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The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued mandatory medical suspensions to twelve fighters from this past weekend’s UFC 141 event.
Four of them – Brock Lesnar, Nate Diaz, Vladimir Matyushenko and Manny Gamburyan – could be out of action up to six months because of the suspensions.
NSAC officials today emailed the list of official suspensions to MMAjunkie.com.
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Alistair Overeem knew it was coming.
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UFC president Dana White said he had no idea former champion Brock Lesnar was planning on retiring.
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Main-event winner Alistair Overeem ($385,714.28) and fellow heavyweight headliner Brock Lesnar ($400,000) were the top earners at Friday’s UFC 141 event.
The duo accounted for 57 percent of the night’s official $1,369,714.28 fighter payroll.
MMAjunkie.com obtained the salary figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Friday.
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Alistair Overeem long had wanted to become a star in the United States. Ending Brock Lesnar’s career should do the trick.
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Brock Lesnar announced his retirement from mixed martial arts after losing a one-sided bout to Alistair Overeem on Friday night.
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LAS VEGAS – Alistair Overeem is next in line for a UFC heavyweight title shot, and he ended a career to get it.
In his official UFC debut, the recent Strikeforce titleholder earned a first-round TKO victory over Brock Lesnar, an ex-champ who announced his MMA retirement following the loss.
The fight headlined the pay-per-view main card of UFC 141 and followed
prelims on Facebook and Spike TV. It took place at MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las Vegas.
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Brock Lesnar took one too many shots to the body from Alistair Overeem.
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Win or lose, Brock Lesnar will walk away from UFC 141 with the event’s largest paycheck.
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A rep for Randy Couture is emphatic that Alistair Overeem left Xtreme Couture of his own accord, and that his departure is unrelated to a previous non-disclosure agreement between the UFC Hall of Famer and Brock Lesnar.
“There was no contractual issue, but it was a relationship issue,” Sam Spira, Couture’s lawyer and business partner, said.
On Nov. 7 Overeem announced that he’d joined Xtreme Couture after his departure from longtime team Golden Glory. Ten days later, he left for Holland.
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