Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson won’t obtain his handbag in spite of making weight for his scheduled tussle with Michel Pereira at UFC 291, in keeping with UFC president Dana White. Thompson declined to go ahead with the tussle later Pereira ignored weight via 3 kilos.

Thompson clear later the cancellation of his July 29 tussle that he gained incorrect reimbursement however remained positive that issues could be taken care of between him and the promotion.

“I made weight this morning as I have done every fight during my 11+ year UFC career,” Thompson wrote in a observation printed to his Instagram on July 28. “My opponent did not. This isn’t the first time I’ve had an opponent miss weight and given how that played out previously, myself and my team felt that it’s ultimately not smart for us to move forward with this fight.

“This isn’t a videogame and either one of us are hanging our fitness and our careers at the order… Warring parties who leave out weight face some distance too few aftereffects and are frequently allowed to tussle with a vital aggressive benefit. This seems to be taking place increasingly those days. Expectantly, the verdict not to go ahead with the tussle will discourage others from lacking weight going forward. I additionally hope to inspire warring parties that face this condition to practice go well with and now not permit this to occur to them. I’m wholesome and I will be able to glance to get again within the Octagon [as soon as possible] however on a degree taking part in grassland…”

White stated this moment that warring parties don’t seem to be entitled to contractual fee if they do not want to tussle.

“So how that works is, guys don’t just get paid to not fight,” White instructed newshounds at Tuesday’s “Contender Series” post-fight press convention. “It’s not how that works. Guys have been paid. We’ve taken care of guys. Hey, listen, if you come in, and you’re making short money, we take care of you.

“You are available in and also you don’t tussle — first of all, you made a decision to not tussle. The man used to be 3 kilos obese, no matter it used to be, you get a piece of his handbag if you’re taking the tussle. However for those who deter making a decision you don’t need to speed the tussle. We additionally presented him some other tussle.”

The colloquial “show” and “win” cash don’t mirror the nomenclature within the UFC pledges. A fighter’s oath is break into both parts: handbag and bonus. The handbag is bought for finishing a tussle and the bonus is confident best via profitable the tussle. Making weight isn’t enough quantity to pack on fee.

“If you don’t turn around quickly, then we try to figure out what did it cost for your camp?” White stated. “We’ll reimburse you. You know, there’s a lot of different ways that this gets worked out. You don’t just go, ‘Yeah, this guy’s three pounds over, I’m not gonna fight, and no I won’t take another fight two weeks later, and pay me my show money.’ Not how it works.

“You don’t tussle, you don’t receives a commission essentially within the oath. However we at all times put together positive that we take charge of everyone, and we’re operating it out with ‘Wonderboy’ at this time. It’s all being labored out in the back of the scenes, and this must all be labored out via Saturday.”

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A controversy will also be made that Thompson did the whole lot proper. He skilled, he confirmed to the scales and made weight. Taking a tussle towards an obese opponent is of venture. The obese opponent can have a measurement benefit and reserve a bodily edge via fending off the trials of chopping weight.

Extra MMA information, rumors:

• Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull is having a coarse life. Pitbull is regarded as the best export in Bellator historical past however the utmost few months have now not been type to him. Pitbull introduced on Tuesday that he’s present process cervical backbone surgical treatment to fix a herniated C6/C7 disc. The scoop comes lower than two weeks later Pitbull suffered a surprising knockout loss to Chihiro Suzuki on cut realize at Bellator x Rizin 2. “I had been feeling this compression when I received the blows in fights, and I had been feeling numbness and weakness in my arms and legs,” Freire stated in a press loose translated from Portuguese. “I avoided this surgery because once you’ve done it, there’s no going back and there were risks involved, like not fighting again. I ended up being too conservative and paid the price. I had never lost two fights in a row and had never been knocked out in 19 years as a pro. My only way out was to have the surgery.” Pitbull will probably be out of motion till upcoming life.
• Claressa Shields is headed again to MMA in 2024. The undisputed middleweight boxing champion has signed a unutilized multiyear trade in with the Skilled Warring parties League, the promotion announced on Tuesday. Shields is an ideal 14-0 in boxing however 1-1 in MMA. “I am excited to return to a fighter-first organization and I can’t wait to return to the PFL SmartCage,” Shields stated, in line with ESPN. “My goal remains unchanged. I will be the first athlete to hold championships in boxing and MMA simultaneously. I have grown so much since my first MMA fight and cannot wait to put my skills on display.”