guarantee you the UFC lost more money on him than he lost in training camp.
dude made a career decision and he should incur the costs of that decision.
Someone please explain to me why hendo was compensated when machida busted for peds?
That’s one thing I will never understand as it was a while before their fight.
I guarantee it’s much easier for the ufc to lose the money than it is for Ortega. Ortega fulfilled his end of the deal. The ufc should at least pay him for his expenses
But did he fight though?I guarantee it’s much easier for the ufc to lose the money than it is for Ortega. Ortega fulfilled his end of the deal. The ufc should at least pay him for his expenses
He didn't even weigh in. He didn't fight. He did not come close to fulfilling his contract.
Sure. Like Alec Baldwin said, its fuck or walk.So it’s either take a fight on 2 days notice vs Stephens or don’t get paid a dime and go into debt to pay your training partners? I don’t see how you guys think that’s ok to put him in that position
Double standards are hilarious in situations like this.They like Dan and he was near the end of his career.
The company didn't appreciate what Ortega did.
Presumably because they already told him they weren't going to pay him I'm sure he would have weighed in if it would have given him his show money
Then what is the point of training camps if you think an employer should be able to switch opponents regardless of major differences of style days before a fightBut did he fight though?
UFC compensates fighters when their opponents pull out and they can't get them replacements.
otherwise, if the fighter turns down the replacements then it's on them for not getting paid.
like literally, think about it- you get hired to code websites.
You start your week at a company and all the web pages have been coded or the servers are down.
For the first week, since you can't code, they ask you to help with some office stuff and some digital marketing and still pay you.
Let's say you refuse to do that.
Why should they pay you?
Double standards are hilarious in situations like this.
Not very rational, are you?He didn't even weigh in. He didn't fight. He did not come close to fulfilling his contract.
Not very rational, are you?
He was ready.
UFC canceled his fight, and didn't tell him to weigh in to get paid.
They flat out refuse to pay. That is what they did to (if I recall right), Vitor. Vitor said he would sue... they paid him more to give him his farewell fight in Brazil and Vitor did not sue.
That's how much they KNEW they would lose the sue (and Vitor was retiring, so he was not afraid to face them)
He was afraid to lose a fight on short notice. In case people forgot, dudes like chuck, Randy and BJ who made the ufc what it is now would not have been a bitch like Ortega. The ufc could not have thrived with fighters doing what Ortega did. It is what is.His end of the deal is weighing in at 145LBs by a certain time and then fighting the following evening.
He didn't do that.
because they contacted me for coding, not cleaning the bathroom. I have full right to refuse to do what they didn't hire me to do while they HAVE to pay for what they hired me, as long as I was ready and able to do my work (if the servers were up).UFC compensates fighters when their opponents pull out and they can't get them replacements.
otherwise, if the fighter turns down the replacements then it's on them for not getting paid.
like literally, think about it- you get hired to code websites.
You start your week at a company and all the web pages have been coded or the servers are down.
For the first week, since you can't code, they ask you to help with some office stuff and some digital marketing and still pay you.
Let's say you refuse to do that.
Why should they pay you?