Payouts... Champ Anderson Silva: $275,000 def. Vitor Belfort: $275,000 Forrest Griffin: $275,000 def. Rich Franklin: $75,000 Jon Jones: $215,000 def. Ryan Bader: $20,000 Jake Ellenberger: $32,000 def. Carlos Eduardo Rocha: $8,000 Miguel Torres: $56,000 def. Antonio Banuelos: $9,000 Donald Cerrone: $111,000 def. Paul Kelly: $94,000 Chad Mendes: $19,000 def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000 Demetrious Johnson: $10,000 def. Norifumi Yamamoto: $15,000 Paul Taylor: $36,000 def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000 Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 def. Ricardo Romero: $10,000 Mike Pierce: $28,000 def. Kenny Robertson: $6,000
This card was really another classic case of when stacked cards turn out like shit and cards that look awful on paper end up being great.
This Steven Seagal stuff was really cool. [video=youtube;FOyJ775N6J8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyJ775N6J8[/video]
Yeah DFW explained that Franklin's corner told him he was winning during the fight. Probably thought he got rounds two and three.
Im at a toss up with the Jones vs. Rua matchup. Been a shogun fan for a very long time, but Jones is an animal and I think Rua is going to have more difficulty with Jones than he would have with Rashard. Its gonna be crazy. Im not betting! lol
I was going to bet if Jones opened up @ underdog...maybe I'll throw a little bit of money down on Rua, but nothing major.
Paul 'Tellys' Kelly has been released following his loss to Donald Cerrone. You don't want to be a loser in the lightweight division right now. No room for error.
Gabe Ruediger is, unsurprisingly, the second fighter cut after losing at UFC 126. Ruediger really didn't show what he is capable of in his UFC tenure; or, he can't hang.