Erin Blanchfield was actually minutes away from making the stroll to the octagon on Saturday evening when the UFC revealed her most important occasion battle in opposition to Maycee Barber was cancelled.
The explanation, in response to Blanchfield? She was instructed Barber had a seizure and wanted to be taken to the hospital. “The Future” had missed weight the day earlier than by half a pound and appeared horrible on the dimensions, so the withdrawal wasn’t utterly stunning … however for it to occur on the absolute final minute was fairly wild.
The UFC has purposefully by no means laid out exhausting insurance policies on what occurs pay-wise when fights get cancelled. Typically a fighter will get their present cash — which ought to be the authorized minimal all the time since they, y’know, confirmed up. Typically they solely get a portion of that. In Blanchfield’s case, she’s getting paid her present and win cash.
That’s in response to Blanchfield’s administration, who shared behind-the-scenes photographs of UFC CBO Hunter Campbell telling “Chilly Blooded” that the battle was off.
That’s nonetheless much less cash than Blanchfield would have made if she’d gone out and crushed Barber within the cage. Due to the weigh-in miss, Erin was set to take 20% of Barber’s purse. Does she nonetheless get that if the UFC decides to pay Barber her present cash? Will the promotion even do this?
As we talked about, it’s all case-by-case with these SNAFU moments. A final minute seizure is a legit motive to drag the plug on a battle, however what if if it’s brought on by a nasty weight lower? Take a look at UFC’s response to Arman Tsarukyan’s late withdrawal from UFC 311 to see how sympathetic they have been with him.
