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Professional’s Forgotten League where legacies go to tarnish themselves.Very big announcement tomorrow, I wonder where he'll go.
Wherever he goes or whatever he does, I wish him the best.
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Professional’s Forgotten League where legacies go to tarnish themselves.Very big announcement tomorrow, I wonder where he'll go.
Wherever he goes or whatever he does, I wish him the best.
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$8million for one fight is slavery? How delusional can someone get?Either way its all things that make Francis feels like he is part of something and not just a slave to the UFC system or whatever you want to call it.
Professional’s Forgotten League where legacies go to tarnish themselves.
Every single sentence of this couldn't be more wrong. Pretty impressive.
Is that his fault or the promoters tho?He was barely doing above 200k PPVs as the champion in the UFC
Speaking of, any org that signs Francis will have no footage to promote him with.Is that his fault or the promoters tho?
You think when he signs with PFL or some other group that all fighters in PFL will get health care and unions and whatever unicorn fantasy nonsense he is promising? Francis will likely gain only one thing from the PFL over UFC. The ability to take boxing fights and MMA fights under one contract. But the UFC already has a deal in place for fighters where they can take BJJ matches, exhibitions, and with Conor a partnership for the Floyd fight.Guess you didn't see the interview with Ngannou where he said if he wanted just money, he would have signed with the UFC. He said money is all they could offer. He wants health care for the fighters and to be treated like an employee - not an independent contractor. He's trying to change the game. Is money part of it? Sure but that's not the only thing.
You gotta take ufc offers with a grain of salt because if you lose, they can cut you or i think even lower your pay and thereby not have to pay you what you signed for.
But ...Because typically you sign a contract and the other side typically honors the terms. If the terms are actually "wins" instead of fights then they should say that to the public. Now if you want it so what the UFC does is normal, then the ngannou haters cant pretend hes turning away guaranteed money. They instead pretend he turned down some deal where the amount he'd get is set in stone. The UFC could even make him sign for lots of money multi-fight and then cut him after he loses 1 fight to jones and not have to pay him anything more and lowball him on new offers or they can shelf him and drag out his contract. If ngannou refuses these terms then UFC will say "he turned down our contract for X millions" and pretend whatever he would of signed for was set in stone. These contracts are extremely one sided and the UFC frequently leaves out key information about them and manipulates the public into discrediting those refuse them. Especially if said fighter wants to sign elsewhere. They are very petty.
But ...
UFC fighters sign a contract.
1-2 fights later they complain about the contract, while they are still under contract and they signed it.
I remember Porier signing a new contract before he ever had a title shot. He was soooo happy about it.
Less than two years later he says he won't fight without a new deal.
He got one, said he was happy.
I wouldn't be surprised to see him do it again.
From the UFC's perspective, they have people under contract who have no intention of honoring WHAT they signed. Ok, so you've gonna say, but they fight for peanuts. Well, then don't sign ...
And as for exclusivity (no boxing), do you think a WWE employee can just show about at a competitor org and do a match?
When you sign for the Dolphins, you can't just show up for the Cowboys for one game.
If it's against a nobody in PFL he's gonna max out at 100k buys, who's gonna care about that?
He was barely doing above 200k PPVs as the champion in the UFC
Lol..sureGuess you didn't see the interview with Ngannou where he said if he wanted just money, he would have signed with the UFC. He said money is all they could offer. He wants health care for the fighters and to be treated like an employee - not an independent contractor. He's trying to change the game. Is money part of it? Sure but that's not the only thing.
The equivalency would be working for a plumping company, being forced to wear a uniform, not getting health care, only being allowed to work on certain customers and not being allowed to work on the side all the while calling you an "independent contractor". That's the UFC and that's a terrible gig. If you are a contractor, you should be able to do your job through the company and then once that job is done, you do anything else you want on the side. In this case box, get sponsors and do everything someone independent is allowed.