Quote Originally Posted by DSGB View Post

couture, ortiz, and shamrock arnt that great of fighters anymore thats why they arent fighting.
Couture is still amazing. The reason he (and many other fighters) left is because Dana White is paying those fighters peanuts compared to what they can make in other leagues. Tim Sylvia has a $800,000 fight coming up in WEC (I believe). The biggest payday from UFC 82, for example, was only $170,000.

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