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Jose Aldo requests his release from the UFC
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27-09-2016 11:31pm#1
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Strange attitude Foxtrol, he was told he would get a rematch, no rematch, he was told to beat Edgar to earn a rematch, no rematch, he was told Conor would have to drop the belt unless he fought him, no fight, now Conor is still insisting he is not going to be dropping any belt and in his own words "will pick and choose who he decides to whoop"
You can't see why that would send a guy over the edge?
We won't even go into how ****ed up it is that a fighter gets to match make rather then fight.
I will say one thing though that is always impressive, in a brainwashing cult kind of way, McGregor has made people who have absolutely zero financial stake in the man or the company care about money and how much he makes, and the company make more then they care about the legitimacy of the fights or whether the belts in the sport even matter anymore. Heading nicely down that sports entertainment route, or possibly just the boxing route
How much money can get made by a fight is not supposed to be the most important reason a fight gets made, the number 1 contender should get title shots, the interim belt should be done away with at the earliest possible opportunity with a unification fight.
The other great bit of bait and switch that goes on is this idea that its fine that Conor doesn't feel very motivated to fight Aldo considering how the last fight went, well big whoop like! Who gives a **** if you want to do it or not, you are the division champion, he is the interim champion, it is your job to motivate yourself for a fight, it is not a reason to not fight someone.
As has been said, this is Jose posturing really and letting everybody know exactly how pissed off he is with the situation but nothing is going to happen I would bet. He is not going to be released early from his contract just cause he throws a strop, he is putting pressure on, it would work better with more leverage.
He will get his shot at redemption early next year most likely, he should certainly not bother defending an interim title while the regular champ holds up a division. If Conor drops the belt put him in against Holloway for the FW title, if not he fights Conor next year with Holloway facing Pettis to get a shot at the winner."People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."
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StringerBell wrote: »Strange attitude Foxtrol, he was told he would get a rematch, no rematch, he was told to beat Edgar to earn a rematch, no rematch, he was told Conor would have to drop the belt unless he fought him, no fight, now Conor is still insisting he is not going to be dropping any belt and in his own words "will pick and choose who he decides to whoop"
You can't see why that would send a guy over the edge?
Show me where that contract was signed, if not then he’s incredibly naive to expect that anything is guaranteed. In fact his stance is actually even more of a hypocritical joke when he had several contracts signed and didn’t compete.We won't even go into how ****ed up it is that a fighter gets to match make rather then fight.
I will say one thing though that is always impressive, in a brainwashing cult kind of way, McGregor has made people who have absolutely zero financial stake in the man or the company care about money and how much he makes, and the company make more then they care about the legitimacy of the fights or whether the belts in the sport even matter anymore. Heading nicely down that sports entertainment route, or possibly just the boxing route
How much money can get made by a fight is not supposed to be the most important reason a fight gets made, the number 1 contender should get title shots, the interim belt should be done away with at the earliest possible opportunity with a unification fight.
‘The legitimacy of fights’ is in the eye of the beholder.
It’s not about who makes more money it’s about who people want to see. It is Aldo’s fault that he never made any attempt to make himself marketable, actually admitting that did the opposite.
If you go by your logic there should have been several different interim titles during Aldo’s reign and he should have lost it at least once. This is another example of Aldo’s hypocrisy. He had no problem holding up a division but god help someone does.The other great bit of bait and switch that goes on is this idea that its fine that Conor doesn't feel very motivated to fight Aldo considering how the last fight went, well big whoop like! Who gives a **** if you want to do it or not, you are the division champion, he is the interim champion, it is your job to motivate yourself for a fight, it is not a reason to not fight someone.
Everyone does, everyone cares what he wants to do. That’s what happens when you gain leverage. If Jose spent less time as champion complaining about the money he was on and more time making some, he’d have leverage too.As has been said, this is Jose posturing really and letting everybody know exactly how pissed off he is with the situation but nothing is going to happen I would bet. He is not going to be released early from his contract just cause he throws a strop, he is putting pressure on, it would work better with more leverage.
He will get his shot at redemption early next year most likely, he should certainly not bother defending an interim title while the regular champ holds up a division. If Conor drops the belt put him in against Holloway for the FW title, if not he fights Conor next year with Holloway facing Pettis to get a shot at the winner.
Why should the interim champion not defend the title, why was he made interim champion then and not just number one contender?
No one cares how annoyed he is, his latest posturing will get him nowhere because he is not a main event level draw. Rather than having another moaning session he would have been better served taking a fight with one of the two at 205 taking some risks to finish them and get the fans excited about seeing a rematch.0 -
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Dana plays fast and loose with the truth, everyone knows this.
They say the right things at the time to keep people happy but at the end of the day the most profitable decision is the one that is that is made.
Of course Dana looks silly saying Conor fights Aldo next or gives up the belt, neither happens.
If you paid 4.2 bill for a company would you risk alienating your biggest star. Would you fcuk.
UFC = Ultimate fighting Conor.
Short term there is nothing wrong with the strategy, in terms of longer term meta game type **** that remains to be seen "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."
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