life and I just want to show people the real life — I’ve been dealing with s*** like this all the time.“Last camp, I got robbed of $300,000 in jewellery. It never stops with the bulls***.”Green explained that he had been planning to move into a new house with his girlfriend, until the pair split this month.He says he has bought several houses this year, but demand from renters and friends has left him in his car for now.“I’ll find a spot after this fight — we’ll figure something out,” Green concluded.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFC329?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwGreen went to war with McKinney at UFC 329 and was almost stopped early in the first roundGettyBut the Californian caught a second wind to stop his opponent just before the opening stanza endedGettyGreen hasn’t lost in the UFC since he suffered one of the best KOs of 2025.Eight months after the American was submitted by Paddy Pimblett in Manchester, Green was stopped by an exquisite spinning wheel kick from Mauricio Ruffy.The KO came second on UFC.com’s best of 2025 behind Lerone Murphy’s spinning elbow finish of Aaron Pico at UFC 319.For now, Green is hoping a victory over Ribovics in Salt Lake City on October 3 will put him on a path to reentering the UFC’s 155lbs rankings.Fighter pay debate continuesGreen’s alarming comments will no doubt reignite conversation on the never-ending debate over fighter pay in the promotion, which UFC CEO Dana White has been heavily criticised for in the past.In May, Australian bantamweight Cory Haddon begged White for a bonus after stopping Aoriqileng at UFC Macau, because he was ‘super broke’ with ‘no money.’UFC CEO White has said several times this year that fighter pay is higher than ever and will keep going upGettyWhite’s rival boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has previously hit out at the UFC over the ‘shocking’ purses fighters make after learning Sean O’Malley made south of $600,000 for his UFC White House win.White has always remained adamant that fighter pay is always going up and will keep doing so as long as the company continues to be successful.talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Tom Aspinall and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Arman Tsarukyan miss out.