PuertoRican United States. Oct 21 2011 16:29. Posts 13044
- Brad Tavares forced from his UFC 137 bout against newcomer Dustin Jacoby due to injury, another Octagon debutant will step in, as Clifford Starks will put his 7-0 record on the line against the 6-0 Jacoby.
- Jorgensen vs. Curran promoted to UFC 137 main card, Jacoby-Starks to prelims.
- UFC on FOX 1 refs include 'Big' John McCarthy, Herb Dean and Larry Landless.
- Chael Sonnen to host 2011 World MMA Awards, ceremony airs on FSN and FUEL TV on November 30th.
Siyar Bahadurzada - Welterweight - 20–4–1
Maximo Blanco - Featherweight - 8–3–1 (1 NC)
John-Olav Einemo (resigned) - Heavyweight - 6–2
Tim Kennedy - Middleweight - 14–3
Che Mills - Welterweight - 13–4 (1 NC)
Khadjimourat Gatsalov - Middleweight - (0-0) (He is an Olympic Gold Medalist, a four time world champion, a two time world cup winner and in 2003 was pronounced the greatest wrestler in Europe. He also competes in Sambo and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He competed against Strikeforce heavyweight Daniel Cormier at the 2004 Olympics. Gatsalov dominated Cormier winning the match 5-0.)
- With cast removed, UFC's Diego Sanchez cleared to resume training.
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 31 2011 23:13. Posts 13044
- Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz official, granted co-main-event status for UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem. (Weird fight since Nate Diaz is 1-2 in his last 3, while Cerrone is on a 6 fight win streak and will crush Diaz ez pz.)
- UFC 141 adds Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes and Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson.
- UFC 137 salaries: Diaz ($200K), Penn ($150K) and Kongo ($140K) top fighter payroll. + Show Spoiler +
The full payouts included:
Nick Diaz: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. B.J. Penn: $150,000
* - Although not recognized on the official pay sheet, Griffin was fined $8,500 for missing weight for the fight, and contracts were reworked with those amounts. That money was issued to Palaszewski, an NSAC official confirmed with MMAjunkie.com. Otherwise, Griffin would have made $34,000 and Palaszewski would have made $20,000.
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 bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 137 bonuses to Palaszewski ("KO of the Night"), Cerrone ("Submission of the Night"), and Diaz and Penn ("Fight 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.
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Jhyun88 United States. Nov 01 2011 05:09. Posts 1383
On October 31 2011 22:13 PuertoRican wrote:
- Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz official, granted co-main-event status for UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem. (Weird fight since Nate Diaz is 1-2 in his last 3, while Cerrone is on a 6 fight win streak and will crush Diaz ez pz.)
I wouldn't be so sure about this, Nate Diaz's 2 losses came from when he was still in welterweight and he fought 2 strong wrestlers and lost via decisions. Cerrone's gonna scrap and we know any Diaz can scrap.
Nice addition to the card, let's hope they stack that one up to the skyyyyyyyyy.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 01 2011 22:28. Posts 13044
@Jyhun, we can bet on Cerrone/Diaz if you want. A small non-money bet, maybe loser takes a pic in their underwear/boxers with a LP.net logo on their chest for the rest of us to laugh at.
Diaz was facing bigger guys and he can also take a beating, but Cerrone will be the best striker he has faced and can handle himself on the ground. IMO, Nate is a weaker version of Nick. Nick hasn't faced elite strikers, only strikers who are made to sound elite via whatever commentator is hyping them up, and Nate has faced good strikers and lost to them.
- UFC 138 loses Paul Taylor vs. Anthony Njokuani; Cyrille Diabate vs. Anthony Perosh promoted to main card. (Taylor suffered whiplash in a recent car accident.)
