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Which part is the questionable one? I don't see anything wrong with it.Is he legally allowed to do that?
Which part is the questionable one? I don't see anything wrong with it.Is he legally allowed to do that?
He also now holds a win over Bellator's current LW champ.Absolutely; that's the end game of lopsided promotion and an endless number of gimme fights.
Bellator just aren't offering a logical, long-term product right now.
McKee has broken through, as was planned from day one, but what hasn't been planned is who he should fight next.
Them's the basics.
lmaoHe's gonna invite him to eat one of those greesy crap food he eats on fridays.
"I didn’t even see our fight on Saturday" Dana White
McKee (18-0 MMA, 18-0 BMMA) revealed in a 2020 interview with MMA Junkie Radio how he met White 13 years ago. When he told White of his plans to become world champion, the UFC president told him he’d buy him lunch if it one day happened.
“That’s awesome,” White told UFC Arabia on Tuesday. “Well, if I said it, I’ll keep my word, and I will buy him lunch. No, I haven’t seen (his win at Bellator 263). I didn’t even see our fight on Saturday, unfortunately. I haven’t seen his, but good for him. That’s an awesome story.”
In a separate interview with TSN, White reacted to McKee’s callouts of the UFC’s top featherweights, including champion Alexander Volkanovski, former champ Max Holloway and Brian Ortega.
“I don’t know. We’ll see,” White said. “When his contract is up, he’ll have to call. We’ll see what we can do.”
McKee, 26, has competed only for Bellator MMA at the professional level. Despite being locked in a contract with Bellator, McKee has never ruled out a possible future move to the UFC.
That didn’t change with his title status as he invited any featherweight – or promotion – in the world to take him on in a cross-promotion fight. If the stakes need to be upped, McKee added he’ll be willing to bet $1 million on himself.
In addition to his $1 million bonus-earning, title win over Freire, McKee holds wins over former Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell and former Bellator featherweight champion Pat Curran, among others.
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/08/ufc-news-dana-white-aj-mckee-bellator-lunch-bet
He's gonna invite him to eat one of those greesy crap food he eats on fridays.
“When his contract is up, he’ll have to call. We’ll see what we can do.”
NO! I think that's 18 months to life in some statesIs he legally allowed to do that?
Seems like it, Brooks and Alvarez left while they were champions.Can he just give up his belt?
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I don’t see Bellator being able to prop up fame and stardom for him for long.. He’ll literally have to sign to the UFC if he wants to fully break through, which could easily get knocked down a notch when a top 5er pushes his shit in.https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021...ract-status-details-show-value-ufc-move-money
AJ going full Conor at the moment, talking about not wanting to defend the title and hunt in other weight classes - maybe go boxing.
I hope Coker was ready for this - those guys have built up these fighters at the expense of virtually every show they've ever produced, waiting and waiting and waiting before matching their top fighters against each other, and doing so VERY rarely.
Now they've got a guy 'with a millionaire mindset' who doesn't care about the division he's just topped, despite Bellator pumping so much time into him, giving him 10+ easy fights.
What's the plan now, guys? You built up a guy to the point he seems to think he's a megastar, now what? Imagine if they're successful in multiple weight classes? No more title defences? What's the end goal here, Scott and co?
I like how Dana laughs when Co-promotion is mentioned in passing
Dana has no issues swallowing his pride or breaking hos word when money is involved. Hence, women’s MMA in the UFC.After his father called Dana piece of shit, I doubt its gonna happen any time soon.
Really shows you the quality of that card lol.“That’s awesome,” White told UFC Arabia on Tuesday. “Well, if I said it, I’ll keep my word, and I will buy him lunch. No, I haven’t seen (his win at Bellator 263). I didn’t even see our fight on Saturday, unfortunately. I haven’t seen his, but good for him. That’s an awesome story.