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Wonderboy confirms that the UFC hasn’t paid him for UFC 291, but he hopes that they’ll come through on that soon (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by MMARefugee@lemmy.world to c/mma@kbin.social

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[–] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fucked up if he doesn’t get paid for that. Did the commission call it off for Pereira being 3 lbs over or did Wonderboy say no?

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

AFAICT the commission didn't call it off; the UFC tried to pressure Stephen to fight at a disadvantage against an overweight opponent, he declined, so they're declining to pay him.

Classic scummy UFC behaviour.

[–] ugmug@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This is a better description of what happened than what I came up with. He’s being punished for not caving in.

[–] NormandyEssex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What happened?

[–] ugmug@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wonderboy made weight and his opponent missed. Wonderboy didn't want to fight an opponent that had an unfair advantage so the fight didn't happen.

[–] ameisenigel@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

And according to the whole interview he didn't think that Pereira really tried making weight in the first place.