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UFC Denver Bonuses: Yair Rodriguez Banks Extra $100,000

Check out the UFC Denver bonuses and which fighters will be going home $50,000 richer after their performances at the Pepsi Center.

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UFC Fight Night 139 took place last night (Sat., November 10, 2018) from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The event was full of insane action, and it’s time to see who made major money in the UFC Denver bonuses.

The card was the UFC’s 25th-anniversary event. The UFC debuted at McNichols Arena in Denver on a fateful November day back in 1993. That put huge pressure on UFC Denver to deliver something special. It did not fail to live up to those lofty expectations. In fact, it exceeded them.

The event’s highlights were obviously lead by Yair Rodriguez’s amazing last-second knockout of Chan Sung Jung in the main event (watch it here) that is definitely an instant classic. For their efforts in what may be 2018’s “Fight of the Year,” Rodriguez and Jung justifiably took home $50,000 apiece for the card’s “Fight of the Night.”

‘El Pantera’ also earned another $50,000 for a well-deserved ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus. The other ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses went to hometown fan favorite Donald Cerrone, who set the UFC record for wins and finishes with a first-round armbar victory over Mike Perry.

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Twitter Reacts To Insane Yair Rodriguez Elbow At UFC Denver

Last night (Sat. November 10, 2018) the UFC was in Denver, Colorado from the Pepsi Center for UFC Fight Night 139. For those who had any doubt as to why the UFC and its President Dana White booked the certain main even they did, there’s a reason why. Yair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung in […]

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Last night (Sat. November 10, 2018) the UFC was in Denver, Colorado from the Pepsi Center for UFC Fight Night 139.

For those who had any doubt as to why the UFC and its President Dana White booked the certain main even they did, there’s a reason why. Yair Rodriguez vs. Chan Sung Jung in a featherweight bout was a wild fight that nearly went the distance. It had everything from some wild exchanges, to hurt fighters and crazy scrambles.

The fanbase not only inside of the arena but online watching at home was glued into this fight. At the end of the day, the #15 ranked star Rodriguez was able to pull out an insane win.

This was over the always tough Jung, who was ranked #10 in the division coming into this fight. Rodriguez sleeps Zombie in the closing seconds with an elbow. This is how the fight ended at the buzzard of the fifth and final round.

Some people thought that Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry in a welterweight bout should’ve been the headliner. Although Cerrone and Perry put on a pretty good fight, the UFC made the right call with this bout selection. Check out how the mixed martial arts (MMA) community reacted to this finish on Twitter here:

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UFC Denver Full Fight Card, Start Time & How To Watch

Check out the UFC Denver full fight card, start time, and information on how to watch the show.

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UFC Denver goes down from the Pepsi Center in Colorado (Sat. November 10, 2018) later on tonight.

In the main event of the evening, former UFC featherweight title challenger “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung returns. He will face young 145-pound star Yair Rodriguez. Initially, Jung was to fight Frankie Edgar, however, “The Answer” pulled out of the fight due to injury.

Also, the co-main event will feature an intriguing welterweight fight between Mike Perry and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. There’s some added interest to this one, given Cerrone’s issues with Perry’s corner, specifically Mike Winkeljohn.

Check out the full UFC Denver fight card, start time, and information on how to watch the show here:

Main Card (FS1, 10 P.M. ET):

  • Featherweight: Chan Sung Jung vs. Yair Rodriguez
  • Welterweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry
  • Women’s catchweight (138 pounds): Raquel Pennington vs. Germaine de Randamie
  • Lightweight: Beneil Dariush vs. Thiago Moises
  • Women’s strawweight: Maycee Barber vs. Hannah Cifers
  • Lightweight: Mike Trizano vs. Luis Pena

Preliminary Card (FS1 8 P.M. ET):

  • Women’s strawweight: Ashley Yoder vs. Amanda Cooper
  • Featherweight: Chas Skelly vs. Bobby Moffett
  • Lightweight: Davi Ramos vs. John Gunther
  • Lightweight: Devonte Smith vs. Julian Erosa

UFC Fight Pass Exclusive Prelims (6:30 P.M. ET):

  • Flyweight: Joseph Morales vs. Eric Shelton
  • Bantamweight: Mark de la Rosa vs. Joby Sanchez

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Cowboy’s ‘Clickbait’: F**k You, Winkeljohn

Cowboy Cerrone has a message for former coach Mike Winkeljohn.

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There are a few personal issues between Donald Cerrone and Mike Perry’s coach Mike Winkeljohn at UFC Denver this weekend (Sat. November 10, 2018).

