Dana White announced on ESPN’s SportsCenter Tuesday night that Nate Diaz would face Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 196. The fight will be contested at the welterweight limit of 170 pounds due to the short notice for Diaz. White indicated that it would be the most exciting fight that they could make. […]
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Bellator MMA 149: Payout Perspective
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective with a look at the latest Bellator tentpole event from Houston, Texas. The event was a spectacle to say the least about Friday night’s event. Gracie stops Shamrock in Round 1 The intros for this fight were well done as Bellator invested a lot into the production […]
RDA out of UFC 196
Rafael Dos Anjos has been forced out of his fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 196 on March 5th due to a broken foot according to several reports. No immediate announcement has been made as to a replacement for the lightweight champion or if the McGregor will be pulled altogether from the PPV. New surfaced […]
Cerrone tops UFC FN 83 Reebok payouts
MMA Junkie reports the pay from the UFC-Reebok Athlete Outfitting policy. With his 30th fight for the company, Donald Cerrone led the Fight Night roster with $20,000, the most of any fighter Sunday night. Via MMA Junkie: Donald Cerrone: $20,000 def. Alex Oliveira: $2,500 Derek Brunson: $10,000 def. Roan Carneiro: $5,000 Dennis Bermudez: $10,000 def. Tatsuya Kawajiri: $5,000 […]
Silva will likely fight outside NV in spite of ban
Jack Encarnacao of The Boston Herald writes that Wanderlei Silva may seek to fight in another jurisdiction outside of Nevada prior to the end of the three year ban issued by the commission this past week. The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued a 3-year ban for evading a drug test leading up to UFC 175. […]