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The 70% tax thing is bollocks really. I'm no expert on US tax but isn't the highest rate in the USA less than 40% after allowances etc? Again that's not just a flat 40%, it'll go up progressively depending on the income.

Also, the double taxation stuff when someone fights abroad can be messy as fuck, but generally you'd only have to pay one lot of tax upto your normal rate from the country you live in, so if you do get stung twice you'd generally be able to correct that and claim it back when your tax return is completed. There would be ways of mitigating this from happening along the way also. 

 

 

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They’ve found Ragin’ Al!

Good fight as well. Few more fights confirmed over the last few days;

- Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili 2 goes down at UFC 268 in November. I said it when the rumours of this one started but I don’t get this. I’m not fan of Carla Esparza but she deserved the shot here. And Namajunas vs Esparza 2 would’ve been a cool little full circle fight as it was the first ever Strawweight title fight at the end of TUF years ago, and Esparza won. I like Zhang but I don’t get why she’s getting an immediate rematch. She got sat down by a headkick in about 2 minutes, there was no controversy and it’s not like she was a long reigning dominant champ who’d be getting the rematch on the strength of their reign or longevity etc. Plus if she goes 0-2 to Rose here where does that leave her? Bit odd but whatever. 268 is ridiculously loaded now.

And speaking of which…

- Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera and Germaine De Randamie vs Irene Aldana have also been added to 268. GDR vs Alana is a decent matchup actually. Love Edgar vs Vera though.

268 card as it stands today (yeah I know we’re gonna get shagged on injuries/COVID etc)…

- Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 - Welterweight Title

- Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili 2 - Strawweight Title

- Justin Gaethje vs Michael Chandler 

- Sean Strickland vs Luke Rockhold 

- Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera 

- Al Iaquinta vs Bobby Green 

- Edmen Shahbazyan vs Nassourdine Imavov

- Germaine De Randamie vs Irene Aldana 

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I hate that injuries and COVID are gonna better this lot. Look at the rest of the PPV schedule for 2021!

UFC 266

Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega - Featherweight Title 

Valentina Shevchenko vs Lauren Murphy - Flyweight Title

Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler 2

Curtis Blaydes vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Dan Hooker vs Nasrat Haqparast 

UFC 267

Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira - Light Heavyweight Title 

Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan 2 - Bantamweight Title 

Islam Makhachev vs Rafael Dos Anjos 

Magomed Ankalaev vs Volkan Oezdemir

Amanda Ribas vs Virna Jandiroba 

Walt Harris vs Tai Tuivasa 

Khamzat Chimaev vs Li Jingliang 

UFC 268

Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 - Welterweight Title 

Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili 2 - Strawweight Title

Justin Gaethje vs Michael Chandler 

Sean Strickland vs Luke Rockhold 

Frankie Edgar vs Marlon Vera 

Al Iaquinta vs Bobby Green 

UFC 269 

Charles Oliveira vs Dustin Poirier - Lightweight Title

Amanda Nunes vs Julianna Pena - Bantamweight Title 

Cody Garbrandt vs Kai Kara France 

Brandon Moreno vs Alexandre Pantoja for the Flyweight strap is rumoured to be being targeted for 269 as well according to Marcelo Rojo who’s Moreno’s teammate. 

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