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Daniel Pineda more interested in winning bonuses than rankings: ‘I’m fighting for the money’ – MMA Fighting
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Daniel Pineda is proud to be a prizefighter.
While some UFC fighters are worried about rankings or chasing after championship titles, the 37-year-old veteran with more than 40 fights on his résumé doesn’t disguise what he’s after whenever he sets foot in the octagon. Obviously, Pineda wants to win more than anything, but what he’s really after is the biggest paycheck possible.
“It’s the money, the bonuses,” Pineda told MMA Fighting. “Those bonuses will change your life. We get so much money, but when we get that bonus, that’s what I’m looking for. I’m fighting for the money.
“They say there’s a lot of money on social media. I don’t even get into social media. I’m more into, let’s get this fight going, let me get this money, let me take care of my family.”
The way Pineda seeks to earn his money comes through some of the most exciting fights in the sport, with a résumé to back up that reputation. Through 28 career victories, Pineda has a remarkable 100-percent finishing rate, with nine knockouts and 19 submissions.
Even in defeat, Pineda prefers going out on his shield than allowing the three judges sitting cageside to hand down a verdict to determine whether he wins or loses.
“I don’t get paid to go in there and leave it to the judges,” Pineda said. “First of all, half the judges don’t know what they’re doing. They go the wrong way and s*** like that. I train to finish. You go in there to beat that guy. There’s only me and that guy in there. So one of us is going to leave that b**** with our hand raised and the other one is going to leave crying. That’s it.
“You’ve got go in there and give everything you have. Don’t leave it to the judges.”
Pineda is currently in the middle of his second UFC stint after his first run lasted seven fights. This time around, Pineda scored a knockout in his return to the promotion, then pulled off a nasty guillotine choke submission in his most recent outing back in March, both of which earned him Performance of the Night bonuses.
That win actually marked the end of his four-fight contract with the UFC, but Pineda says the organization wasted no time signing him to a new deal, which he believes is just a testament to the work he’s been doing since coming back.
“It feels good, especially being my last fight [on the contract] and getting called for a five-fight deal and getting me the money that I was looking for, that I wanted. It feels good,” Pineda said. “That was my last fight [on the contract] and I kind of wanted it like that, to gamble. You win, you get more money, better fights, or lose and just go home and cry and retire, and everything went good.
“You’ve always got to gamble on yourself. You’ve always got to believe in yourself. The same thing, the way I fight — you go out there and give it all you’ve got, and like they say, it’s kill or be killed.”
For his next fight against Alex Caceres at UFC Vegas 74, Pineda serves as the co-main event, which isn’t where he usually finds himself slotted when a bout order is announced.
Deep down, Pineda believes at least part of the reason why he’s in a marquee position is because the UFC knows what to expect whenever he fights, which he knows probably also played a factor in earning him that new five-fight contract.
“It feels good. I think they’re just starting to notice it,” Pineda said. “They’re noticing that I have all finishes. I’m going to go in there and try to kill somebody. Try to take them out quick. First round, second round, take them out. The third round, I’ll be getting tired so let’s not go to no third round.”
Saturday’s fight also gives Pineda the chance to face an opponent in Caceres, who currently sits in the UFC’s rankings in the featherweight division.
As much as that might matter to some fighters looking to climb the ladder in the division, Pineda couldn’t care less about the number next to Caceres’ name as long as he shows up ready to throw down.
“The rankings, it’s cool, but we’re going out there to put on some exciting fights and get those bonuses,” Pineda said. “Now that I’m co-main event, it’s even a better chance at getting that goddamn bonus.
“Usually I’m one of the first fights and I still get the bonus. Now hopefully everything goes good and Alex comes, he puts on a fight, and we get the bonus.”
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What time is Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III today? Schedule, main card start time for 2023 exhibition boxing fight – Sporting News
Floyd Mayweather once again steps inside the ring to compete in an exhibition fight. This time, he faces someone with legit combat sports experience and a last name nobody will ever forget. Mayweather faces John Gotti III, the grandson of infamous gangster John Gotti, on June 11.
The fight is inside the FLA Live Arena in Florida and airs on the Zeus Network.
Gotti turned pro in 2017. Winning five in a row to start his MMA career, Gotti lost his last fight in 2020 against Nick Alley. The 30-year-old has since competed in boxing bouts, winning two contests in the past eight months.
