Al Iaquinta stod under natten inne i oktogonen för första gången på två år, och radade upp sin femte seger då han slog ut Diego Sanchez i första ronden. Iaquinta har länge varit missnöjd över sitt kontrakt hos UFC, något som han pratade om även efter nattens seger.
Detta hade Al att säga via ”MMAJunkie”:
I really enjoy selling real estate, I got my fix for fighting for now, so I’m good for now. I’ve just thought about tonight. I just wanted to get in there and have fun, and that’s exactly what I did. (UFC on FOX 25) would be awesome, something I’d really love to do, but I’m not going to do for the contract I have now. Probably not. Definitely not for a top opponent.
These guys are dangerous. I’m not going in there to get paid what I’m getting paid to get hurt. If I’m out for two years, where am I going to make any money?
I don’t know if the money’s worth everything I go through to do this. It worked out tonight, but it’s not going to be that easy. There’s a lot of years lost that I’m not making any money, and I’m not making sponsorship, and I’m in the video game, and I haven’t gotten a dollar for it.
Iaquinta tog även lite senare till twitter för att vädra sina åsikter om företaget:
Hey @ufc go fuck yourself
— Al Iaquinta (@ALIAQUINTA) April 23, 2017
This place is getting wrecked
— Al Iaquinta (@ALIAQUINTA) April 23, 2017