Cerrone and Perry will co-main event the Colorado card from the Pepsi Center. “Cowboy’s” grievances with his former JacksonWink coach have been well-documented. Cerrone has blasted his former coach for being primarily motivated by money and turning his longtime gym into a “puppy mill.” Not to mention JacksonWink opted to train Perry over Cerrone for their clash in Denver.

In the lead-up to the fight, Cerrone has been asked about his issues with Winkeljohn regularly. However, some have twisted the UFC veteran’s words into “clickbait.” In a recent interview, Cerrone directly offered media members another so-called “clickbait” headline (via MMA Junkie):

“It happened,” Cerrone said. “It did. And Winkeljohn drew his line in the sand. And now I get to spit on him on the other side, so it’s all right. (Expletive) him. There’s your clickbait, mother(expletives). (Expletive) you, Winkeljohn.”

It will be interesting to see if Cerrone and Winkeljohn interact with one another during him and Perry’s co-main event contest in Denver. However, Cerrone holds no ill will towards Perry, who he recognizes has nothing to do with his issues with Winkeljohn:

“My fight with Perry has nothing to do with Wink. That’s outside drama that has … it won’t even come into play on Saturday. Just right now you’re bringing it out in me. I’ll see him (over there), but it has nothing to do with it. My opponent is Perry. Perry has nothing to do with the drama going on with any of that.”

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Cowboy: Mike Winkeljohn Is Only About The Money

Longtime Jackson-Wink MMA team member Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone believes Mike Winkeljohn is only about the money.

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The animosity between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Mike Perry is almost nonexistent. However, there’s still some bad blood between “Cowboy” and Jackson-Wink coach Mike Winkeljohn.

Cerrone has been very vocal about his grievances with Winkeljohn. The former UFC lightweight title challenger believes Winkeljohn is more financially driven above all else.

Speaking to MMA media recently, Cerrone explained that he has no issues with Perry, who Jackson-Wink seemingly opted to train over Cerrone ahead of their UFC Denver contest (via MMA Junkie):

“He’s just doing what a fighter would do going to a gym,” Cerrone. “It’s the rest of it that is (expletive) to me.”

Instead, Cerrone puts the blame on Winkeljohn, who he believes is “solely” about the money:

“It just came down to the money,” Cerrone said. “Mike Winkeljohn is solely about the money, and it’s (expletive) to say that.”

Cerrone detailed how Winkeljohn’s choice of financial gain by opting to train Perry, over team loyalty to “Cowboy” tore them apart:

“I talked to Wink as a man, face to face, and everything was fine,” Cerrone said. “I explained it, and he was like, ‘Oh, I thought you called Perry out,’ and blah blah blah.

“And I was like, ‘No, it was actually the other way around. He wanted to fight me.’ Next morning he calls me on the phone like, ‘Well, I thought about it, and not taking Perry means I don’t get paid.

“I was like, ‘You don’t get paid? What are you talking about?’ On the phone he called me, like a (expletive) girl. And he’s like, ‘So we’re going to go ahead and go with him.’

“And I said, ‘Yep, you just drew the line in the sand, man. If I catch you again, (expletive), I’ll see ya.’

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Watch: Mike Perry Offers Odd ‘Tribute’ To Native Americans

Mike Perry will fight Donald Cerrone in honor of Native Americans.

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UFC welterweight Mike Perry will have a fight on his hands this November.

Perry will go one-on-one with Cerrone in the main event of UFC Fight Night 139 from the Pepsi Center on November 10th. Cerrone, of course, goes by the nickname, “Cowboy,” which has apparently made Perry assume he’s the enemy of the Native American community.

“Platinum” recently took to Twitter to post an odd video in tribute to Native Americans. He dressed in Native American attire and came out of a smokey Octagon. Perry then vowed to tirelessly hunt down Cerrone “for his crimes of defamation.”

He even had a wanted poster with Cerrone on it and threw a tomahawk and shot an arrow at it.

Check it out here:

“I support the legendary Native American warriors and I am tirelessly hunting this @cowboycerrone for his crimes of defamation ! I will catch him across state lines in Denver Colorado, November 10th for alll the people of the world to see the battle between ” vs “

The issues between Perry and Cerrone are anything but comical. Cerrone decided to leave his longtime Jackson-Wink camp upon Perry’s arrival to the team.

Perry was allegedly given preferential treatment, not to mention Cerrone has his own issues with Mike Winkeljohn. Their clash inside the Octagon will certainly be an interesting, and perhaps even an emotional affair.

As for Perry’s ‘tribute’ to the Native Americans, well, that was just strange.

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