Calling this fight a “pinch-me moment,” Gotti has nothing but respect for Mayweather. However, he will not let his fandom get in the way of what he needs to do.
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“I’ve been following him since I was eight years old,” Gotti said via Boxing Scene. “This was my idol. This was a guy I did school projects on. It was a guy I looked up to. The fact that I’m in a position to stand across the ring from Floyd is a tremendous honor. But make no mistake, June 11, I’m bringing bad intentions to that man. I don’t care if it’s an exhibition or not. You signed to fight me, there’s no quarter. It’s kill or be killed.”
This is the latest exhibition for Mayweather, who retired in 2017 at 50-0. In 2018 he teamed with RIZIN and beat young kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa via TKO. Mayweather fought Logan Paul and former training partner Don Moore in non-scored bouts. He beat Mikuru Asakura and YouTuber Deji in 2022 via TKO. In February, Mayweather went the distance against MMA fighter Aaron Chalmers.
Here is all you need to know regarding Mayweather vs. Gotti, from the time, channel, and card.
Mayweather vs. Gotti begins at 6:30 p.m ET | 3:30 p.m. PT. Ringwalks are scheduled for 10 p.m. ET | 7 p.m. PT, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
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Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III can be streamed on Zeus Network.
Fans in the U.S. can pre-order the fight for $15.99. They can also sign up for the network at the annual rate of $59.99 per year. In the U.K., the pre-order price is about £13, $21 in Canada, and $23 in Australia.
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Daniel Yanofsky is a combat sports editor at The Sporting News.
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Tyler Durden & Angel Face Got Together After Fight Club's Ending (Really) – Screen Rant
Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club 2 comic brings back the character played by Jared Leto in the movie for an unexpected, but critical role.
Angel Face, played by Jared Leto in the Fight Club film adaptation, makes a surprise return in Chuck Palahniuk's comic book sequel to his original Fight Club novel – coming back with both revenge, and, oddly enough, love on his mind, following the vicious beating he received from the Narrator a decade earlier.
Fight Club 2 – by Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart, Dave Stewart, and Nate Piekos of Blambot – features the son of the Narrator and Marla Singer being kidnapped, with a returning Tyler Durden being the prime suspect, compelling the Narrator to reintegrate himself into Fight Club. In the closing pages of the series' fourth issue, the permanently-scarred Angel Face reappears.
In a brutal display that directly mirrors the original, Angel Face administers a brutal beating to the Narrator. He ends up knocking the Narrator into unconsciousness, which triggers Tyler Durden to awaken in his place at the start of Issue #5. Angel Face knows what's happened immediately, and subsequently is horrified as Tyler mercilessly returns the meeting. It is not until a few issues later, in Fight Club 2 #9, that it is revealed Tyler has been having an affair with Angel Face for quite some time. The Narrator discovers this only when he's awake, rather than Tyler, at a moment Angel Face kisses him.
As the Narrator's therapist says, on the same page as the reveal, ""a sociopath will sleep with anyone to gain her allegiance … or his." The re-emergence of Angel Face gives readers a glimpse of exactly how being a Fight Club member for so many years has worn on Angel Face's body. Aside from the distorted face the Narrator gave him ten years prior, he is littered with scabs, scars, and bruises from decades of sparring. It's clear that Angel Face has clung on completely to the ideas that Tyler put in his head years prior, whether it is because he's a true devotee, or he has nothing else.
Angel Face is depicted as not only unflinchingly loyal to Tyler Durden's ideals, but to the man himself. It remains ambiguous in the text whether Tyler returns Angel Face's feelings, or the extent to which he can feel at all. Angel Face is in love with Tyler – for Tyler, a physical relationship may just be a way to retain Angel Face's loyalty, to continue holding power over him. In this way, it is reminiscent of how the Narrator describes Tyler's relationship with Marla in the opening pages of the original book. "This is about property as in ownership. Without Marla, Tyler would have nothing."
Tyler's connection to Angel Face may not run as deep as with Marla in Fight Club, but Angel Face is still a useful vessel for him, one that someone as possessive as Tyler isn't willing to give up so easily. On the chance that Angel Face may have harbored these feelings in the original Fight Club, it also re-contextualizes their previous dynamic. It certainly offers a new explanation as to why Angel Face stays a follower of Project Mayhem/Fight Club for a decade after the Narrator beat him up. Most certainly, it further complicates Fight Club's iconic twisted love triangle of Marla, Tyler, and the Narrator.
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