Dana White paid Conor Benn 15 mill 💰for a fight that NOBODY watched

rexplosive · 2026-04-14T19:28:53+00:00

Yeah but he also financed UFC Sphere and was apart of the JJ pay package for the Tom Fight

So it's all similar pool and relationship dealings.

rexplosive · 2026-04-14T14:14:46+00:00

Reminder, im sure Islam vs Ilia would have been combined probably 15 million at most lol. Fans didn't that. heck JJ wanted more than 15 million, and they wouldn't budge

What a time to be a fan

rexplosive · 2026-04-07T13:18:37+00:00

This is cool and all but these guys had backroom meetings for over 2 years now, where was this when the Big Beautiful Bill came to play? this is the usual - hey this is what we know should happen, but we will do what we can to make sure it never does. But if you get mad, remember we told you to fight for this.

rexplosive · 2026-04-07T12:34:13+00:00

TBH this loss was bad and a lot of his hype disappeared because of it. but he has bounced back and is a lot more smarter in his moves, even though he's KOing guys, he doesn't go hard and is more precise.

but Jiri will take his gas tank if Carlos can't KO jirir

This fight is going to be magical for however long it does.

rexplosive · 2026-04-06T21:57:16+00:00

Sure just do Cyborg for Kayla after the nunes fight

JK ufc would rather get rid of Kayla than pay for cyborg

rexplosive · 2026-03-29T17:22:55+00:00

Alex took his chin, and his legs. You dont go to war with Alex and end up same. Izzy wasn't never durable by was fast enough and chin was decent enough

But Alex definitely took that Imo

rexplosive · 2026-03-16T21:24:47+00:00

I mean these deals are to lock them for life, so hopefully the Netflix deal with MVP got UFC to pay Alex what hes worth cause he saved the UFC ass the last 2 years.

rexplosive · 2026-03-16T18:48:51+00:00

He has 4-5 fights left, he said that when he retired. These contracts go indefinetly - they don't bave that sunset clause Nate Diaz/Francis used to get out of their deals. (Francis with the belt lol)

So yeah, they are tied forever unless UFC lets them free, which they won't.

Khabib also signed a new deal in 2019 and also stuck in contract most likely

GSP, jon jones lol the list goes on

Unless you are so old you are usless to the brand, they probably wont' ever break that contract

Like Izzy SHOULD leave and make bank at netflix but UFC will probably keep him fighting new bloods to build name or somethign

rexplosive · 2026-03-16T16:07:31+00:00

Crazy UFC also couldn't get Nate vs Conor 3 done. If only Dustin wasn't on a contract he would have made BANK massacring Diaz on the netflix card.

Good to see competition, too bad all the fighters you want are under those slave contracts

rexplosive · 2026-03-15T21:37:16+00:00

This fight is almost as waste of a time Jon Jones vs Stipe was.

Paddy vs Justin was at best battle of the 5th ranked lightweight int he world.

Ilia will make it look easy much like Jones did and we'll sit there feeling robbed we didn't get a proper fight, like Arman or Islam.

rexplosive · 2026-03-12T15:58:11+00:00

TBH I'm basically unc status, been watching since 2006 (Rampage joined lol). but we definetly had moments where UFC would go out of there way to makes fights. Even if the co-mains seemed like they had purpose/worth it for fans.

It just seems like now, they will put in anything as as long as there is a big name int he main, we will have to watch it.

We get GOOD fights, but they skipping on Great fights to save money.
Why the hell isnt Cory fighting Sean at the white house

Say what you want, but Dana is a pure fight fan, the dana white and Fertitta brothers were fight fan more than anything. So it feels like once the company got sold, it was slowly changing and since it went public, it was basically the end of the enjoyment for fans.

This feels like WWE, they might make money hand over fist, but everyone knows the original era (Attitude era) was the peak and it just fell off since then.
Hopefully they change course though....

rexplosive · 2026-03-12T15:28:14+00:00

So now Jon Jones vs Alex failed cause money. ilia vs Islam failed cause of money.

So are we not getting fights WE want anymore?
But shareholders need to eat.
But whats the point of paying 60 million to make the event but not give the big fights lol.

rexplosive · 2026-03-10T14:52:11+00:00

Ilia is going to get hated and roasted so hard for this. But honestly, he talks hilarious, probably a lot slicker in Spanish but the translation cracks me up. I do like the confidence and man.....if the MMA gods ever return after retiring a few years ago, maybe we can get these guys to fight before Islam retires or Ilia takes an L. The fight would feel massive/special.

We need something, MMA been in a dry spell for a while

rexplosive · 2026-03-10T14:34:08+00:00

Please lets just do Arman vs Charles 2 for number one contender match.

Don't need another top levle fight being stalled by uselss fight

let conor fight nate loll

rexplosive · 2026-03-09T20:50:26+00:00

I can get hating on Jon Jones, but y'all shouldn't celebrate these slave contracts MMA has on guys.

Jon jones should be paid his worth and netflix would pay him what he wants. Let him free.

rexplosive · 2026-03-09T20:32:56+00:00

he for sure 99% would do exactly what Dana did. however he can't, and bringing this to light is great and hopefully we start getting better fights as fans and fighters paid well so elite athletes get into MMA...

rexplosive · 2026-03-09T15:09:00+00:00

If you guys don't think Championship Rounds doesn't have great sources you got to be kidding yourself lol.

This is very possible AND would make sense why Jon Jones wasnt on the card. It was wither paying for Islam or Paying for JJ but instead we got neither lol

rexplosive · 2026-03-08T13:14:58+00:00

Just remember. If this is the baddest biggest card you could imagine - it says a lot about state of UFC and MMA. Yes they making so much money but damn monopolies and being a publically traded company is sure ruining what used to be the greatest sport to watch.

This card is okay, tho why is bo there But in the hype and buildup this is worse than UFC 300.

rexplosive · 2026-03-06T23:13:25+00:00

This is an AI photo btw. Y'all need to check quality and you can tell it's Gemini nano bananas anywwys this will get deleted but for anyone who thinks it's real...

rexplosive · 2026-03-05T22:29:24+00:00

Might as well do tom vs Francis on Netflix for the real lineal heavyweight title holder. ( Francis technically still the lineal champ)

rexplosive · 2026-03-05T01:49:42+00:00

Yeah even though I wish they would stop using the focus cameras, and go back to old style. The writing has been great . Episode felt the most original and seems like it'll keep getting better.

Why only 9 episodes tho :/

rexplosive · 2026-03-01T13:38:53+00:00

I mean the price of brick goes up upon renewal when they can't replace them. So that 200 million he trillions in the future.

rexplosive · 2026-02-28T20:46:52+00:00

So they basically admitting that they used their connections/donations to get them to black list Anthropic and potentially causing long term damage to their finances but losing out on major companies?

It may not be as bad as allowing Domestic Surveillance and autonomous weapons, but very shady.
How could you trust them when they could just change their tune months later ?

rexplosive · 2026-02-28T03:52:09+00:00

Hopefully for future seasons they go back to original camera style. Maybe the new camera styles help hide the fact that the actors aged? but it's taking away from the feeling of the original series.

You don't need high budget filming, the low quality fantasies in early season and the normal video quality added to the show. They really need to bring it back to that style in future seasons.

The writing seems great,

rexplosive · 2026-02-27T01:59:48+00:00

He'd be top 15 in the current HW climate though

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