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Dana White on Stephen Thompsons pay issues! (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's break this down. The UFC and Thompson have a contract agreeing to a fight at a certain weight. The UFC tries to change the terms of the contract to get him to accept a higher weight opponent last minute, and when he refuses to agree to the change, they back out of their agreement. Seems like this would be clearly and obviously a breach if pursued in court. Maybe Wonderboy doesn't want to burn bridges by taking that route, but I can't help but think that the UFC would be tougher on chronic weight missers if they still had to pay out in cases like this.

[–] Lucz1848 1 points 2 years ago

This is a clear and concise summary. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that Dana White being a bunt (something that rhymes with runt anyways) is also a factor.