He turned it down bc it would be 5 more fights after that. The ufc didn’t offer him a one off vs Jones. Contract would have come with an multi year and multi fight extension and he said the only way he would consider signing it is if they let him box.
He's speaking from the point of a veteran who's been in the sport of decades. Of course a new fighter needs a manager. How else would a guy coming into the UFC have an idea of what he should be paid? If you're a new fighter and the UFC offers you 25k/25k lowball offer, how do you respond? Do...
That's one way to look at it. In actuality he's had the biggest payout ever from the sport for a journeyman. He's not a top tier fighter and the perfect culmnation of events made him a star.
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