@ZulekBoxing@ddesignerrr1@ATokkers5 Bams coach recently got online and wanted the fight pushed back because of the WEATHER robert garcia and bam are making any excuses they can at this point to age inoue out as a tactic
๐จ THE PROBLEM SHAKUR STEVENSON HAD AT ZUFFA:
๐ Chris Mannix: "They found themselves in a position where there are fights that Zuffa, I think, would've been willing to pay for but other promoters were not willing to play ball. You've got all these other promoters out there who have really good fighters who had no interest in doing deals with Zuffa. And on that list is Raymond Muratalla โ Zuffa wanted him, Top Rank wasn't about to let that happen. Gary Antuanne Russell โ PBC not about to let that happen." [@MannixMoraPod]
Zuffa Boxing off to a TERRIBLE start after Dana White talked all that trash about how boxing was easy and it was like "Punching Babies" lol
โข Shakur Stevenson left without completing any fights
โข Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn Paramount+ numbers reportedly bombed
โข Conor Benn was overpaid $15m+ to get KO'ed in 2
โข Tyson Fury vs AJ has been a mess with Eddie Hearn winning that battle
โข Johnny Fisher's fight drew horrible numbers
โข El Rayo has NO ONE to fight after Shakur left and he already KO'd Edwin DLS
โข Callum Walsh has underperformed in some of this outings
โข You said you weren't recognizing sanctioning bodies belts now trying to switch up
โข You said fighters had to wear Zuffa brand clothing no custom stuff, then fighter's refused and the rule changed
โข Edgar Berlanga got dropped by an unknown guy
โข Oleksandr Gvozdyk was signed and then released because he got upset by Hot Rod
โข Signed Sergiy Derevyanchenko off injury and he lost to Hackett
โข Cain Sandoval Loss to Hammerhands
โข Signed Brandun Lee and he lost to Sandoval
This is literally the most consistent pattern in MMA. Once a fighter gets big enough, they realize how underpaid they have been.
Happened with Connor, Randy Coture, Nate Diaz, Jon Jones and now Sean Strickland.
Unfortunately for Sean, the UFC usually wins by this standoff.
WBSS was a good way to get the lesser known divisions going and produced some fantastic fights & platformed elite fighters to a bigger crowd.
Without it, Usyk and Inoue wouldnโt have racked up their initial body of work.
Callum Smith became a โboogeymanโ and got the Canelo fight
Sean Strickland is asking for 1 million dollars to fight on January 16th at UFC 336 against Imavov, while they are only offering him 400k show, 400k win.
The Paramount deal just killed the UFC.
Thereโs no negotiating anymore - ask for more money and theyโll replace you with someone cheaper.
Top contenders barely fight because the UFC doesnโt want to pay them, prefers just to keep them inactive.
Dana is a clown.