The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for this past Saturday’s Pride 33: The Second Coming event.
Wanderlei Silva: $150,000
Dan Henderson: $50,000
Mauricio Rua: $50,000
Takanori Gomi: $20,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $20,000
Nick Diaz: $15,000
Joachim Hansen: $15,000
Hayato Sakurai: $10,000
Frank Trigg: $10,000
Kazuo Misaki: $10,000
Sergei Kharitonov: $10,000
Alistair Overeem: $10,000
Travis Wiuff: $10,000
Rameau Sokoudjou: $10,000
Mac Danzig: $10,000
Jason Ireland: $10,000
Mike Russow: $10,000
James [...]
Well, another Pride Fighting Championships event is in the books, and I must say that Pride 33 was all-around the best MMA event I have seen in several years. Other promotions should take notes from Pride; this is how an event should take place. We saw a total of 9 fights in a [...]
I don’t normally due full previews of Pride Fighting Championships events, but seeing as how their next event is this Friday Saturday in Las Vegas, I thought I’d give a little preview. Plus, there are some really excellent fights on this card and several well-known fighters to the American crowd.
Wanderlei Silva vs Dan Henderson [...]
Man, it seems like there is quite a bit of Nick Diaz news recently. First Diaz’s title fight against Thomas Denny in the Gracie Fighting Championships gets “postponed;” next, Diaz signs a deal with the newly formed Elite XC promotion to fight in May.
Now, Nick Diaz has signed a two-fight deal with Pride [...]
It appears that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopovic will be officially joining the UFC in the near future. Multiple sources are confirming that fact that Cro Cop is on his way to fight in the UFC.
Look out Tim Sylvia… Your days as heavyweight champion are numbered.
GracieMag.com posted an article yesterday reporting that Aleksander Emelianenko, PrideFC Heavyweight fighter and brother to PrideFC Champion Fedor Emalianenko, is closing to signing a deal with the UFC.
After facing the Brazilian Fabricio Werdum in Pride & Honor, the event taking place next Sunday, in Holland, the Russian Aleksander Emelianenko will finish talks with the directors [...]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released their list of medical suspensions from last Saturdays Pride 32: The Real Deal Event.
You can download the full PDF here.