ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports the purses for the Pacquiao-Thurman fight taking place tonight in Las Vegas. Despite the reported purses revealed by the Nevada Athletic Commission, the consensus is that both main event fighters will be receiving substantially more. Via Rafael per NAC: Manny Pacquiao: $10 million Keith Thurman: $2.5 million Omar Figueroa, Jr.: […]
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Nevada Athletic Commission discloses Alvarez-Jacobs payouts
The Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs fight took place on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarez defeated Jacobs via unanimous decision. Jacobs had to pay a $250,000 per pound fine for being over 170 pounds at the morning weight check. Both fighters made the contractual weight of 160 pounds. Jacobs came in […]
NAC issues statement on Jon Jones drug tests
Two of Jon Jones’ latest drug tests have turned up positive for the same banned substance as in the past. In response, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued a statement. “Mr. Jones has been cooperative with the NSAC and has submitted to multiple drug tests conducted by the NSAC, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA), […]
Canelo agrees to NAC suspension for drug test failure
At Wednesday’s Nevada Athletic Commission disciplinary hearing, Canelo Alvarez entered into an Adjudication Agreement agreeing to a six month suspension of his boxing license for failing two drug tests with the presence of the banned substance Clenbuterol. MMA Payout has obtained a copy of the Adjudication Agreement from the NAC via public records request: Saul […]
UFC 216: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at UFC 216 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ferguson submits Lee It was not a good week for Kevin Lee. Not only did he have issues with cutting weight which kept everyone in suspense on Friday. It appeared […]