Media Demetrious Johnson Says Dana Lied About his Contract. Was told "We do Not Give PPV Points to Flyweight Guys"

[Wreckless]

I believe it. Classic bozo move from Dana "Pinocchio" White.

Spoiler: Pinocchio Effect

"Touching the nose during or after a statement may indicate the statement is a lie. This is sometimes called the "Pinocchio Effect." The brain sends an impulse to the tip of the nose when a lie is spoken, and the touch is an unconscious reaction to that impulse."

 

[GrantB13]

Not surprised.

 

[loisestrad]

Oh shit, people earning money for the company gets paid more than the one who doesn't?

Groundbreaking.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Maybe if they promoted mighty mouse fights he'd have been a draw.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Dana White didn't even financially support his elderly grandma who was living in a trailer park for 40 years, no chance he would care about some flyweight fighter

He even traded the GOAT flyweight for Ben Askren

 

[Wreckless]

Oh shit, people earning money for the company gets paid more than the one who doesn't?

Groundbreaking.

What a dumb comment, as per usual.

This has nothing to do with getting a percentage of each PPV sold.

 

[HereticBD]

Maybe if they promoted mighty mouse fights he'd have been a draw.

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

 

[Krimzon]

What a dumb comment, as per usual.

This has nothing to do with getting a percentage of each PPV sold.

people who earn money for the company get a percentage of each ppv sold

 

[RockyLockridge]

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

Johnson is a point fighter now?

I've heard it all.

Try watching a fight then making a comment, that's the last comment I'll ever see from you lol

 

[legatoblues]

Oh shit, people earning money for the company gets paid more than the one who doesn't?

Groundbreaking.

Not inaccurate, but this then makes me even more disappointed by the handling of the entire CM Punk situation as a whole

 

[HereticBD]

Johnson is a point fighter now?

I've heard it all.

Try watching a fight then making a comment, that's the last comment I'll ever see from you lol

It's possible I have him confused with some other interchangeable little guy who couldn't draw flies to shit.

 

[Darkavius]

To be fair the UFC was trying to see if they could strike gold again like they did with Lesnar with CM Punk. Doesn't discredit DJ's argument and for most fights to be interesting you need a dance partner. Nunes has had that at least 2 or 3 times and still couldn't draw.

 

[loisestrad]

What a dumb comment, as per usual.

This has nothing to do with getting a percentage of each PPV sold.

That's cool. I didn't mention PPV sold.

 

[RockyLockridge]

This ninja confused mighty mouse with someone else and then tries to cover his ass by just trashing on all flyweights. Dumb cunt here, and a dumb cunt in the war room.

70k posts on a sport specific forum, and doesn’t even watch the sport. Insane.

 

[Wreckless]

people who earn money for the company get a percentage of each ppv sold

Ok and what qualifies as "People who earn money for the company"? Like what is the specific number you need to sell.

Could be wrong but doesn't being champ automatically grant you a cut from each PPV sold?

Obviously, the final payout would vary based on how well the card sold. But Whether it did 300K or 1 Million PPVs. I believe he should have been getting a small percentage of each PPV sold.

 

[capnlarge]

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

That's not true at all. He has a boring personality but a very exciting fighting style. Perhaps you could say that his fights were not that dramatic because his opponents didn't get much offense. But also this MFer won a fight with a german suplex/armbar

 

[J'Ghasta]

No one cares about flyweight. People barely care about bantamweight. Featherweight and up are the only divisions that really grab attention.

 

[jko1355]

Didn't mighty mouse average like 180k buys or something when he headlined a card? They even made multiple of his defenses free tv... noone watched him fight to the point Dana was going to scrap the entire division.

 

[Ginja_Ninja]

I will fully admit I did not appreciate him at the time but FW was very young and shallow and fans had very little interest it back then.

He wasn't selling a lot of PPV's but he did deserve his cut.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Dana has a poster on the back of the door in his office
“You must be this tall to collect PPV points”