http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/...ompeting-in-his-dream-fight-at-ufc-205-091916
Never heard of being ineligible for bonuses because of these sorts of reasons. I never thought about this being the case when someone didn't get a bonus and I thought they should have. Now there's something that could explain some of the UFC's decisions with bonuses. The bonus system is just something that distracts fighters from how little they earn anyway. It encourages fighters to perform well and they just might get a bonus if they perform better than everyone else on the night. A lot of them don't get paid much and realise that a bonus would make a huge difference for them.
Good for Iaquinta. He's got something else going on with his life right now and can make money doing that. That's the smart thing to do. If you can make money outside of fighting, it's the smartest decision to do that instead. More fighters thinking like this and they'd be better off. Too many think of themselves as 'real fighters' and seemingly don't care about the money they're making until late in their career.
There's also those who think I'll keep my mouth shut and keep winning. Eventually I'll make the big bucks. Iaquinta talks about that on the MMA Hour. He also talks about being able to decide not to fight. Some fighters have to fight to make money because it's all they've got.
I must say I find it hard to imagine Iaquinta selling real estate. I can imagine someone ending up deciding not to buy the house and him swearing about it. "You don't want to buy the house now? You better not be telling me that you don't want to buy the ******* house".
He's on the MMA Hour starting at about an hour and 28 minutes in:
And this is still great. Don't boo Ragin' Al: