If i remember correctly he was going to get paid the same amount that he would've got paid to face Borg. There was also the matter of the UFC using strongarm negotiation tactics. The whole thing was pretty sketchy, I wouldn't take a word of what Dana / the UFC says at face value In this case.
Why do people think that asking for more money Is some sort of excuse, way out of the fight, or a duck?
This is a business, a business In which fighters are getting far less than they deserve, a fraction of the percentages that boxers make. Yet some people just expect them to just fight and be happy with what they get?
Get Dana's balls out of ur mouth, how bout that
Pay MM and the fight will happen. It's really that simple.