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11-10-2009 09:28 PM:
One of the lowpoints of Saturday's Strikeforce card was the cancellation of the undercard bout between Mark Miller and Deray Davis. The fight didn't happen because of a lack of time between their scheduled bout and the start of the CBS broadcast.
Cagewriter learned today that Miller and Davis were paid not only their purses, but also their win bonuses. Strikeforce communications director Mike Afromowitz explained the situation.
"Originally, we attempted to place this matchup on another fight card being promoted by a local promoter in Chicago in a couple of weeks. If both fighters had accepted, we would have paid each his fight purse a second time. Since neither was available due to different circumstances, however, we paid each his win bonus on top of the purse."
Fair enough. It's good to hear that Strikeforce did right by these guys, but nonetheless, the situation sucked. Miller hadn't fought since his stint on the ninth season of "The Ultimate Fighter," and Davis' last fight was a loss at Bellator. A good win for either of them could have gotten their career back on track.
Strikeforce noted that this is the first time this has happened in their history of promoting both MMA and kickboxing bouts. The undercard started ten minutes before six in Chicago, and the last fight ended at 7:25, a full 35 minutes before CBS was scheduled to go live. If they plan on doing another CBS event -- and judging by the ratings numbers, they will -- they will be able to schedule it so that this is the only time this happens in Strikeforce history.
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Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
One of the lowpoints of Saturday's Strikeforce card was the cancellation of the undercard bout between Mark Miller and Deray Davis. The fight didn't happen because of a lack of time between their scheduled bout and the start of the CBS broadcast. Cagewriter learned today that Miller and Davis were paid not only their purses, but also their win bonuses. Strikeforce communications director Mike Afromowitz explained the situation.
"Originally, we attempted to place this matchup on another fight card being promoted by a local promoter in Chicago in a couple of weeks. If both fighters had accepted, we would have paid each his fight purse a second time. Since neither was available due to different circumstances, however, we paid each his win bonus on top of the purse."
Fair enough. It's good to hear that Strikeforce did right by these guys, but nonetheless, the situation sucked. Miller hadn't fought since his stint on the ninth season of "The Ultimate Fighter," and Davis' last fight was a loss at Bellator. A good win for either of them could have gotten their career back on track.
Strikeforce noted that this is the first time this has happened in their history of promoting both MMA and kickboxing bouts. The undercard started ten minutes before six in Chicago, and the last fight ended at 7:25, a full 35 minutes before CBS was scheduled to go live. If they plan on doing another CBS event -- and judging by the ratings numbers, they will -- they will be able to schedule it so that this is the only time this happens in Strikeforce history.
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
