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^thats the way it always happens...I have no idea why people get upset at payouts....
GracieFighter also had another update on their site that should calm some of the outrage caused by yesterday's official Strikeforce payouts post:
Since figures were released by the CSAC on fighters pay from the Strikeforce event, we have received several inquiries and comments on Nick's pay. We would like to let Nick's fans know that his compensation for the event was actually substantially larger than the amount listed, due to the way his contract was structured. Nick Diaz and Strikeforce have in place a fair compensation agreement.
^thats the way it always happens...I have no idea why people get upset at payouts....
Frank is way way way way overpaid..
Hard to tell because on one hand part of his pay was for interviews hyping up the fight.
However on the other hand you're right because I sure don't see what the attraction is to his career anymore. I got into MMA because of TUF 1 and I have yet to see Shamrock do a damn thing that showcases any sort of set of high level skills. I have seen the guy fight 5 times since I became a fan and nothing has impressed me so far. That fight with Baroni was a tragedy.
Obviously he was greatness back in the day but obviously the game has passed him by but he is very solid doing play by play.
But I would like to go on record saying I would still love to see him fight o before the curtain call.
From Josh Barnett's myspace post:
With the menstrual cycle excuse firmly in hand and an unwillingness to do any more than bare minimum, Chris Cyborg stepped on that scale Friday with no intention of making weight I assume. I heard blame on a scale at a gym they used, the period (as explained to me by saying, "Blood" in a Portuguese accent and making a whooshing effect with his hands from the crotch area.), and the fact that Gremlins didn't enter the picture is surprising.
It would be one thing if Hitomi had cut too but this issue is compounded by the fact that she gained weight to make this fight already, accepting she would be out sized....but accepting it from a weight of 146, not 150lbs. By the time any deals were made, Cyborg hit a scale at 1 am and was 158lbs. This was post pizza, which we saw her eat after just making weight enough to close the gap in weight difference which the commission needed just to even allow a fight to happen. She had until 8pm to cut. She could have worked to insure a bout by trying to make 146 as was agreed. But she did just enough and hoped we would accept the fight. They wouldn't reject a fight this big and on TV of things...of course not!
Sure, i mean during the heyday of this guy's career MMA was in the dark ages. Almost Nobody saw his reign and even less remembered it 5 minutes after it ended. Around TUF 1 is where MMA really started to take off, that is many years post Frank Shamrock. So when he came back, i don't believe many new fans of the sport, had ever heard of the guy. And it's not like he jumped back on the scene and beatdown some of the popular new breed fighters of today.. It's puzzling to me that he has a contract that elite, it really is..
Nick Diaz administers The Shocker...
http://mmamania.com/2009/04/18/nick-...n-on-april-11/
Kim Couture on the Cyborg issue at 1:40. Good for her, she also called out Gina on using the excuse.
http://mmafix.com/2009/04/kim-coutur...cuse-was-lame/
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