Are you trying to say that organizations, that signed fighters who left UFC due to payment controversies, pay those fighters more than UFC? It is hard to believe that they have budgets bigger than UFC and can afford that. Really hard to believe in that. Maybe for few fights these fighters will get more than they get from UFC, but not during whole career.
UFC is more business than fighting organization. I think they have sort of "fight payment to possible profit" ratio for every fighter. The fighter can be the most unique in the world with 1000:0 record. But if his fights are boring and people dont buy tickets or PPV, then I would not pay him millions for his uniqueness.
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I was always wondering, if Gegard Mousasi is such a talented fighter, why he is not in UFC right now. I don't think that Bellator offered him more money than UFC.
He is one of many fighters who left UFC because he was not paid better and he was not treated so good.I can name other fighters and champions who left like Cris Cyborg who went to Bellator, and heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is having the same problems with UFC and Dana White.
If you compare percentage how much UFC fighters earns compared to all other sports, you would understand better, most money is taken by Dana White and his management.
One more example, Kevin Lee will earn more money for Eagle FC promotion owned by Khabib in fight against Diego Snachez, than most champion fighters earn in UFC.
^ Well that would be dumb to do now, wouldn’t it. And I don’t think it was Dana who kicked Mousasi out. I think Dana really wanted him to stay. It was either Mousasi let his contract run out or requested to be let out of his contract. I think... But nothing a quick search won’t answer. Too lazy to do it now. Lol. I’m locked in on Ukraine news while hanging out here. It’s crazy what’s going on over there... So if anybody from Ukraine can read this, stay safe out there guys. I know it ain’t much but our prayers and our thoughts are with you.
But it felt like Dana would have none of Mousasi’s gripes because he wasn’t really this big personality in the UFC and he was kinda boring tbh.
If we kick every boring fighter from UFC, there will be less than 50 left
There are about 700-750 fighters currently, but despite grimacing at stare downs, most cant show anything If I did not get a title fighter after 5-0 and being a strikeforce champion, I would also be disappointed. Look at Michael Chandler - was a champ in Bellator, moved to UFC, got one win over Hooker (not the best in lightweight imho), and already got a title fight
^ AFAIK he left because he wasn’t happy with how he was treated in the UFC. Like most other fighters who made a name for themselves, he felt like he deserved more and a title shot after winning vs Weidman. Which he did imo. But it felt like Dana would have none of Mousasi’s gripes because he wasn’t really this big personality in the UFC and he was kinda boring tbh.
Mousasi prolly regrets the decision. He could’ve been great in the UFC if he allowed himself to grow and develop more as a fighter and to some extent, a ‘personality’. Look at Covington.
Mousasi prolly regrets the decision. He could’ve been great in the UFC if he allowed himself to grow and develop more as a fighter and to some extent, a ‘personality’. Look at Covington.
I was always wondering, if Gegard Mousasi is such a talented fighter, why he is not in UFC right now. I don't think that Bellator offered him more money than UFC. As a middleweight fighter, he can get some good place in top. He was there for some time. Performed, lets say better than average. There was a case with legal-illegal knee in his last fight in UFC, but later is was proved that is was legal after all.
If most of the fighters in card are rather unknown for everyone, then Gegard Mousasi is for sure familiar to a lot of MMA fans. Former Strikeforce champ and UFC fighter is defending his middleweight champ title against Austin Vanderford, with 11-0 record in MMA.
This is going to be interesting fight to watch!36 years old veteran Gegard Mousasi is back in main event against undefeated Austin Vanderford in Bellator main event.
He is not that old if we see his years but his fighting record 48-7-2 is showing a different story, and he has only one defeat in last twelve fights.
I never watched any of Vanderford fights so I can't really speak about his skills, but he is big underdog at betting websites.
This weekend is going to be very intense.
We have One FC event. One of lightweight top fighter Islam Makhachev is having a fight same weekend and we have Bellator 275
If most of the fighters in card are rather unknown for everyone, then Gegard Mousasi is for sure familiar to a lot of MMA fans. Former Strikeforce champ and UFC fighter is defending his middleweight champ title against Austin Vanderford, with 11-0 record in MMA.
Check out whole card on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_275
We have One FC event. One of lightweight top fighter Islam Makhachev is having a fight same weekend and we have Bellator 275
If most of the fighters in card are rather unknown for everyone, then Gegard Mousasi is for sure familiar to a lot of MMA fans. Former Strikeforce champ and UFC fighter is defending his middleweight champ title against Austin Vanderford, with 11-0 record in MMA.
Check out whole card on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_275
It is time for warmup for more MMA events this weekend with ONE Championship Full Circle event.
Interesting main event in Light Heavyweight category with Reinier de Ridder vs Kiamrian Abbasov.
I never watches them before but Reinier de Ridder - Dutch King has a perfect 14-0 record and he could be material for UFC or Bellator.
Like always ONE FC is mixing combat sports so we can watch co-main kickboxing event in heavyweight category and all that for FREE on their youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ONEChampionship
http://www.onefc.com/
Interesting main event in Light Heavyweight category with Reinier de Ridder vs Kiamrian Abbasov.
I never watches them before but Reinier de Ridder - Dutch King has a perfect 14-0 record and he could be material for UFC or Bellator.
