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Dana White makes it official: UFC fight-night bonuses staying

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:30:00 +0000

Several past and present UFC fighters made quite a stir recently when they started raising some gripes about how much money they make to fight. And then UFC President Dana White made a bigger stir when he said, in essence, that if fighters don’t like how much money they’re making, the UFC could raise the fight purses for the guys on the lower end of the pay scale – and eliminate the fight-night bonuses and discretionary “locker room” bonuses that are handed out. Problem solved, White said he and the UFC brass had theorized. Nothing was made official, however – it was merely an idea that White floated to the media . And the fighters responded, apparently. White on Tuesday, as part of a media conference call in support of this month’s UFC on FOX 8 event, said the fight-night bonuses and discretionary bonuses won’t be going away – so fighters can rest easy. “At the last press conference (at UFC 162), I told the press we’re not doing away with the fight-night bonuses,” White said on Tuesday’s call.

Dana White makes it official: UFC fight-night bonuses staying – MMA Junkie

Dana White says he can solve UFC fighter pay gripes – by eliminating bonuses

BAD MMA News — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – The UFC is contemplating the elimination of fight-night and discretionary bonuses to fighters, the promotion’s president told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “You don’t like the structure? All right, we’ll pay the lower-level guys more money – no more f–king bonuses,” Dana White said. “You guys come in, you negotiate your contracts, and we do away with all bonuses. That’s what I’m thinking about doing.” White today said he and UFC co-owner and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta came up with the idea to redistribute wealth after several former and current UFC fighters publicly criticized the way the promotion pays its fighters. And if they follow through with it, they could find out very quickly if those currently under contract believe the current system is as bad as its often made to be. White said that for every UFC event that “kicks ass,” the promotion “makes sure that everybody gets a piece of the extra.” Now, the promotion could boost fighters’ base salaries across the board and take away rewards for those that perform. “The bonuses are something we’ve been doing out of the kindness of our f–king heart,” White said. “It was something we liked to do. Apparently, people don’t like it.

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Co-Main Event Podcast: Episode No. 55 available with Ben Fowlkes, Chad Dundas

BAD MMA News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Episode No. 55 of the Co-Main Event Podcast now is available for streaming and download. MMAjunkie.com/USA TODAY columnist Ben Fowlkes and ESPN.com MMA writer Chad Dundas host the weekly show (also dubbed the “CME,” if you nasty). This week, the fellas look back at UFC on FUEL TV 10 and look ahead to UFC 161, plus dive into former UFC stars and their gripes. Check it out at www.comainevent.com . Edit this article There is no related news for this post.

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UFC 161′s Roy Nelson says Daniel Cormier turned down fight offer

BAD MMA News — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:30:00 +0000

Heavyweight Roy Nelson is never one to shy away from stirring the pot, and today during a conference call in support of next week’s UFC 161 event, he did that a few times. Nelson (19-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC), a frequent antagonist of UFC President Dana White, fights Stipe Miocic (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at the June 15 event. Today he took a shot at his UFC stablemates as he talked about the portly, shaggy appearance that his UFC boss counts as one of several gripes with the fighter. “I don’t know if it works in my favor,” Nelson said. “It’s just people that tend to be in our sport tend to abuse performance-enhancing drugs, so that’s the reason why I probably don’t look like the typical UFC fighter. Later asked to explain why he is fighting Miocic instead of potential opponent Daniel Cormier (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at next week’s pay-per-view event, Nelson threw another sideways jab and hinted that Cormier turned down a proposed bout.

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