John Morgan of MMAJunkie writes that Lyoto Machida would like to fight Rashad Evans for an interim light heavyweight title in lieu of the knee injury that has sidelined champion Mauricio Rua until March. “Honestly, we’d like to fight ‘Shogun,’” Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, today told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “Now it’s 1-1. It’s even. Let’s do this […]
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UFC 116: Payouts and Bonuses
MMAPayout.com has retrieved the UFC 116 payouts from the Nevada State Athletic Commission where a total of $923,000 in disclosed purse was paid to the fighters. The usual disclaimers exist here: the disclosed payouts do not represent the full amount that each fighter earned. Disclosed payouts Brock Lesnar ($400,000) def. Shane Carwin ($40,000) Chris Leben […]
UFC Opening China Office “Immediately”
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly reports that the UFC recently hired the individual that will run the UFC’s office in China, which the organization expects to open in the very near future. Just weeks after the UFC opened an office in Canada – with former CFL commissioner Tom Wright leading the charge – the company hired […]
UFC 116: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at the highly anticipated UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin that was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 3rd. The event featured a heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin, but also showcased the […]
Payout Revisited: Minimum Fighter Payouts
MMAPayout.com hasn’t done a Payout Revisited segment in quite some time, but upon reading an article from the Canadian Press on the cost of living for high performance athletes, I thought it might be time to revisit one of my first and most talked about pieces on fighter payouts. Minimum Fighter Payouts was a part […]