Tiffany van Soest publicly shaming Lion Fight

[PhilB]

A few weeks ago, a well known person within the USMTA complained about Lion Fight not paying them for the last show. Eventually, he said the USMTA would not work any more LF shows.

Afterwards, Scott Kent said that was a lie, that everyone got paid, and that LF wasn't using the USMTA because of a bad representative.

Us fans who may or may not have an inside line were left wondering what the truth was, and what really happened.

Today, we see this:

https://sqor.com/posts/ee9c9bd6-a4d4-4187-9e82-f128554e3b6e

In case it gets deleted, the text reads:

Unfortunately it has come to this. It's a shame, but I have more than one and will win more in the future. #AndStill #Unpaid #WorldChampion #iThoughtProsGotPaid #heartbroken Thanks for everything @LionFight

Below are pictures of Tiffany selling her LF championship belt for $500 because she hasn't gotten paid for her last fight.



That is...embarrassing, to say the least. That's their champion for crying out loud!

UPDATE: Someone posted a GoFundMe to get her the funds, and it took...well, less time than yesterday when I posted this to this morning to more than double what she was asking:

 

[Snubnoze707]

WOW!

Lion Fight is Toast. Tiffany needs to go get that Viacom money.

LOL Lion Fight is getting murked all over social media. Rogan just retweeted that shit.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Wow, that's crazy. I was pushing really hard to go to the Lion Fight 28 card in CT, but it didn't work out. What a huge drag. I hope they actually pay their fighters and shake this off, because Lion Fights has a phenomenal product.

 

[Crimson Glory]

Just heard about this through Facebook.

Varga and Rogan both posting about this.

Maybe we'll see Tiffany fighting for Bellator in the future?

 

[Muay o Muay]

Just heard about this through Facebook.

Varga and Rogan both posting about this.

Maybe we'll see Tiffany fighting for Bellator in the future?

Rematch with Denise Keilholtz on the Torino card maybe? Cant see she has many options, dont see Enfusion being viable for her, otherwise its mma.

 

[DastardlyMass]

Just heard about this through Facebook.

Varga and Rogan both posting about this.

Maybe we'll see Tiffany fighting for Bellator in the future?

she is done with her contract with lion fight and yes bellator is where everyone expects her to land

 

[DW HKL]

Rematch with Denise Keilholtz on the Torino card maybe? Cant see she has many options, dont see Enfusion being viable for her, otherwise its mma.

Denise already has an opponent, but yeah, Tiffany will almost certainly end up with Bellator, I think.

What's nice about this is that she wasn't the only fighter complaining about payment issues, but is by far the biggest name, so coming forward like this only helps other fighters out.

Joe Rogan giveth, Joe Rogan taketh away.

 

[Mafanofe]

They golden girl will be aiming Bellator kickboxing for sure

 

[Muay o Muay]

Denise already has an opponent, but yeah, Tiffany will almost certainly end up with Bellator, I think.

What's nice about this is that she wasn't the only fighter complaining about payment issues, but is by far the biggest name, so coming forward like this only helps other fighters out.

Joe Rogan giveth, Joe Rogan taketh away.

TBF i guess Bellator would be wanting to build her up rather than stick her straight in on a potential loser thinking about it anyway!

 

[anorak]

has there been any response from Lion fight about this yet?

 

[PhilB]

has there been any response from Lion fight about this yet?

No reply from Scott Kent/Lion Fight that I've seen yet. Someone posted a GoFundMe which I added to my original post

 

[Snubnoze707]

Lion Fight is cowarding away hiding right now. The social media backlash has been huge. I don't see how they recover from this.

 

[PhilB]

Lion Fight is cowarding away hiding right now. The social media backlash has been huge. I don't see how they recover from this.

Scott Kent's Facebook page is inundated with posts about it. No reply yet.

 

[Liveforever67]

Oh wow this could break LionFight for good. Sucks, I was a fan of theirs but this kinda press could kill them.

 

[DastardlyMass]

If i remember right this happened to some fighters on the event before the last also and lion fight never said a thing about it but someone like dave would be in a better position to know

 

[Wander777]

Really should be a escrow type arrangement to stop this type of thing.

 

[PhilB]

Lion Fight has posted an...er...explanation.

 

[Shadess]

Yeah Tiff checks in the mail...heh...just sending it right now...okay...b-byebye
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wait JOE ROGAN TWEETED ABOUT IT...WIRE HER THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY...YEA RIGHT THIS GODDAMN SECOND

-Dramatization of Lion Fight offices.