UFC 143 Fighter Salaries: Nick Diaz and Josh Koscheck lead the pack

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the final salary figures for the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 143: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight card from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The top earner was Nick Diaz who took home $200,000 in a five round losing effort to Carlos Condit ($110,000). Condit’s win earned him the interim UFC Welterweight Championship, while Diaz implied he was going to walk away from mixed martial arts following the loss.
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UFC 143 Recap: Carlos Condit becomes the Interim UFC Welterweight Champion

Leading up to UFC 143 many thought that Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit would be a striking battle with two of the most accomplished strikers in the Welterweight division just throwing down and going for it. Things didn’t exactly go that way, instead Carlos Condit used a perfect game plan to counter Nick Diaz’s style and take home the interim UFC Welterweight title after the five round battle.
Questions after seeing Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit:
-Did the UFC just see a lot of pay per view buys

UFC’s return to England headlined by Chris Leben and Mark Munoz

The last time top caliber MMA action was showcased in “Jolly Ol’ England” was UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama. Nearly a year has passed and finally the Ultimate Fighting Championship will be making it’s return to the great fighting nation. UFC 138 will be headlined by “The Crippler” Chris Leben taking on “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Mark Munoz at the LG Arena in Birmingham.
Official UFC 138 announcement:
“Two of the middleweight division’s heaviest hitters will go to war in the UFC’s first ever non-title