November 26, 2024 4:00 pm ET
Chris Weidman revealed he gained’t be totally compensated after his UFC 309 combat was canceled final minute.
Weidman (16-7 MMA, 12-7 UFC) was scheduled to combat Eryk Anders lower than two weeks in the past at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, however the combat was canceled on the evening when Anders fell ill and wasn’t cleared to compete.
It was a devastating blow for the previous UFC middleweight champion, who had family and friends fly in to observe him combat. Weidman does, nevertheless, admire the UFC for looking for a last-minute alternative.
“They’re going to care for me. They’re doing one thing for me,” Weidman stated on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “I’m not getting my full purse. I’ll put that on the market, which it’s robust. You present up, you do the whole lot proper, and also you don’t get it. … Additionally they stated that they have been looking for one other opponent for me, I assume, that complete day.
“They have been on the lookout for 205 pounders that both fought that day or anyone within the space, making an attempt to do a kind of Dan Ige-type conditions. Apparently the New York fee was not going to permit something on that kind of brief discover. So, that’s what stopped that from occurring.” Weidman’s combat with Anders (16-8 MMA, 8-8 UFC) has been rescheduled for UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas. Though he disagrees with not receiving his full purse since, Weidman defined why the UFC opted to not pay him completely.
“My present cash is my win cash,” Weidman stated. “I’ve assured cash, in order that was my level. I confirmed up. You guys had that on the finances sheet to start with, you guys made an incredible evening, why do you guys preserve that cash, and I don’t? That was my thought. Their ideas have been, ‘Hear, this occurs on 40 p.c of the playing cards, and if we paid folks to not combat’ – they simply need to be constant on what they do in these conditions.”
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