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It definitely might have been part of it, but the UFC was cutting HWs around that time because you had a heap of long time guys who were beating all the new HW prospects.I remember him getting absolutely tonked by Rogerio de Lima, I think that was also a very bad performance to go out on.
Slightly early stoppage, but Rogerio was beating the absolute shite out of him and it wasn't gonna get any better for Rothwell!
Guys like Overeem, Hunt, Arlovski and JDS were on amazing contracts around that time. Not sure on Rothwell, but he was fighting guys like Chris Barneytt and probably getting paid well.
In comparison a guy like De Lima is probably on 20/20k at that time.
Andrei Arlovski ($325k), Ben Rothwell ($260k) lead UFC Jacksonville salaries
Andrei Arlovski and fellow heavyweight Ben Rothwell were the highest paid athletes at UFC Fight Night from Jacksonville, Fla. on Wednesday night.
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