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Some fun facts coming out of Minneapolis…
According to Dana White, the Target Center hosted 15,082 spectators for UFC 87, and banked a live gate total of $2,252,000, breaking the venue’s former record gate ($2,062,000) set by a Billy Joel/Elton John concert in 2001. It was the first UFC event held in Minnesota, and White hinted that the UFC could return to the Land of 10,000 Lakes in the future.
As for medical suspensions, the fighters of “Seek and Destroy” got off easily, with just four participants picking up 30-day time-outs. They are: Georges St. Pierre (cuts), Jon Fitch (cuts), Ryan Thomas (cuts), and Dan Evensen (precautionary due to KO). Strangely, the also-knocked-out Manvel Gamburyan and the whaled-on Heath Herring managed to escape the suspensions. Minnesota seems to have a “rub some dirt on it” attitude when it comes to fighter injuries, and that’s cool with us. Unfortunately, they also have a “none of your goddamned business” attitude when it comes to fighter payouts — apparently, UFC salaries will not be released in Minnesota as part of the state’s freedom of information legislation.
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Comments
Sun, 08/10/08 - 07:55
WTF? GSP gets a 30 day, fitch only gets a 30 day and herring gets NOTHING? They must smoke lots of PCP and crack in that state. I figured Heath would get at least a 3 month. Well, I'm not a doc.
Sun, 08/10/08 - 08:26
Thank god we don't have to endure the countless "XX fighter only made XX for UFC 87" threads on sherdog. Isn't it also funny that the "freedom of information" legislation restricts infromation. Government, don't get me started.
Sun, 08/10/08 - 09:19
Freedom of information just tells you how free some information is, not that all information is free.
Mon, 08/11/08 - 03:06
haha Great Choice of words. "and the whaled-on Heath Herring" WHALED ON he did by that Behemoth of a beast Brock "the Whale" Lesnar
Mon, 08/11/08 - 01:13
Now we know why Dana loves Minneapolis so much...he can half the payroll and nobody but the fighters will know. Don't like it? Fame turned you into a pussy.
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