and revealed that though he hadn’t been paid his show money for the event, he expected that “the UFC is going to do right by me.” It appears there may be different perspectives on what “doing right” actually means.
“Guys just don’t get paid to not fight, that’s not how that works,” White said. “We’ve taken care of guys. If you come in and you’re making short money, we take care of you. First of all, you decided not to fight. The guy was three pounds overweight — whatever it was — you get a piece of his purse if you take the fight. But if you decided you don’t want to take the fight, — we also offered him another fight.
Thompson’s stance was applauded by many in the MMA community. The South Carolina native is 40 years old and has designs on making one more run at UFC gold. He doesn’t want to risk that chance against an opponent who failed to make weight. White revealed that while the promotion may work on compensating athletes in other ways after their fights fall through — or get them rebooked as soon as possible — it’s not likely that “Wonderboy” will receive his full UFC 291 purse.