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[LinusCaldwell]

GSP gonna be at a presser today

 

[Roman Brady]

GSP gonna be at a presser today

You didn't know there was some presser with Kennedy, Bjorn, cerrone and a bunch of agents today? Thought you had your ear to the ground on everything MMA..Speaking of what time is this thing? feels like we were punked

 

[LinusCaldwell]

You didn't know there was some presser with Kennedy, Bjorn, cerrone and a bunch of agents today? Thought you had your ear to the ground on everything MMA..Speaking of what time is this thing? feels like we were punked

I try breh I find it interesting since this is MMA related while he is in negotiations with UFC for another contract.

 

[Roman Brady]

I try breh I find it interesting since this is MMA related while he is in negotiations with UFC for another contract.

The interesting thing is the active fighters like cerrone and Kennedy being attached to this to be frank. Gsp is clearly an after thought to Dana, they have another draw waiting in the wings and they are like nah?clearly his price tag is ridiculous

 

[LinusCaldwell]

The interesting thing is the active fighters like cerrone and Kennedy being attached to this to be frank. Gsp is clearly an after thought to Dana, they have another draw waiting in the wings and they are like nah?clearly his price tag is ridiculous

From what I was hearing it was pricetag/his image and personal sponsors....
Kennedy not so much because he hasn't fought in how long...? I know his Rashad fight got pushed back and now it's Gastelum...
Cerrone has openly stated he wanted a union and his relationship with UFC has been awkward because of the reebok mishap when he wore the tag and also complaining about his pay several times.

 

[Roman Brady]

From what I was hearing it was pricetag/his image and personal sponsors....
Kennedy not so much because he hasn't fought in how long...? I know his Rashad fight got pushed back and now it's Gastelum...
Cerrone has openly stated he wanted a union and his relationship with UFC has been awkward because of the reebok mishap when he wore the tag and also complaining about his pay several times.

Cerrone refused to test free agency and just signed a multi fight deal, either he's dumb or his problems are largely exaggerated

 

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[FaTaL]

Mma union

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Georges St-Pierre, four other UFC stars announce launch of MMA Athletes Association
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by Marc Raimondi@marc_raimondi Nov 30, 2016, 5:26pm EST

Five of the most well-known fighters in the UFC are starting a fighters association.

The group, headlined by all-time great Georges St-Pierre, will be called the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association and will focus on evening the playing field between fighters and the UFC, it was announced on a media conference call Wednesday.

St-Pierre was joined on the call by Tim Kennedy, Cain Velasquez, Donald Cerrone and T.J. Dillashaw. Those five fighters will make up the association's first board. Former Bellator owner Bjorn Rebney was also on the call and he said he would be part of the MMAAA in an advisory, support role. GSP, Velasquez and Dillashaw are all former UFC champions.

"Every time we fight, we're afraid," St-Pierre said. "This is a different fight. I know a lot of us are afraid. It's time to step up, do the right thing."

The three goals for the MMAAA will be earning a settlement from the UFC for current and past fighters, bring the revenue disparity from just 8 percent to 50 percent for fighters, and to negotiate a collective-bargaining agreement with the UFC.

"I would have assumed that if the UFC had reached the level of success they have, the fighters would not be left behind," Kennedy said.

Rebney made it clear that the MMAAA is not a union. A union, he said, would delay all the things the fighters want. Rebney said the unity of an association would give the fighters real power against the UFC, even if it's not a legal union in the eyes of the National Labor Relations Board. Rebney brought up a labor strike as a possibility as a way to take action against the UFC.


"I know a lot of fighters want to remain anonymous," St-Pierre said. "I'm telling you guys, Come see us. It's time to stand together."

St-Pierre, Velasquez, Kennedy and Dillashaw are all represented by Creative Artists Agency, a rival talent firm to new UFC owner WME-IMG. Rebney said that CAA is not backing the MMA Athletes Association, but supporting its athletes. He took aim at WME-IMG, saying the first thing the conglomerate should have done was fly all the UFC fighters out and apologize to how they've been treated.

The UFC has not contacted by anyone yet from the MMAAA, Rebney said, and he added that he doesn't see a reason to do that yet. Rebney said he's been working on this for two years.

"MMA was very good to me and it's an opportunity, I think, to dramatically improve the sport," Rebney said. "We're not going to have MMA as a sport unless these things change."

"Pay us what you owe for all the years that you hoed us "

 

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[Roman Brady]

Mma union

Is it? So far they are no different than the PFA, it becomes a "union" when WME-IMG and Dana actually acknowledge this and seek some sort of compromise. Until we see a presser at an actual UFC event this is just noise, so anticlimactic







Ps that 4billion sale is going to be the death of the UFC, everyone complaining about money everyday now you have these lizards like gsp and Bjorn fuking rebney emerging from the shadows wanting to hop on the money train as well.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Roman Brady]

This Rick roll has gone further than I ever thought, that's as far as it goes though

 

[So UnThotful]

Rebney being apart of this is already off to a bad start

I've spoken to Emannuel Newton and Aj Matthews on different occasions and both spoke how dude was a piece of shyt

 

[jackswstd]

What the fukk are they doing at AKA