Well, I said it, and I managed to follow through. I didn’t watch Fedor’s fight because I refuse to watch M-1 co-promoted cards. I’m not his biggest fan, and also not his biggest detractor, but I can’t stand the Russian mob that backs him.

That said, Rogers taking him to the second round does [...]

Crack a smile with your beer man. That’s a Smile, because Frown won’t pay me nothin!

Right. He just gets on her. After drinking an ice cold Coors Light.

Except, eldiablo, SAMBO was never the issue in this negotiation. Both sides said it revolved around the fact that the UFC saw no reason to keep spending the same amount of money on each event and splitting the profits for events involving Fedor with M-1. M-1 calls this co-promotion. The rest of [...]

And if he drags the UFC (or more likely Zuffa with its deeper pockets) into the suit, it is further proof the man never wanted to fight for them and negotiated in bad faith.

Be interesting to see what part of his contract forbids a company from going out of business, wouldn’t you say? Also [...]

Still happening on Time Warner commercials to sell PPVs.

It’s so cute how one comment makes the thread all about me. I AM T3H MOSTEST POWZERFULZ POST3R ON T3H FRENZEEEE

And while we’re at it, we need a remove button for brainless posts.

How is Machida’s surgery more BS than Silva’s? How is it more BS than BJ ducking a title fight for over a year – including time to spend with children after the GSP fight (which came 8 months after his last fight)? [...]

Perhaps you should ask Yoshida how his stand up is…

I got a hit of the live virus up the nose yesterday. Stung a bit, but I’m not dead yet!

He wasn’t robbed, he was paid according to the contract that he signed. When are you people going to learn that is how the world works? When you agree to a salary, you should have no expectations of being paid more.

That is precisely why I believe he will never be in danger of getting cut. He is too willing to come in on short notice and bail the UFC out of a jam. This is at least the second time I can think of him doing it (Alves on short notice being the [...]

Ok, then don’t. Or are you going to turn into the mmafrenzy.com equivalent of the guy that mentions every 22 seconds that he drives a Prius?

Then, as we have both mentioned on other pay posts, he should have gotten a job. That is what caused his release – a feeling that he has a right to make his living solely in MMA.

I agree with Justin here. No one has a RIGHT to make a living in anything. If they can make enough to not hold another job, good for them. If not, it’s time for a second job or a different career path.

Stop trolling. There are sponsorships that make up more than half of fighter’s pay usually at that level. You’ve been around long enough that we shouldn’t need to go over this for you.

If you go to that pay scale, headliners will lose money by losing their share of the PPV buys.

Read that second amendment. I’ll wait. Now read it again. It only protects you from censorship by the government. This site is Kris’s backyard. He has decided that Justin and FR can moderate his backyard. When they say someone has crossed the line, that’s it. No one’s rights [...]

November and then again in January? Nope. Let’s be real here.

Jenkins…that sounds suspiciously like you are local to me, unless that is a chain.

** If i’m a fighter and fighting for the ufc, i’m thinking “**** dude i better finish this guy because evem though ive kicked his ass for the last 14 minutes, the stupid ass judges will give the other guy the decision”. **

That’s what Dana has been saying after nearly every decision for [...]

Here’s how it happened, and I am not placing any judgment on the method of scoring used by those particular judges:

Over 2/3 of Rua’s strikes landed were leg kicks. Well over half of Machida’s were head and body strikes. Someone (maybe jcohl) said it up here: head strikes > leg strikes and body [...]

Penn-GSP 1.

The UFC doesn’t score, the judges provided by the ACs do.

Didn’t Alves get a KOTN bonus when he missed weight and beat Hughes?

When did the UFC (or even Zuffa) become a publicly traded company?

Finishing up one of my bowling leagues, actually. And not even doing well.

Or it would require Dana to say one thing: “Sign it or you’re both fired. We need fighters, not boyfriends, and fighters want title shots.”

For future reference, can we keep the spoilers out of the front page summaries? I haven’t watched yet and already saw a pretty full summary, without ever clicking to read the article.

Not at all, I’m just not going to waste my breaks at work on you, or anyone else who thinks Al-Turk has been “set up” by the UFC. The guy’s not good, no matter who you put him against.

Look back over my body of work here and you’ll see. I put [...]

He just isn’t serious about fighting in the US, in the org he holds a title, to defend his title. Dana won’t go there. I figured you would be able to make that connection.

Says the man with Kimbo for an avatar. Yeah, I’m going to take lectures from you.

And the Bellator tickets I got were $18 a piece. $25 for a show with one known name is too damn high.

But Tiger does have an “appearance fee” to grace a tournament with his presence. I don’t know if Federer does too, but I would be shocked if he didn’t.
http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news02/woods21.html
http://www.thegolfchannel.com/tour-insider/notes-tiger-woods-addresses-appearance-fee-controversy-28884/

So, to make a comparable system, the UFC would need something like (and let’s go with where on the card you are)…
Headline fights: 150K to winner [...]

Hey, you’re only a month late and missed the follow-up stories. No big deal.

Probably closer to the idea that Wellisch and Gonzaga aren’t cans, and that yes a heavyweight champ from another org ought to fight some tougher fights. The way that Al-Turk hasn’t been able to handle a mediocre all-around fighter in Kongo or a washed-up Cro Cop more than justifies feeding him a UFC rookie [...]

Wellisch, Wain, and Gonzaga are “cans”? Really? Because those are Carwin’s UFC opponents. Also keep in mind, Carwin wasn’t a title holder when he was signed, so perhaps expectations weren’t as high.

Cage Rage wasn’t an unknown promotion. I don’t think it wrong to think their title holder might be [...]

Holy Hell. UFC*.

No more tired typing, dbiz.

I’m guessing this clears the way for the UF to pay spike off and move to ESPN.

Larson looks like Josh Barnett…before the PEDs.

Doesn’t look borderline to me. Looks as clear cut as it gets. So Rashad is a worse coach because he won’t let a guy ice his shoulder, but he’s coaching two teams after each fight because Rampage is too busy looking all-crazy eyed at some truck that doesn’t have his picture on it? [...]

Okami is a non-factor, since he hurt himself when offered title shots…twice. I wouldn’t offer him another since he is too injury-prone.

YAY PROPAGANDA!

The crime would be Lawal getting beaten like Rodney King.

Move….to 170?

Ok, I want Kris to work on an ignore feature, because that’s just…No.

He also has more losses than Akiyama and Manhoef combined. Just saying.

they should have put Twinkle Toes on instead

I thought I recalled that last time someone ran off to Japan to fight while on suspension, the CSAC started the suspension upon return. Am I mistaken?

I would be stunned if Bigfoot was cleared for this fight. It is probably wishful thinking at this point. Although it will be up to the Illinois commission to decide if they will honor California’s ruling on his suspension.

I drank like, a half gallon of orange juice last night. When I took a piss this morning, there was pulp in it.

My comment was just as relevant to this story as yours. Cool, huh?