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Matt Brown got a ‘performance of the night’ bonus from his date after she saw the UFC’s tribute to him

Matt Brown scored himself another performance bonus — just not the kind you’re thinking of. After 43 fights and…

Matt Brown scored himself another performance bonus — just not the kind you’re thinking of.

After 43 fights and nearly 20 years as a professional mixed martial artist, ‘The Immortal’ announced his retirement in March.

“Not doing it again. I’m out,” Brown wrote on X. “That’s the announcement. My life will now be dedicated to serving others. Growing others in the martial arts and building businesses that can help the community and the world.”

While Matt Brown was content with a no-frills announcement, the UFC still chose to pay tribute to ‘The Immortal’ courtesy of a highlight-reel that aired during Saturday’s event in St. Louis. As it turns out, Brown was on a date at the time and just happened the video package moments after arriving at his restaurant of choice.

Matt Brown confirms receipt of his ‘bonus’ on the MMA Hour

In addition to his posts on social media, Brown offered some extra insight during an appearance on Wednesday’s episode of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani.

“It actually wasn’t a first date. It was a second date, but we went to this restaurant and I had no idea that this restaurant would be playing the UFC. I didn’t even know there was a UFC going on. We sat down and it wasn’t even two minutes later they started playing the montage and she knew nothing about the UFC. When I first told her I was a UFC fighter, she was like, ‘Do you mean a boxer or WWE?’

“And then they started playing the montage and I struggled between having that heartwarming feeling and wanting to shed a little tear and then turning around, looking at her, and just flexing. She was actually pretty cool about it. She was a mature enough lady that she was nice about it and had respect for it, but she wasn’t crawling under the table right then like some girls would.”

Brown’s final appearance inside the Octagon came in May 2023 when he scored a first-round knockout against Cub Swanson at UFC on ABC 4.

Overall, he went 24-19 in MMA with 17 of his wins coming under the UFC banner.

Respect Me Like You Respect O’Malley

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Patchy Mix is set to defend his Bellator MMA Bantamweight title this Friday (May 17, 2024) in the main event of Bellator, Paris. The talented 135-pounder won…

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Patchy Mix is set to defend his Bellator MMA Bantamweight title this Friday (May 17, 2024) in the main event of Bellator, Paris. The talented 135-pounder won the interim strap in April 2023 by defeating Raufeon Stots, then unified the titles by defeating then-champion, Sergio Pettis, at Bellator 301 seven months later (relive it here), upping his record to 19-1 and solidifying himself as one of the best in the division.

Still, he doesn’t feel as if he is getting the respect that he properly deserves…at least not when compared to current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 135-pound title holder, Sean O’Malley.

“I have most finishes in bantamweight history, I have the most submissions in bantamweight history, and I could go down as the best bantamweight champion in Bellator history. But for some reason, I can’t get the respect that O’Malley has,” Mix told MMA Junkie Radio.

It’s that lack of respect that Mix says drives him to be better, even if statistically speaking he is better than “Suga.”

“Even though he’s 18-1 and less than me in record and finishes, it seems I can’t really get the respect. So I think that’s what drives me every single day is just to wake up and prove that I’m as dominant as I believe I am.”

“I’ve never been finished. My loss is razor close,” Mix said. “I’m one round removed from being undefeated. The one guy that beat me, he just kind of survived me. I’ve never had anyone finish me. I’ve never really had anyone come close.”

Both men became undisputed Bantamweight champions for the respective promotions around the same time in 2023, though O’Malley already has one title defense under his belt after defeating Marlon Vera at UFC 299, and his next defense could come against Mrab Dvalishvili.

Sadly, the age-old question as to who is the best in a one-on-one matchup inside the cage will never be answered unless one man bolts on company for the other. For now, all we can do is specualte as to what would happen if these two talented men actually threw down.

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Demetrious Johnson details how the UFC would pay fighters based on their social media traffic

Demetrious Johnson was one of the UFC’s most dominant athletes when the promotion was still finding its footing in…

Demetrious Johnson was one of the UFC’s most dominant athletes when the promotion was still finding its footing in the world of social media.

‘Mighty Mouse’ is considered by many to be one of the P4P greatest fighters in the sport’s history, scoring 11 consecutive title defenses — a UFC record that may very well stand the test of time. But despite all of his accolades, Johnson never brought home the paychecks like that of other champions during his legendary run.

In fact, Johnson’s reign over the flyweight division was so significant that the promotion has even considered shutting it down altogether.

