▁of ▁$ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁for ▁the ▁fight . ▁The ▁fight ▁aver aged ▁ 4 6 8 , 0 0 0 ▁view ers ▁on ▁Show time . ▁ ▁Por ter ▁vs . ▁Gran ados ▁Due ▁to ▁Keith ▁Th ur man ▁being ▁s idel ined ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 7 ▁the ▁W BC ▁president ▁Maur icio ▁S ula iman ▁told ▁ESP N ▁Deport es , ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁likely ▁order ▁a ▁fight ▁between ▁the ▁# 1 ▁Por ter ▁and ▁# 2 ▁D anny ▁García ▁( 3 3 – 1 , ▁ 1 9 ▁K Os ) ▁for ▁the ▁Inter im ▁W BC ▁title . ▁He ▁also ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁state , ▁if ▁Por ter ▁or ▁García ▁decl ined ▁to ▁take ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁inter im ▁title ▁fight , ▁he ▁would ▁move ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁highest ▁available ▁ranked ▁f ighter . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁Mann y ▁Pac quia o ▁was ▁# 3 , ▁Jess ie ▁V arg as ▁was ▁# 4 ▁and ▁Konst antin ▁P onom are v ▁was ▁ranked ▁# 5 ▁by ▁the ▁W BC . ▁A ▁day ▁later , ▁Por ter ▁added ▁fuel ▁to ▁the ▁spec ulation ▁when ▁he ▁called ▁out ▁García ▁in ▁a ▁W WE - es que ▁prom o ▁on ▁social ▁media , ▁" I ▁just ▁heard ▁that ▁the ▁W BC ▁will ▁ask ▁Show time ▁Sh awn ▁Por ter ▁to ▁fight ▁another ▁title ▁elimin ator . ▁And ▁they ▁want ▁me ▁to ▁fight ▁none ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁cher ry