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Something I never understood with Kimbo - His most recent fight he gets 500k (and lost out on an additional 100k by losing), and how I understand it they upped his purse to 'make it worth his while' to fight Petruzelli, and his fight before that I believe he made 250k.
Now my question is, who in their right mind pays Kimbo, a completely unproven fighter that kind of money?
Who were they bidding against? There is absolutely no way the UFC would of paid him over 100k, if that, and that's assuming the UFC ever even wanted him. So who does that leave to pay him? Affliction? At the time of his signing, they weren't even around, Strikeforce couldn't pay that kind of dough, and theres really no other viable options. It just seems like decisions like that is why EliteXC will be gone in a year.
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