Let’s break this down. The UFC and Thompson have a contract agreeing to a fight at a certain weight. The UFC tries to change the terms of the contract to get him to accept a higher weight opponent last minute, and when he refuses to agree to the change, they back out of their agreement. Seems like this would be clearly and obviously a breach if pursued in court. Maybe Wonderboy doesn’t want to burn bridges by taking that route, but I can’t help but think that the UFC would be tougher on chronic weight missers if they still had to pay out in cases like this.
Let’s break this down. The UFC and Thompson have a contract agreeing to a fight at a certain weight. The UFC tries to change the terms of the contract to get him to accept a higher weight opponent last minute, and when he refuses to agree to the change, they back out of their agreement. Seems like this would be clearly and obviously a breach if pursued in court. Maybe Wonderboy doesn’t want to burn bridges by taking that route, but I can’t help but think that the UFC would be tougher on chronic weight missers if they still had to pay out in cases like this.