MMA News Round-Up: Paulo Costa’s UFC Contract Revealed, Veteran Referee John McCarthy Mourns Tragic Loss, UFC San Antonio Ceremonial Weigh-Ins Recap

The last 24 hours of the MMA world had been as eventful as the other usual days. Fans of the fast-paced world of MMA didn’t face any shortage of entertainment. But the incredibly large number of MMA world incidents from the last 24 hours might cause the fans to miss out on some notable happenings. Hence, we are back with another edition of our MMA news roundup to give you an overview of a few noteworthy MMA world incidents from the last day. Today, we’ll start off with a piece of saddening news about the noted retired MMA referee John McCarthy. Further, we’ll also have a look at what happened at the UFC San Antonio pre-event weigh-ins. Finally, we’ll wrap things up after knowing about Paulo Costa reportedly becoming the highest-paid Brazilian athlete in the UFC.

UFC referee John McCarthy bid goodbye to his mother

The noted MMA referee, ‘Big’ John McCarthy, had to go through a devastating personal loss recently. McCarthy’s mother recently left him and traveled to the eternal abode, which had him expressing his grief via an Instagram update.

McCarthy wrote, “RIP Mom.. relieved you are finally at peace..”

The UFC world joined him in mourning his loss as well. A lot of noted MMA world personalities also shared condolences for ‘Big’ after his disheartening loss.

Highlights from the UFC San Antonio pre-bout weigh-ins

Although the UFC San Antonio was set to be headlined by Vera and Sandhagen, it was Manel Kape and Alex Perez who stole the show at the pre-fight weigh-ins.

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After approaching each other for a face-off, Kape put his arms around his opponent’s shoulders, which instigated a shove-off between the two. The UFC boss, Dana White, and the security had to intervene in order to separate the two Flyweights.All other weigh-ins went quite smoothly, despite the main eventer UFC Bantamweight, Marlon Vera, putting his arms up in a fighting position while he approached his opponent, Cory Sandhagen.

The noted UFC Bantamweight, Holly Holms, also received a huge pop from the crowd as she made her way to the dais for her staredown.

Paulo Costa’s manager claims he is the highest-paid Brazilian athlete in the UFC

There had been quite a few headlines about the new UFC deal offered to the noted Middleweight, Paulo Costa. Recent reports also reveal that the UFC reversed its general pre-disposition in this regard.

Costa’s manager, Tamara Alves, recently talked to ‘Ag.Fight’ where she revealed that ‘Borrachinha’ was more than contented with the terms of his renewed UFC contract. He also claimed that Costa currently was the highest-paid athlete in the UFC. Alves stated, “I have no doubt that Paulo is the highest-paid Brazilian athlete in the organization today. I don’t know if you know any Brazilian athlete that is paid more than a million dollars per fight. I don’t — especially in non-title fights.”

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The UFC had reportedly offered him $500,000 to show and $150,000 to win a future bout. But Costa turning down that offer resulted in this brand new lucrative contract for ‘The Eraser’.