{"id":198764,"date":"2016-07-13T09:39:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198764"},"modified":"2016-07-13T09:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:39:34","slug":"jon-jones-manager-i-feel-horrible-that-they-cut-his-pay-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/jon-jones-manager-i-feel-horrible-that-they-cut-his-pay-in-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones&#8217; manager on Daniel Cormier: &#8220;I feel horrible that they cut his pay in half&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just two days to go until the biggest event in UFC history, Daniel Cormier found himself without an opponent for the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-200-results\/ufc-200-live-results-stream\/\">UFC 200<\/a> after Jon Jones was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-jon-jones-coach-self-help-guru-tony-robins-jon-jones-will-bounce-back\/\">pulled from the card for a potential USADA anti-doping violation. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, former middleweight kingpin <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/daniel-cormier-vs-anderson-silva-reportedly-official-ufc-200\/\">Anderson Silva stepped in on just 2 days notice<\/a> to fight the light heavyweight champ in a 3 round main card scrap. Unfortunately for Cormier, while he had an opponent for the event, his pay was cut because he was no longer the main event of the card.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the event, Jon Jones&#8217; manager, Malki Kawa, joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/7\/13\/12156916\/jon-jones-manager-calls-it-a-tragedy-that-ufc-cut-daniel-cormiers-pay\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a> to discuss the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;As a team, we congratulate Daniel Cormier. He deserves everything that he gets. I feel horrible that they cut his pay in half. I don&#8217;t think that was warranted at all. I think the man deserved to get paid no matter what. 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