Filed under: Japan
For a certain kind of MMA fighter, New Year’s Eve in Japan represents a simple math problem. It’s about risk versus reward, money versus pain and embarrassment, and, more often than not, overflowing optimism versus some very long odds.
Mostly though, it’s about money.
That might not be the only reason Todd Duffee reportedly agreed to end a tumultuous 2010 with a fight against Alistair Overeem on this year’s Dynamite!! New Year’s Eve show, but it’s definitely one of the reasons.
By all indications, Duffee stands to make a nice chunk of change (somewhere in the neighborhood of $60,000, according to various internet reports) for shipping off to Tokyo at the last minute. For a guy who hasn’t fought since being released from the UFC following his first career loss to Mike Russow in May, the chance to end the year with some money in his pocket must seem like a difficult offer to refuse. But does that necessarily mean it’s a good idea?