Fortunately, that didn’t happen, but Demetrious Johnson has since found a new home in ONE Championship. There, he reigns as the promotion’s current flyweight MMA titleholder and completed the first trilogy of his career, winning back-to-back bouts against former champion Adriano Moraes.

Looking back on his time with the UFC, Johnson spoke about the promotion’s early days on social media and pushing athletes to expand their individual brands online with a series of incentives.

“When Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook first came out, the UFC would bring us to the ‘Fighter Summit’ and say, ‘You guys need to build your brand. It’s free. It costs you nothing. The more people want to see you fight, the more money you’re going to make because you’re going to make money in pay-per-view points, etc., etc., if you become a champion, if you become a partner,’” Johnson said on his YouTube channel.

“The UFC was very good about doing that. Back then they would send you laptops. Back then they’d give you incentives, I think it was like quarterly. Whoever had the most traffic in their thing. First person would get $25,000. It would go like $12,000 then $5,000, maybe $1,000. They’d give us a lot of incentives to talk about the fights and boast it, and they kept on doing it for I think a year or two. Fast forward to what it is today, I think they’ve seen the payoff of them slowly investing in telling the fighters to do that” (h/t MMA Fighting).

Demetrious Johnson recalls how hard the UFC wanted to push Cain Velasquez

The UFC held Fighter Summits between 2009 and 2011, right around the time that Cain Velasquez rose to prominence and captured the heavyweight title with a stunning first-round knockout of Brock Lesnar at UFC 121.

“I’ll never forget at the UFC Fighter Summit they pulled a picture of Cain Velasquez and were like, ‘You see this man? This man is Mexican-American. We are trying to break into the Mexican market so we want this man to do very, very well. You need to follow this man’s footsteps and try to get your community behind you. That way, it brings more eyeballs to the sport,’” Johnson said.

“I always tell my friends and my wife, any check I can get without getting punched in the face is a good check. It’s a good check because I’m getting paid for not me being in the gym, training hard, and fighting, but by me being a personal persona and going to shake some hands, doing whatever it may be.”

Dos Anjos (Finally) Done With Lightweight

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Rafael dos Anjos is done with the lightweight division.
The former 155-pound champion is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Top 5 contender Mateusz Gamrot a…

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Rafael dos Anjos is done with the lightweight division.

The former 155-pound champion is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Top 5 contender Mateusz Gamrot as part of the UFC 299 pay-per-view (PPV) event earlier this year in Miami. Falling to “Gamer” left the Brazilian at No. 14 in the official rankings.

A place “RDA” no longer wants to be.

“Get me out of [the lightweight] rankings,” Dos Anjos wrote on Twitter. “For you [lightweights] out there calling me out, I don’t compete at [lightweight] from now on. I have nothing to prove to nobody, I walk around 195 [pounds] at 39 years old. There’s lots of fights that make sense to me at 170. I want to fight in July, UFC get me back in that Octagon.”

UFC currently has two cards scheduled for July.

The last time we saw Dos Anjos (32-26) competing at 170 pounds, he was handily defeated by ranked contender Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 78. “RDA” has been with the promotion for nearly 16 years, making his Octagon debut at UFC 91 all the way back in late 2008.

As for potential welterweight opponents … No. 10-ranked Geoff Neal is currently unbooked.

Joaquin Buckley calls Daniel Cormier a ‘hoe’ and gets absolutely roasted by the UFC Hall of Famer

Daniel Cormier is going to take any of Joaquin Buckley’s sh*t. After scoring his fourth-straight win via a unanimous…

Daniel Cormier is going to take any of Joaquin Buckley’s sh*t.

After scoring his fourth-straight win via a unanimous decision over Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC St. Louis, ‘New Mansa’ delivered a cringeworthy callout of Irish megastar Conor McGregor, calling the former two-division champion a “hoe” and dragging his mother and father into the insult.

Offering his thoughts on a recent episode of ESPN’s Good Buy/Bad Guy with co-host Chael Sonnen, Cormier dubbed it the worst callout of all time.

Michael Bisping, who was the one conducting the post-fight interview, also slammed Buckley’s comments in a UFC St. Louis reaction video on YouTube, saying:

“He went too far. He’s trying to be insulting and give McGregor a reason to want to fight him. He was calling his mom and grandma a hoe, basically. I like a bit of a sh*t talk, and then when he went that far, I’m like, ‘Oh, this is bad.’”

Needless to say, Joaquin Buckley didn’t take kindly to the criticism.

