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By Anthony De Franco  November 24, 2009, at 2:17 pm  From Ariel Helwani via twitter:
Cung Le confirmed on The #MMA Hour that Anthony Johnson did collapse before the #UFC 106 weigh-ins, but will continue to fight at 170
Uhhh.. Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has now missed weight for his fight during UFC 104, and now passed out while trying to make weight. Johnson also reportedly started his camp at a whopping 220 pounds before his UFC 104 fight. That would make him have to lose 50 pounds in a six week span before the fight.
Add to that the fact that Johnson was clearly gassed by the time that the second round started in his fight with Josh Koscheck, and we have another point in an argument that we at this website have taken a hardline stance on for a long time: Johnson must fight at 185.
He’d still be a big strong man for a middleweight, and to reprove the point that we made in a previous post: There are only four guys at 185 that I know would beat him.
Rumble, let’s save ourselves some trouble and just start your run at Anderson Silva soon.
By Anthony De Franco November 24, 2009, at 10:40 am You have no idea how pumped we were for Marc Ratner to join us last night. In a time where the last three UFC cards have ended in controversy, it’s the perfect time to talk to the guy who handles all the referees for the organization. He talks about the 10 point must system, what he feels about the judge that scored the Oritz-Griffin fight 30-27, and even talks about MMA in New York, and drops some interesting knowledge about his contact with the people at Madison Square Garden.
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A huge thank you goes out to Marc for talking with us, and to TKO on The Radio co-host Bryan Rodriguez for making it happen!
By Anthony De Franco November 24, 2009, at 10:05 am Ladies and Gentlemen, let us take this time to take pride in a little victory. The UFC 106 disclosed payroll was over 1 million dollars. Way to get that money, guys.
Some interesting notes from this list, brought to us by MMA Weekly:
- Tito Ortiz is making 250,000 in a loss. Do we even know if he can still draw? If the numbers for this card come back, and they suck, how is Dana White going to defend paying him that kind of money?
- Lil’ Nog also making big bucks, getting 100,000 for his win over Luiz Cane. Rogerio was incredibly good in the victory, and showed the kind of skills that can make him a champ at 205.
- The night’s big winner was Josh Koscheck, who received 106,000 in salary for his win over Anthony Johnson, and then added 140,000 more for Fight of the Night and Submission of the Night. War Kos. That’s got to be a good feeling waking up on Monday and seeing an extra 246,000 in your bank account.
Here’s the full list:
MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS
-Forrest Griffin: $250,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000*
- Josh Koscheck: $106,000 (includes $53,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Johnson: $17,000
MAIN CARD FIGHTERS
-Paulo Thiago: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus) def. Jacob Volkmann: $6,000
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $100,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Luiz Cane: $19,000
-Amir Sadollah: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000
PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTERS
-Ben Saunders: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $27,000
-Kendall Grove: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus) def. Jake Rosholt: $15,000
-Brian Foster: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Brock Larson: $26,000
-Caol Uno: $20,000 vs. Fabricio Camoes: $10,000
(The fight was ruled a draw. Both fighters received their show money only.)
-George Sotiropoulos: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Dent: $8,000
UFC 106 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,021,000
*Tito Ortiz was paid a flat rate of $250,000 to show, with no available win bonus.
UFC 106 AWARDS & BONUSES
(Each fighter was awarded $70,000 per award, which is in addition to his disclosed salary.)
Fight of the Night:
-Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson
Knockout of the Night:
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Submission of the Night:
-Josh Koscheck
By Anthony De Franco November 24, 2009, at 3:21 am Not sure if this one actually going to end up being on TV, but apparently Affliction is really hitching their wagon to my French Canadian hero.
This one isn’t as good as the Georges St. Pierre Gatorade ad, but there is definitely another huge payday for GSP.
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