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Editorial: Adrian Yanez, Burns’ Brazilian bonus, and Tony Kelley’s bigotry

Adrian Yanez has fought four times under the UFC banner. He’s 4-0 in those fights and has won a fight-night bonus award in each of those outings. The 28-year-old looks to make it five in a row when he faces Tony Kelley at UFC Austin in what turned into a catchweight bout when Kelley checked in on weigh-in day at 137.5 pounds for what was supposed to be a bantamweight scrap.

With Kelley missing weight, Yanez will take home 20 percent of Kelley’s fight-night pay. With his 100 percent fight-night bonus rate, Yanez stands a good chance of cashing in for another $50,000 on top of his pay and the 20 percent he’ll get from Yanez.