UFC 160 May 25th

[poopoo333]

The top two winners at UFC 160 were also the top two disclosed earners.
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos won the feature bouts at Saturday night's event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, setting up an expected trilogy fight.
Velasquez earned a flat fee of $400,000 for his first-round finish of Antonio Silva. Dos Santos took home $240,000 for his third-round knockout of Mark Hunt, which includes a $120,000 win bonus.
The Nevada Athletic Commission released the list of disclosed paydays Tuesday. These do not include any potential pay-per-view percentage bonuses, promotional fees, or discretionary bonuses given out by the company, which are not publicly disclosed.
They also don't include the evening's announced fight bonuses. Dos Santos and Hunt won fight of the hight; T.J. Grant knockout of the night and Glover Teixeira submission of the night. Each bonus winner won took home an additional $50,000.
Total gate revenues for the event were $1,533,000.
Full salary list:
Cain Velasaquez $400,000
Antonio Silva $75,000
Junior dos Santos $240,000 (includes $120,000 win bonus)
Mark Hunt $160,000
Glover Teixeira $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)
James Te Huna $30,000
T.J. Grant $50,000 ($25,000 bonus)
Gray Maynard $45,000
Donald Cerrone $82,000 ($41,000 bonus)
K.J. Noons $41,000
Mike Pyle $84,000 ($42,000 bonus)
Rick Story $27,000
Denis Bermudez $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)
Max Holloway $14,000
Robert Whittaker $30,000 ($15,000 bonus)
Colton Smith $15,000
Khabib Nurmagomedov $28,000 ($14,000 bonus)
Abel Trujillo $8,000
Stephen Thompson $16,000 ($8,000 bonus)
Nah-Shon Burrell $9,000
George Roop $26,000 ($13,000 bonus)
Brian Bowles $19,000
Jeremy Stephens $48,000 ($24,000 bonus)
Esteven Payan $10,000

[Ludo]

Mark Hunt's toe:

[Vandelay]

Maybe he doesnt have some of the worst striking in LHW, but it's not good.

[Vandelay]

Yea a gassed evans who is chinny at best. He gets outstruck in almost every one of his fights. Nedkov, gus, vera, machida. He throws looping punches, has a suspect chin, and simply tries to brawl with people.

[edman5555]

He almost put away rashad evans...

[Vandelay]

After watching him fight Hendo and Antwain Britt I am not a hundred percent convinced. He seems to throw big haymakers. Granted, they land but I could see Thiago outstriking him.

uhhh...Thiago has some of the worst striking in LHW division. It is awful. only pause for concern is the layoff.

[edman5555]

After watching him fight Hendo and Antwain Britt I am not a hundred percent convinced. He seems to throw big haymakers. Granted, they land but I could see Thiago outstriking him.

[Luke]

My analysis of the fight:

Thiago Silva fucking sucks.

So does your mom

[edman5555]

My analysis of the fight:

Thiago Silva fucking sucks.

Technical. Crisp. Precise.

[poopoo333]

My analysis of the fight:

Thiago Silva fucking sucks.

[edman5555]

Watching some Cavalcante fight videos for a refresher. Wondering what everyone else thinks about the matchup..

Cavalcante vs Thiago Silva:

At the moment I feel like Cavalcante should be favored but I am going to watch some tape and see if that changes my mind.

I figure Cavalcante has the takedown defense and IIRC more diverse striking.

[poopoo333]

[edman5555]

Good point about his takedown defense.

[Vandelay]

He always starts out that way, putting everthing into his punches. Probably part of the reason his tdd is questionable at best. Looking back at his record. His wins are either decisions or first round finishes for the most part. a cpl 2nd round finishes early in rd 2

[edman5555]

Maybe both. He doesn't look super muscled but he isn't exactly skinny. He also swings with everything behind it. If anything I think its that. Remember how he was swinging in round? If you don't you should watch it again. He was really grunting and swinging has hard as possible.