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If UFC pays fighters when their opponent pulls out, no fighter will ever accept a replacement fight again.
this is simple logic.
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If UFC pays fighters when their opponent pulls out, no fighter will ever accept a replacement fight again.
Exactly ffs, he did media so he should be paid for something.LMFAO @ all the Corporate Slaves siding with the Corporate Master...Fuck, you people are Corporate Cucks.
He did everything he could to fight Max Halloway.....Max Halloway pulled out....He was offered a replacement but it was a risk and he opt not to.
Up to the Max Halloway pull out point...He did everything, promos, media, weight cut etc.....He fucking did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He atleast deserves a bit of paycheck for what he did do....At least the fucking expenses he wasted.
UFC is a crap company, so it doesn't surprise me.
By which outlets? I'm only seeing articles about him getting screwed by the UFC after Khabib pulled out of UFC 209 when I search for his new contract.
A link would be appreciated.
Was really starting to like this guy but now all I can do is hope that Max tears him up if they ever fight.
I fully understand him turning down the last minute fights to wait for a title shot. But it’s mind fucking to me that he was expecting to be paid show money when he turned down two suitable replacements. I feel like anyone with common sense knows that if you opt to wait for a title shot instead of fighting, it comes at the expense of your purse.
Well said. Boxing actually has multiple viable promotions, and superstars are effectively bigger than the promotions and able to force co-promotion. The landscape is completely different in mma. UFC IS mma in the perception of the casual audience.
It's not rocket science, fighters do a training camp that costs money and timeHe signed a contract to fight Max, he didn't fight Max, nor did he even weigh in.
Why on earth does he deserve show money?
This x 1000LMFAO @ all the Corporate Slaves siding with the Corporate Master...Fuck, you people are Corporate Cucks.
He did everything he could to fight Max Halloway.....Max Halloway pulled out....He was offered a replacement but it was a risk and he opt not to.
Up to the Max Halloway pull out point...He did everything, promos, media, weight cut etc.....He fucking did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He atleast deserves a bit of paycheck for what he did do....At least the fucking expenses he wasted.
UFC is a crap company, so it doesn't surprise me.
I’m wrong, from which perspective? The fighters? Ortega’s? Or the business? It’s not the same thing. If you’re running an organization with your feelings, then by all means pay the man, and give him a bonus while you’re at it for the psychological trauma of losing a title shot due to Max’s injury.
In the real world, you don’t get paid if you don’t go to work. If my boss sets up a job for me on Friday, and on Wednesday it falls through, but he/she offers me a replacement for the same day, why would I turn it down and expect to get paid?
The independent contractor argument works in my favor. You are right that he signed a contract to fight Max Holloway. Once Holloway pulled out, the contract is over, they do not owe him shit, fighters getting injured is a reality of the sport, just like I could land a huge bid and have the customer pull out at the last minute. His job got cancelled. They offered him two new contracts to fight other people on the same night (so his camp expenses and prep don’t go to waste) and he didn’t take the job.
He decided to play long ball. Fair play to him, but he now eats his expenses for refusing to go to work. Period.
There is 0 argument from a business perspective that the ufc should pay fighters after turning down replacements. If that were the case, every injury would mean one less fight on the card because there’s no insentive to stay on the card since you get paid for not fighting. If that is what you’re advocating for, where do we draw the line? What if max pulls out a week before? Then does Ortega get paid? What if he signs the fight context now for a fight in October and Max isn’t cleared in July. Does Ortega get paid anyway, even though he had three months to fight someone else? Where do we draw the line?
Careful, your IQ is showing....Back in africa I learned that poor people will perform any trick of your choice for just a bag of m&m's. I think that's the approach the UFC should use when dealing with fighters. They have become too spoiled
Dude he's in MMAHow did he get the concussion though? Do you have info that indicates it was actually due to his own negligence?
He should be paid. Put in a ton of work and spent money to get to the fight. Not his fault Max Holloway dropped out.
hey i dont disagree with you at all. im just saying if they wanted to be fair, they could pay for the fighters travel and shit if they made it to the venue.And that is all agreed to before the plumber even gets in his truck.
If it isn’t in the contract, it isn’t in the contract.
Ortega should have took the fight with Jeremy. He fucked up, lowered his stock, pissed off his boss, lost fans etc.... all because he didn’t want to fight someone who he will fight eventually anyway.
The ufc was willing to make it an interim title fight. Ortega should have jumped on it.
It was an outstanding opportunity to further his career and put his relationship with the ufc and Dana in a position for easier negotiations for better pay and preferential future treatment.
Thanks for letting me know. From what I've read you seem to be an expert at hiding yoursCareful, your IQ is showing....