BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » Ing https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Dana White has little patience for ‘f—ing idiots’ who say UFC 162 was fixed https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-has-little-patience-for-f-ing-idiots-who-say-ufc-162-was-fixed.html https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-has-little-patience-for-f-ing-idiots-who-say-ufc-162-was-fixed.html#comments Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:10:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/dana-white-has-little-patience-for-f-ing-idiots-who-say-ufc-162-was-fixed.html LAS VEGAS – UFC President Dana White has a term for people who think Saturday’s UFC 162 headliner was fixed. It’s not a very nice one. However, when stakes are high and your brain can’t fully comprehend what just happened, White said it should be a reminder about the uncertain nature of combat sports – and not fodder for conspiracy theories. Soon after Anderson Silva tempted fate one too many times and suffered a crushing second-round TKO loss to new UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman , the cries of a fight fix inundated social media. “It happened so fast – and some of you said it, and I was thinking the same thing – ‘What just happened

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/dana-white-has-little-patience-for-f-ing-idiots-who-say-ufc-162-was-fixed.html/feed 0 White: No decision on eliminating UFC fight-night bonuses, will talk to fighters https://www.badmma.com/white-no-decision-on-eliminating-ufc-fight-night-bonuses-will-talk-to-fighters.html https://www.badmma.com/white-no-decision-on-eliminating-ufc-fight-night-bonuses-will-talk-to-fighters.html#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:40:00 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/white-no-decision-on-eliminating-ufc-fight-night-bonuses-will-talk-to-fighters.html LAS VEGAS – Earlier this week, in response to some recent complaints about fighter pay, UFC President Dana White floated the idea of eliminating fight-night bonuses and channeling that money to bigger base paydays for fighters. However, White today said at the pre-UFC 162 press conference that the organization isn’t currently close to implementing such a plan. Currently, the UFC gives out $50,000 bonuses for each event’s best knockout and best submission, as well as the best fight (which goes to both the winner and loser). The fight-night awards have gone as high as $129,000 in the past, and a handful of dual-award winners have banked some serious cash due to the bonus system. However, some fighters, both current and past, have recently complained about the difficulty in living on the salaries given to typical lower-level fighters, where base paydays can be $6,000 to show and an additional $6,000 to victorious. And on Monday, White offered a potentially significant adjustment. “You don’t like the structure? All right, we’ll pay the lower-level guys more money – no more f—ing bonuses,” he said.

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