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Jose Delgado earned Nathaniel Wood’s respect at UFC 321. | Getty/UFC
Nathaniel Wood believes his opponent, Jose Delgado , deserves to keep his entire UFC 321 fight purse.
Wood fought Delgado in a featherweight tilt on the UFC 321 prelims last Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Delgado weighed in at 147 pounds, missing the non-title featherweight limit by a pound. Delgado was fined 20% of his purse for missing weight, which would go to Wood for accepting the fight. Wood scored a come-from-behind, unanimous decision win, which had fans divided about the scorecards.
However, Wood has refused to accept 20% of Delgado’s purse, which the Englishman found insignificant compared to his own. Furthermore, “The Last Kingsman” believes Delgado deserves every bit of his salary for the slugfest they put on at UFC 321.
’He Deserves to Keep His Money’
“I am a bit annoyed that obviously his purse was like, nowhere near mine,” Wood told the UFC. “So, 20 percent of his purse is nothing. But to be honest, I don’t want it. I am going to say to whoever it is in the UFC, ‘Don’t give it to me.’ Bedause after the performance that we both put on, I think he deserves to keep his money. He made a mistake, but what is a pound at the end of the day? Hopefully if he is struggling to make featherweight, he’ll move up. Because I obviously moved up. I’m a small featherweight. You gotta put your help first.”
Wood is 6-1 in his last seven and riding a three-fight winning streak. Meanwhile, Delgado’s loss to Wood saw a six-fight winning streak snapped, which included two UFC wins.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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