The brewing battle between Dana White and Rampage Jackson seems to have come to a head. Yesterday, Rampage Jackson announced through his own website that he was essentially retiring from MMA and the UFC: The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them … this movie role […]
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MMA Salary Reform Necessary
Yesterday, Michael Rome of Bloodyelbow.com made the case for salary reform in the UFC in order to better accommodate both the fighters and the sport as a whole: It’s time for the UFC to restructure the Pay Per View percentage contracts for main event fighters. They began as a good faith way to reward fighters when […]
Report: Couture-Vera to Headline UFC 105
Mark Gilbert of The Sun has confirmed that Randy Couture and Brandon Vera have in fact agreed to headline UFC 105 in Manchester, England on November 14th. Randy Couture will make a quick-fire return to Octagon action against Brandon Vera at UFC 105. The 46-year-old former heavyweight champion will take on The Truth in a light heavyweight […]
Revisited: UFC Roster Moves Make Dollars and Sense
Periodically MMAPayout.com revisits an article previously featured on the site in order highlight an issue, update a prediction, or simply give some of our new readers a look previously unread work. The big news in the last few days has seen Shane Carwin jump from fighting Cain Velasquez in a contenders match of sorts to fighting Brock […]
Float like a Butterfly, Talk Trash like Ali
“Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can’t talk. The man can’t fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he’s gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.” The art of talking trash is nothing new, as Muhammad Ali demonstrated in 1964, prior to his fight with Sonny Liston. Talking smack […]