The UFC’s annual international fight week took a dive this year. Traditionally, the UFC brings fight fans the very best cards of the year during the July 4th week.
In 2016 the same annual event was capped off with Miesha Tate, Amanda Nunes, Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt. The card also featured Daniel Cormier, Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar, Cain Velasquez, Sage Northcutt, Kelvin Gastelum, TJ Dillashaw and more. It was stacked.
This year’s show was capped off by a Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker interim title fight. That’s due to a last minute pull-out from the champ Amanda Nunes, who was scheduled for Saturday’s main event.
We all know the story by now, but now we also know who got paid and who didn’t.
On today’s The MMA Hour, show host Ariel Helwani asked Valentina if she got paid $70,000.00 like he had heard. She stated, “Yes Dana White said he would take care of me, and he did take care of me.”
At the UFC 213 post-fight press conference Dana White said he would not be paying the champion, “I didn’t consider [stripping her belt]. We didn’t pay her,” White said.
