UFC cutting Josh Thompson is a travesty... wtf!

[Rational Poster]

That's both literally wrong and effectively wrong. To the former, sponsor dollars are a part of the UFC contract. To the latter, UFC sponsor dollars are effectively capped at the level of the Reebok contract while Thompson and his agent probably have a reasonably sound picture of the sponsors dollars available to him in Bellator where that effective cap doesn't exist. And you're smart enough to know this too so stop trying to insult my intelligence.

Sponsor dollars are not contractually guaranteed by either party, while it is certainly something the fighter and their managers would consider when shopping for deals, it could not be used in a matching dispute because it is all potential non-guaranteed monies. UFC would only have to match what show/win money Bellator offers. Period.

If anything UFC has more to offer in the form of guaranteed sponsor dollars in the form the Reebok deal and the increased exposure of having "UFC Fighter" as your title. Sponsors are not lining up to pay Bellator fighters.

I never tried to insult your intelligence.

 

[DGT4NOW]

That's both literally wrong and effectively wrong. To the former, sponsor dollars are a part of the UFC contract. To the latter, UFC sponsor dollars are effectively capped at the level of the Reebok contract while Thompson and his agent probably have a reasonably sound picture of the sponsors dollars available to him in Bellator where that effective cap doesn't exist. And you're smart enough to know this too so stop trying to insult my intelligence.

You can't guarantee/match possible/potential third party offers

 

[Spiro T Cheney]

They didn't cut him. He was 0-3 in his last three, and his contract was up. UFC offered him money, Bellator offered him more, and UFC didn't match it. That's it. Get your facts straight with your fake account before you troll post here again.

Well...dem judges had eye infections during the fight with Benson.

 

[Baba Ghanoush]

The mental gymnastics some of you shertards go through to hate on Zuffa.

Thomson was not cut, his contract was up, he found out what he was worth, and went to where the money was. Isn't this what you "UFC is a monopoly" idiots want?

 

[daniel san]

It's a free market and if Thompson is asking for more than the UFC think he's worth while Bellator happily offers him that value, then it's not a travesty. Some fighters only want to fight the best while some fighters may want to fight the best, but primarily seek the highest salary they think is achievable. In the long run, if Thompson went on a nice win streak, UFC would probably pay him more than what Bellator could offer. However, Thompson is close to the end of his career so from a business point of view, he's made the right decision to fight for Bellator where he might not have the potential to earn much more than what he's currently being offered, but gets to fight weaker competition and hopefully avoid getting beat up too much.

 

[Guy Smith]

36 years old, 4 losses in last five. Righteous cut. He should go to Bellator where the competition is easier and he can get more sponsor money.

prior to UFC 190:

Shogun: 33 yrs, 4 "brutal" losses in last 5.

Bigfoot: 35 yrs, 3 "brutal" losses in last 5.

Da' Nogs: 39 yrs, 3 losses in last 5.


These divisions aint as deep or technical as LW. Those ages and records were used (with Struve) to help push 190 with Honda.