In the Cage – 8.9.12 Jake Martin August 9, 2012 News Each day, The MMA Corner will provide a recap of results, event announcements, fight matchups, and injuries/cancellations from throughout the world of MMA. MFC’s title fight reduced to non-title fight Following Adam Lynn missing weight, the Maximum Fighting Championship’s main event title fight between Lynn and Mukai Maromo for the vacant lightweight championship will now be a non-title bout. Lynn weighed in at 156.6 pounds and Maromo made weight at 154. The fight will now be a three-round scrap between the two heated rivals. The MMA Corner Frank Trigg arrested Frank Trigg was arrested on Wednesday following his 2011 conflict with his ex wife. Trigg was arrested on domestic violence (battery/strangulation) charges and will stay in jail pending a $15,000 bond to be posted. MMA Weekly Shogun leads UFC on FOX 4 salaries Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto Machida led the UFC on FOX 4 payroll with Rua earning $240,000 and Machida earning $200,000. The event featured Rua knocking out Brandon Vera in the main event and Machida earning a title shot with a KO victory against Ryan Bader. Reported earnings: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua: $240,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Vera: $70,000 Lyoto Machida: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Ryan Bader: $47,000 Joe Lauzon: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jamie Varner: $12,000 Mike Swick: $86,000 (includes $43,000 win bonus) def. DaMarques Johnson: $18,000 Nam Phan: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Cole Miller: $21,000 Phil Davis: $30,000 vs. Wagner Prado: $16,000 Rani Yahya: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000 Phil De Fries: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus) def. Oli Thompson: $11,000 Manny Gamburyan: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Michihiro Omigawa: $11,000 John Moraga: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Ulysses Gomez: $8,000 MMA Junkie Photo: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (R) battles Brandon Vera (MMA Fighting)