Let this be known @dc_mma @bisping @ChaelSonnen Ya mommas raised some hoes!!!!! Yall really trying to twist up my words knowing damn well what I said in that cage but it’s ok we can all have some fun,” Buckley wrote on X.

It didn’t take long for Cormier to snap back with a response unbecoming of the typically mild-mannered Hall of Famer.

“Shut up Pussy! Maybe listen,” Cormier replied. “You had a dumb ass call out. You’re getting talked about by 3 of the biggest voices in the game. Maybe listen. It was the worst call out in history. Don’t let winning at few fights at 170lbs get you too excited bruh. Don’t mention Audrey!”

Joaquin Buckley squanders a golden opportunity

By all accounts, Joaquin Buckley’s callout of Conor McGregor was nothing more than a waste of mic time. After earning a big win in his hometown, ‘New Mansa’ could have used it as a star-making moment. Instead, he went for the biggest fish in the pond which is never a good idea when you’ve barely outgrown being a guppy.

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Four days removed from fight night, McGregor himself is yet to respond to Buckley’s callout. That alone should tell you everything you need to know about Buckley’s chances of ever stepping inside the Octagon with ‘Mystic Mac.’

Fury Vs Usyk Odds, Specials, & Prop Bets

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WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is the odds-on betting favorite to defeat WBA, IBF, and WBO kingpin Oleksandr Usyk when they hook ‘em up for the “Undisputed” title this Sat. n…

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WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is the odds-on betting favorite to defeat WBA, IBF, and WBO kingpin Oleksandr Usyk when they hook ‘em up for the “Undisputed” title this Sat. night (May 18, 2024) at Kingdom Hall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (watch it here).

But not by much.

“The Gypsy King” is currently holding steady at -120 against +100 for the Ukrainian “Cat.” But as with any major boxing event, Draft Kings went far beyond the moneyline and whipped up a variety of fight specials and prop bets for the “Ring of Fire” card.

Have a look:

Fight Lines:

Moneyline
Tyson Fury -120 | Oleksandr Usyk +100

Total Rounds
Over 10.5 -320 | Under 10.5 +220

Alternative Total Rounds

OVER
Over 7.5 -750
Over 8.5 -500
Over 9.5 -425

UNDER
Under 7.5 +425
Under 8.5 +310
Under 9.5 +275

Fight Specials:

Fury to Win and Over 10.5 Total Rounds +140
Usyk to Win and Over 10.5 Total Rounds +160
Either Fighter to be Knocked Down in Rounds 1-6 +220
Fury to Win and Under 10.5 Total Rounds +475
Usyk to Win and Under 10.5 Total Rounds +500
Usyk to be Knocked Down in the 1st Minute of any Round +550
Fury to be Knocked Down in the 1st Minute of any Round +600
Usyk to be Knocked Down 2+ Times +700
Usyk to be Knocked Down and Fury to Win By Decision +750
Fury to be Knocked Down 2+ Times +800
Fury to be Knocked Down and Usyk to Win By Decision +800
Either Fighter to be Knocked Down in Rounds 1-3 +850
Fury to be Knocked Down and Win By Decision +1200
Usyk to be Knocked Down and Win By Decision +1200
Three or more Knockdowns in the Fight +1400
Both Fighters to be Knocked Down and Fight to Go the Distance +1400

Prop Bets:

Winning Method
Tyson Fury by Decision or Technical Decision +185
Tyson Fury by KO/TKO/DQ +350
Draw +1400
Oleksandr Usyk by Decision or Technical Decision +185
Oleksandr Usyk by KO/TKO/DQ +475

Exact Winning Method
Tyson Fury to Win by KO +850
Tyson Fury to Win by TKO +550
Tyson Fury to Win by Disqualification +10000
Tyson Fury to Win by Unanimous Decision +300
Tyson Fury to Win by Split Decision +750
Tyson Fury to Win by Majority Decision +1600
Draw +1400
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by KO +1200
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by TKO +700
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by Disqualification +8000
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by Unanimous Decision +300
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by Split Decision +750
Oleksandr Usyk to Win by Majority Decision +1600

Five bucks on the Fury DQ wins you $500.

“I think this win puts me at number one, barring none. Beating Usyk now puts me number one status of all time,” Fury said. “I think he’s the best opponent I’ve ever faced, because I’ve fought world heavyweight champions before or undefeated people before, I’ve fought Olympic gold medals before, but I’ve never fought a two-weight world champion before. So I think that puts him at the top of it all.”

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