Dana isn't that much of a dick. Machida just wanted more than usual bc it's on a very short notice 
If true, i have no problem with it. it's a fight on short notice against a guy he already thoroughly dominated about 2 years ago, if he was guaranteed a title shot after I'm sure he'd take it.
I don't really have a desire for Evans v.s machida 2 until rashad has proved he has improved his skillset. Tito vs. Evans 1 ended in a draw and with Tito's recent win it's much more attractive....however if it's as bad as their last fight, DW will wish he gave Machida that money.
There is only one Anderson Silva, Machida is an idiot if he thinks he should be paid like him. Machida over played his leverage and now he pissed off the bald father.
Prob not Machida but I could see Ed Soares asking for crazy money.
www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/328611/Dana-White-Fighters-dont-want-you-to-know-what-their-bonus-is/
"The thing you guys have to understand is we don't always have a 100 percent awesome, rock-solid relationships with all of our fighters. There are guys that I love in this company, and there's guys I can't stand. I don't like them at all. But one thing you will never see, you'll never see these guys come out and start talking about their money or their bonuses or what they got paid. None of you have ever done a story where guys come out and say, 'Yeah, here's what happened: I fought a great fight, I came out, and this was my bonus.' You know why? Because they don't want you to f------ know, and they don't want anyone else to know, either. That's their business, just like you guys wouldn't want what you make every year reported in the paper. It's the same thing."
The fighters don't want you to know about their money, and I respect their wishes!
Unless they ask for more money or it suits my interests, in which case I will run straight to the media!
-BLAF
jbapk - The fighters don't want you to know about their money, and I respect their wishes!
Unless they ask for more money or it suits my interests, in which case I will run straight to the media!
-BLAF
heh pretty much, funny to me he acts exasperated a guy wants more money for a short notice, high risk fight, that he doesnt need for his own title run......
Tito gets Anderson Silva money because he draws. Machida, not so much. But you can't blame a guy for asking.
Lol Tito makes like 500k a fight anyways, why not pay Machida, then the rankings are atleast being recognized, As for the arguement of what have you done for me lately, well machida just had a KOoTN performance against a hall of famer in the biggest mma show in North America...hes also a former champ like tito and he actually beat rashad for the belt.
This kind of statement true or not shouldn't be disclosed....creates too much bad karma
This seems more of ed soares influence here
I'm not saying Lyoto didn't ask for a nice paycheck; he should have. The problem is the article's lack of factual integrity. I wasn't sitting in on the negotiations but I'm 99% Lyoto did not outright say "I want Anderson Silva money" as this article blatantly suggests in it's diction and punctuation.
Fucking MMA media. Someone wake me up when it's remotely professional
jbapk - The fighters don't want you to know about their money, and I respect their wishes!
Unless they ask for more money or it suits my interests, in which case I will run straight to the media!
-BLAF
hehe well said!
The quote is from Dana White, not from Machida directly.
Its Dana speaking in short hand and summarizing. I don't think we're supposed to believe Machida said that exact sentence.
Schmash - Lol Tito makes like 500k a fight anyways, why not pay Machida, then the rankings are atleast being recognized, As for the arguement of what have you done for me lately, well machida just had a KOoTN performance against a hall of famer in the biggest mma show in North America...hes also a former champ like tito and he actually beat rashad for the belt. <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
Yeah your right but tito can pull that amount in entrance and ppv money easy.
He has a larger love/hate fanbase that pays to see him fight..
LOL @ "it's Ed Soares fault!"
As if Machida isn't a grown man, and Soares isn't his employee.
Yeah don't we all want that Anderson Silva money?
superCalo - Macihida always did seem to have a kind of superiority complex, like he thinks he is better than anyone else, won't let them touch or punch him, and moves away from them as if they stink, so not suprised to hear about this.
I literally read this before seeing who posted it, and said to myself "this seems like something supercalo would post".... Boy was I right.
OriginalTUFer -ChokeEmOut -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 13px; ">"Machida accepted the fight," White told MMAjunkie.com. "We knew for a couple days this was going down, and Machida accepted the fight. Then when we called back and said, 'OK, we're going to make this fight,' Machida's people came back and said, 'We'll tell you what. You pay us what you pay Anderson Silva, and we'll take the fight.' This was after they had already agreed to take the fight.Brian Rule - This is fucking stupid. Lyoto would never say that. This is just Dana putting words into his mouth and the simple MMA media running with it.Yeah, typical dipshit Dana running his mouth trying to make Machida look bad. Dude is a complete dickface
"I said, 'Are you [expletive] kidding me? I'll tell you what. You tell Machida he achieves what [expletive] Anderson Silva has achieved, then maybe he'll make Anderson Silva money. Have a nice day.'"</span>
See this is where Machida should have said, ok, how about Brock money?
Lol at all this.
Lyoto asked for an increased sum of money for this fight, which just happened to amount closely to the sum Anderson gets paid.
Dana didn't want to give the actual figure, so he said they asked for Anderson money.
Instead of giving x amount of dollars and saying it was too much, he said it was P4P King amount of dollars and it was too much.
Simples.
So you idiots saying that Dana is a hypocrite because he doesn't want us to know what fighters get paid are exactly that - idiots. We still don't know.
And could Lyoto make 185? Sure. Could Anderson fight at 205? Sure? But so what. At Blackhouse there are strict rules. You have a weightclass you aim to be champ in and you stick to it. You do not go after the title in a teammates weightclass. Do I agree with it? No, i think its bullshit. But thats the way it is. So people arguing Lyoto deserves Anderson money can keep quiet. Bottom line is both chose their division and while one rules his the other is a one time champ who is 2-2 in his last 4 fights and could actually be 1-3. The one was against a near 50 year old man who was a perfect style match up for him.