After turning down a fight with Aspen Ladd at UFC Fight Night 128, Leslie Smith said she’s been paid her full show and win purses – a sum totalling $62,000 – for the ill-fated bout. Also forthcoming for Smith: an “unprecedented” goodbye from the UFC. Smith, a nine-year MMA veteran, estimated she’s now a free agent after the promotion declined her counter-offer for a new contract. “They said they had no interest in extending my contract at this time, and instead, they offered me my show and win money,” Smith today told MMAjunkie Radio. “So they said they’ll just pay me off, and since they’re giving me the win bonus, it counts as the last fight on my contract. So, I guess that would mean I’m a free agent now.” MMAjunkie was unable to immediately verify whether Smith is officially a free agent; multiple requests for comment from the UFC went unreturned.
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