Like always ONE FC is mixing combat sports so we can watch co-main kickboxing event in heavyweight category and all that for FREE on their youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ONEChampionship
http://www.onefc.com/
As usually, nice KO by Koreshkov. Andrei has a good feeling of distance, as this is not the first time he win by spinning kick. We will see Koreshkov soon btw, on Bellator London tournament on May 13 against Paul Daley. Paul Daley is very experienced striker. 63 mma fights with 43 wins and 34 knockouts, 21-3 in kickboxing. Former UFC fighter. He will be a good test for Koreshkov; he will be one of the most dangerous opponents for him.
Logan Storley won against Neiman Gracie, but it was much more interesting win for Andrey Koreshkov in first round of co-main Bellator 274 event, with amazing spinning back kick.
You can check out this KO win in this youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA3CkZjvw0
You can check out this KO win in this youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA3CkZjvw0
Thanks for a reminder. I am looking forward Andrey Koreshkov fight. Nice fighting style, striker that always tries to work as number one. He trains with Alexander Shlemenko and that might be his weekness. Shlemenko suppets striking fighting style and does not like wrestling. Wrestling is Koreshkovs weakness. His opponent is average in everything. I think Koreshkov would win this time.
I remember a story that Vaso Bakočević told (the guy who Koreshkov back kicked to oblivion), that when he met him in person, Andrey looked huge for his division and so god damn strong. I mean, his losses came from top fighters only, so there's definitely something there. Great guy to watch, I am hard-pressed to think he would lose this one.
Thanks for a reminder. I am looking forward Andrey Koreshkov fight. Nice fighting style, striker that always tries to work as number one. He trains with Alexander Shlemenko and that might be his weekness. Shlemenko suppets striking fighting style and does not like wrestling. Wrestling is Koreshkovs weakness. His opponent is average in everything. I think Koreshkov would win this time.
Bellator is back this weekend in the same day like UFC with new event Bellator 274 Gracie vs Storley held in Mohegan Sun Arena.
Neiman Gracie is coming from well known Gracie family and he is great in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship with 11-2 MMA record.
His opponent in main event is Logan Storley who won most of his fights with KO or TKO, so this will be great clash of styles to watch.
Andrey Koreshkov is absolute favorite in co-main event against Chance Rencountrebut odds are to low for betting on him.
http://www.bellator.com/
Neiman Gracie is coming from well known Gracie family and he is great in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship with 11-2 MMA record.
His opponent in main event is Logan Storley who won most of his fights with KO or TKO, so this will be great clash of styles to watch.
Andrey Koreshkov is absolute favorite in co-main event against Chance Rencountrebut odds are to low for betting on him.
http://www.bellator.com/
I think Stosic will win by TKO, he will level out all the ground game from De Fries and will finish him by TKO.
I could see something like this happening and with such a good odds it's worth betting something on that.De Fries is much slower than Stosic, but he has his own advantages of being much more heavier than his oponent.
Interesting to see that 83% of fights De Fries lost was lost by KO or TKO, but this was years ago and one of them was from Stipe Miocic.
This is going to be sixth title defence already by De Fries. Since he was left UFC, he has blossomed. He has lost mostly to a "mma stars". His opponent - Stosic, top1, is also from UFC. Interesting, interesting. On the paper De Fries looks better. Odds also show that Stosic is a huge underdog. Both men are best in parter, but I think fight will be in stance, where Stosic has an advantage 10/16 wins are by KO, while De Fries has 4/20 and usually wins by submission. I think Stosic will win by TKO, he will level out all the ground game from De Fries and will finish him by TKO.
the ksw 67 event will take place in 2 weeks in warsaw and the fight pairings are now fixed. there will be 9 cage fights again:
the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
I just can't believe the odds I see on this main event fight, and I know De Fries is favorite but I think that bookmakers and everyone else underestimated Darko Stosic.the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
De Freis is better in stand up and he is much bigger, but I think that Stosic is better on the ground, he is younger and he has experience of fighting in UFC.
If you never watched any of this fighters you can check new KSW trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHslfaNNofU
Thank you for paying attention to this fight. It seems that it is worth taking a closer look at these fighters and this organization in general. With such a large spread of odds, and from what you can see such a small difference in fighters skills, it can be quite profitable to gamble like in casino and risk a few bucks on Stosic.
PFL is finally back after long break with PFL Challenger Series 1 starting on February 18
There is four fights and most of them are in light-heavyweight category with main event Josh Silveira (7-0-0) vs Mohamed Juma (8-2-0).
Mohamed Juma is big underdog but he is much heavier and I don't expect so easy win like odds suggest.
This is starting 8 weeks of fights with 8 PFL contracts earned.
https://www.pflmma.com/
There is four fights and most of them are in light-heavyweight category with main event Josh Silveira (7-0-0) vs Mohamed Juma (8-2-0).
Mohamed Juma is big underdog but he is much heavier and I don't expect so easy win like odds suggest.
This is starting 8 weeks of fights with 8 PFL contracts earned.
https://www.pflmma.com/
the ksw 67 event will take place in 2 weeks in warsaw and the fight pairings are now fixed. there will be 9 cage fights again:
the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
I just can't believe the odds I see on this main event fight, and I know De Fries is favorite but I think that bookmakers and everyone else underestimated Darko Stosic.the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
De Freis is better in stand up and he is much bigger, but I think that Stosic is better on the ground, he is younger and he has experience of fighting in UFC.
If you never watched any of this fighters you can check new KSW trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHslfaNNofU
the ksw 67 event will take place in 2 weeks in warsaw and the fight pairings are now fixed. there will be 9 cage fights again:
the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
the most dominant heavyweight champion in ksw history Phil De Fries (20-6) will defend his title against the number one contender Darko Stosic (16-4) in the main event
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