a former UFC star continues to make money by selling her used socks and photos of her feet to her adoring fans — and raking in more money than she did as a fighter.
Felice Herrig, 37, who announced last month that she would retire from the Ultimate Fighting Championship career before signing a deal with Bare Knuckle Fight Club earlier this month, has told TMZ she lives comfortably with the profit she makes Only Fans.
She uses the adult photo subscription service, she said, to take pictures of her feet.
Some fans with foot fetishes have been asking for more close-ups, Herrig revealed, which she’s happy to provide.
Others, she said, have asked to buy her used socks, which she now sells for $150 each.
The money she gets from these photos and sock sales allows Herrig to fight at her leisure instead of having to fight constantly to make money.
Former UFC fighter Felice Herrig, 37, (pictured) supports herself financially with her OnlyFans account, in which she shares photos of her feet
Some fans have also asked her for more close-up photos of her feet, which she enjoys doing, while others have asked to buy some of her used socks – which she now sells for $150 each.
Herrig says the money she gets from the site allows her to fight at ease
Herrig started her OnlyFans account while recovering from a pair of knee surgeries that kept her sidelined for nearly two years, according to MMAFighting.com.
She wasn’t making any money at the time because fighters are only paid when they fight, Herrig explained, so she started the page to let her rest and recover.
“I probably would have come back from my injury a lot sooner if OnlyFans hadn’t been there, because I should have,” she said in The Fighter vs. The Writer. “I probably wouldn’t have been ready, and at least I was ready for this fight.
“Now with OnlyFans I get paid weekly, and I have no trouble getting paid, and I can take care of my body like a professional athlete should take care of their body,” she continued, commenting: “I have ridiculous money on OnlyFans .’
Herrig attributes at least some of that success on the site to her name and brand, but she said, “It’s also nice because it allowed me to work on the recovery I needed to do.”
“OnlyFans made it where I’m not desperate to fight again,” she said. “I’m actually making more money from that than I’ve ever made fighting — and I’ve made good money fighting.
“But when you deal with the fact that you only get paid when you fight, it gets stressful when you don’t get paid to sit on the sidelines, when you’re not helped.”
Herrig has been a mixed martial artist at UFC since 2009 and has competed 24 times. She retired earlier this month and signed up for a fight with Bare Knuckle Fight Club. Herrig is pictured here trying to take on Kailin Curran in 2016
Herrig Now Says She’s Making More Money From Her OnlyFans Account Than Ever At The UFC
Herrig has been a mixed martial artist with UFC since 2009 and has since competed 24 times, including televised UFC Fight Night.
But after a while, MMAFighter.com reports, the competition began to take its toll and she began to look for opportunities elsewhere.
She finally signed with Bare Knuckle Fight Club earlier this month.
“BKFC is very pleased to announce this important signing today,” President David Feldman said USA today on July 5 ‘Felice was one of the UFC’s most popular fighters during her eight years with the company, and sees an opportunity to succeed in bare-knuckle fights.
“We have a wealth of talented and tough female fighters and look forward to seeing her compete in the square circle,” he added.
Herrig now says BKFC is a perfect fit for what she’s really passionate about in fighting, and revealed to TMZ that she wasn’t much into mixed martial arts.
“Now it comes full circle,” she said. “I can do what I love again, and boxing has always been my number one.”