MMA-analytikern Chael Sonnen är inte så säker på att bantamviktaren T.J. Dillashaw blir betald för att träna på det nya gymmet Elevation Fight Training i Colorado, trots att de är sponsrade av kosttillskottsföretaget MusclePharm. Om Dillashaw får betalt så tror Sonnen att det kommer att sluta om han förlorar den kommande titelmatchen mot Dominick Cruz under UFC Fight Night 81 i januari.
Det här hade Sonnen att säga, via ”MMAFighting”:
T.J. left under the guise that he was going to be paid to train. Do you guys understand how silly that is? Gyms don’t succeed. Us in the business can tell you. Gym doors get locked up every week. The mats get sold, the ring gets torn down, the lease isn’t paid. The gym business is a tough one. I love the sport but I understand that’s a tough business. Now a gym without a long history is offering to pay T.J. Dillashaw? T.J, those checks aren’t coming, brother. That was a really, really sucker move by you. You must not have an adviser. That’s a chump move thinking those checks are going to cash. Now he’s got Dominick Cruz, a fight he’s likely to lose. He hasn’t been ’Mr. Drawing Star’ anyway. Not a lot of stars down there. You heard it here first: T.J., you’re not getting paid to train. I don’t care what promises you’ve been made or who signed the contract. You’re not getting paid a monthly salary to train. If you get that for five months I would be stunned. I’ll tell you now, you’re not getting it for a year. That’s not even in the cards.
