THE stars of UFC 300 will fight for some truly life-changing money this weekend.
The MMA leader holds his historic tricentennial event in the early hours of Sunday at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas.
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A tasty light heavyweight title fight between champion Alex Pereira and former champion Jahamahl Hill will be the winner the bill of the Sin City extravaganza.
An unprecedented TWELVE current or former champions will fight in what promises to be a memorable night of fights.
UFC 100 and 200 – which took place in July 2009 and 2016, respectively – produced some incredible, bonus-winning moments.
And on paper, UFC 300 will likely do the same.
But MMA fans around the world are wondering how much the card bonuses will be.
Fighters who received bonuses at UFC 100 and 200 received an additional $50,000 in their pay package.
But the bonuses for this weekend’s fight extravaganza will be SIX TIMES That amount.
That’s because UFC supremo Dana White raised the price to a whopping $300,000.
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White shocked MMA fans around the world by dropping the bombshell during Friday morning’s pre-fight press conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
After several wrestlers on stage badgered him about the increased bonuses, White said, “$300,000, it’s done!”
UFC fans around the world were stunned by the revelation, with one saying: “Excellent news for all the fighters.”
Another said: “UFC 300 is about to get CRAZY.”
And another said: “UFC 300 is going to be an absolute success.”
One commented: “Well damn!”
Another stunned fan simply chimed in: “Wow.”
White expects UFC 300 to break all kinds of records, telling ESPN: “When you think of any fight we’ve ever had or that boxing has, there are always big main events or big co-main events with stars.
“But when you talk about a card from top to bottom – from the first fight of the night – to the main event [nothing is bigger].
“The first fight of the night on ESPN is [Deiveson] Figueiredo and [Cody] Garbrandt.
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“Both are former world champions, Figueiredo broke many records.
“[He has] the most knockdowns in UFC flyweight historythe highest number of sending attempts.
“And Garbrandt is tied for the most knockdowns in bantamweight history.
“The list is endless with all the records these guys have broken.
“This is the first fight of the night. This could be the main fight of a card.
“Basically, the first fight of the night could be the main event and that’s what all the fights are like for the rest of the night.”
He added: The veteran promoter said: “When you think about it, it’s the biggest card ever put together in the history of combat sports.
“Not just UFC, not just MMA, ever.”
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