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Fightmania Mailbag: Fighter Pay, Weight Cutting: There were two big issues that arose recently that I never found the proper opportunity to address. However, our readers have seen fit to provide me with the perfect excuse to remedy the situation in the form [+] ESPN OTL: UFC Fighter Pay & Dana White’s Response (Videos): ESPN “Outside the Lines” interviews Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta on the subject that UFC fighters say they deserve more money from the UFC revenue generated from their fights. UFC President Dana White responds below with his thoughts on ESPN and also shows us unseen footage from the interview on fighter compensation. [+] 2011 In Review: Biggest MMA Stories: Welcome to part one of my two-part look at the year in mixed martial arts, which will focus on the biggest stories and happenings of the year. On Saturday, we will feature the second part of the [+] UFC 140: Post-Fight Press Conference (Video): Here’s the UFC 140 post-fight press conference where Dana White announced the addition of the 125-pound flyweight class to the UFC. Following fighters were also awarded $75,000 bonuses: Fight of the Night: Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida Knockout of the Night: Chan Sung Jung Submission of the Night: Frank Mir [+] Dana White on the Release of Miguel Torres (Video): UFC president Dana White discusses why UFC cut Miguel Torres for posting the joke tweet “if a rape van was called a surprise van, more people wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises.” Do you think it was the right thing for Dana White to release Miguel Torres from the UFC based on that tweet? Let us know below. [+] UFC Discipline Will Never Be Consistent: The UFC’s dismissal of Miguel Torres over an ill-advised joke was a lot of things, one of which is a reminder that the UFC’s disciplinary actions continue to be inconsistent, unpredictable and downright puzzling. The fact that [+] TUF 14 Finale: Dana White Post-Fight Interview (Video): UFC President Dana White looks back at the TUF 14 Finale and says the Mayhem-Bisping fight was “one of the most one-sided fights in UFC history”, do you agree? [+] UFC 139: Dana White Post-Fight Interview (Video): UFC president Dana White looks back at UFC 139 and claims that the main event was probably one of the best fight ever in MMA history. [+] Fightmania Mailbag: Cain-JDS, Emelianenko brothers: It’s been too long, my friends, and now we will finally have another edition of the mailbag with topics including last week’s UFC debut on Fox, Fedor’s post-Strikeforce career and more. We’ll get started with a couple [+] The Ultimate Fighter 14: Mid-Season Thoughts (Part 1): Given that we have reached about the midpoint of the 14th (!) season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, it seems as good a time as any to discuss what we have seen so far. Of course, dear reader, [+]