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[Strapped]

so when is dana gonna book jones vs. weidman

 

[The Infamous]

so when is dana gonna book jones vs. weidman

The better question is when is he going to book Jones/Cain. Weidman has viable contenders in the MW division, Jones (other than the winner of Gus/Rumble) and Cain (other than Werdum) don't have any worthy contenders.

 

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Reigning UFC light-heavyweight champion and headliner Jon Jones earned the top disclosed payday at this past weekend’s UFC 182 event.

Jones earned $500,000. His opponent, Daniel Cormier, who lost a unanimous decision, earned $90,000 (and would have received another $90,000 as a win bonus if victorious).

MMAjunkie today obtained the list of disclosed paydays from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

UFC 182 took place this past Saturday, Jan. 3, at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $1.3 million.

The full disclosed UFC 182 payouts include:

Champ Jon Jones: $500,000 (no win bonus)
def. Daniel Cormier: $90,000

Donald Cerrone: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
def. Myles Jury: $16,000

Brad Tavares: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
def. Nate Marquardt: $49,000

Kyoji Horiguchi: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Louis Gaudinot: $10,000

Hector Lombard: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Burkman: $45,000

Paul Felder: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Danny Castillo: $36,000

Cody Garbrandt: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Marcus Brimage: $12,000

Shawn Jordan: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus)
def. Jared Cannonier: $8,000

Evan Dunham: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
def. Rodrigo Damm: $12,000

Omari Akhmedov: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
def. Mats Nilsson: $8,000

Marion Reneau: $17,600 (includes $8,000 win bonus)*
def. Alexis Dufresne: $6,400*

* – Dufresne missed weight and forfeited 20 percent of “show” money to Reneau

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any other “locker room” or special discretionary bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. Additionally, they don’t include any pay-per-view revenue some top fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $50,000 UFC 182 bonuses to Jones and Cormier (“Fight of the Night”), Jordan (“Performance of the Night”) and Felder (“Performance of the Night”).

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

http://mmajunkie.com/2015/01/ufc-182-salaries-jon-jones-500k-tops-list-of-disclosed-payouts

 

[Ralph Wiggum]

http://mmajunkie.com/2015/01/donald...-meets-benson-henderson-at-ufc-fight-night-59

Cerrone Vs Benson 3


Cerrone has been on fire lately

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Dana White
Alvarez is out and Cowboy is in against Ben Henderson for UFC Fight Night Boston LIVE and FREE on @FOXSports1. #Breaking #FightNight #UFC

First of all to Cowboy for being a beast, and secondly I think this will be incredible fight that should be a main event somewhere.


But as Benson fan I don't like this at all. I really liked his chances against Alvarez, and thought it was a good fight for him coming off a loss. This fight scares me though. Cerrone has been killing everything over the last year, I'm scared

Spoiler

WEC

 

[The G.O.D II]

Should be a good scrap with Bendo/Cerrone. IDK who wins. Both are different fighters since WEC. Cerrone needs to chill tho. Fighting someone like Bendo is less then two weeks notice? One thing is for certain, he definitely doesn't care about fighting for a title. Good for Alvarez tho. He had no avenue for beating Henderson. Hopefully he fights a rebound guy like Sanchez or Miller

 

[jackswstd]

Cerrone vs Bendo 3 :blessedbiden: the first fight was a war with Ben escaping some tight submissions. Second fight Henderson was dominant. Cerrone is a maniac fighting so many times a year and that shyt is bound to catch up with him. Add to that, fighting a guy the caliber of Bendo on two weeks notice is insane.

I expect an all out war.

 

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"There are definitely a lot of heavyweights that I know I would beat," Jones said. "A lot of heavyweights that could give me a hell of a run or possibly beat me. I keep it real. I'm smaller than these guys."

"A guy like Werdum, I would fight him every day, all day," Jones continued. "Why? Because he's not the biggest guy. But the heavyweights I believe would give me the hardest time are the big ones. Not necessarily the better skilled ones -- just the bigger ones. You shoot in and they sprawl out on you, that's going to take a lot of energy to finish that shot, you know what I mean?"

He never said he'd win all day against Werdum, he said he'd fight him because Werdum is small.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/11/...nes-willing-to-face-fabricio-werdum-and-other

I don't think he can beat Cain or Werdum to be honest. He's not gonna want to be on the ground with someone the caliber of Werdum, and Cain is Cain. If Brock Lesnar couldn't keep Cain down I'm certain Jones can't either

 

[DougFunnY]

Lol sherdog is a war zone right now. Jones haters vs jones fans

 

[Bone Bender]

Cerrone gonna be fighting Bendo next.

In two fukking weeks!

Dude is a fukking monster.

 

[The Infamous]

I saw that Alvarez was out but then saw that Cerrone was his replacement

 

[Bone Bender]

Might be a bad career move though. Only 2 weeks to prepare for someone like Bendo doesnt seem like enough time.

 

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I don't think he can beat Cain or Werdum to be honest. He's not gonna want to be on the ground with someone the caliber of Werdum, and Cain is Cain. If Brock Lesnar couldn't keep Cain down I'm certain Jones can't either

Rumor has it, Jones and Werdum already went at it (spar), and it got a little too serious

 

[KingDanz]

Cerrone is crazy