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Nate Diaz svarar på Dana Whites uttalande om tittarsiffror: ’That’s cold, Dana’

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När Nate Diaz ersatte Rafael Dos Anjos i matchen mot Conor McGregor under UFC 196 i mars gjorde detta att redan höga PPV-siffror blev ännu högre och galan gick till historien som en utav UFC:s mest uppmärksammade. Diaz och McGregor hade endast 10 dagar på sig att marknadsföra den nya matchen men lyckades slå alla rekord.

Två år innan detta gjorde Dana White sitt kända uttalande om att Diaz inte är en ”needle mover” och inte lyckas dra tillräckligt många tittare, vilket gjorde det hela till en större seger för Stockton-fightern.

Diaz svarade häromdagen på Whites uttalande under en längre intervju med ”The MMA Hour”:

That’s cold, Dana.

They (the UFC) had a deal with FOX. They had to reach certain numbers. You know how the deals work with this, they have to hit certain numbers for FOX, like ratings. In this month, you’ve got to hit these certain numbers, or however it works. So they’re putting all the headliners on the FOX shows. They’re like, we’ll get this guy who’s the needle mover, and we won’t have to pay him extra for it.

They’re like, ’this is free TV.’ I’m like, wait, wait, wait, let’s not get it twisted. Free for motherf*ckers at home who aren’t paying for pay-per-view. But you guys are getting paid. That’s how it works. So I understood what was going on. They wanted to be like, that’s why you’re not on pay-per-view (because you’re not a needle mover). I already knew what was up. This isn’t newly developed information for me. I was up on the game. Because I cussed a little and told people to f*ck off, this guy is stupid and we don’t want to hear that? Like I’m some educated mother*cker talking about numbers, what do I know?

Diaz var tidigare i möte med White och berättade då att han vill ha högre kompensation i framtiden. Man kom dock inte fram till någonting men båda parterna jobbar på en lösning.

I remember when I realized. I forget how many years ago, I sent a tweet out. I just tweeted something I thought, I can’t even remember. It was about Bryan Caraway. Remember when I sent a tweet out about him? That sh*t went viral, man. People were hitting me up everywhere and I was like, that’s crazy, what the f*ck? After that, I was like oh sh*t, if I say something, it’ll go f*cking viral, so I would just keep my mouth shut until I had something to say, then I’d spit it on Twitter or something and it’d go everywhere. So that’s when I knew, I’ve got a bigger following than all these motherf*ckers. If I could send a tweet out and that many people look at it, how many people are watching me fight?

I think that’s what fighters don’t realize, that this is a business, and if they don’t start treating it as such, no one is going to get nowhere. If you guys keep saying ‘I’ll fight anybody,’ of course you will. That’s why you started, right? That’s why I started. Like, I’ll fight any-motherf*cking-body. I’m in this sh*t to be the best, mother*cker. If you’re not in it to be the best mother*cker, I don’t even know what the f*ck you’re doing it for. If I don’t think I could beat everybody, what the hell am I fighting for? I think I’ll beat everybody still, in every weight class too. I’m not talking about three five-minute rounds. I’m talking about to the realness. I’ll beat everybody. I’ll find a way.

Treat yourself like a business and quit f*cking (saying) ‘I’ll fight for free. That don’t help nobody. That’s bad karma for you for even f*cking (saying that). Stupid ass Cowboy Cerrone says that sh*t. That’s bad karma for everybody. You’ll fight for free, now everybody else has got to? Why wouldn’t they pay us? Because they got dumbsh*ts like you fighting for free. Start acting like a businessman and start treating yourself like a business and get your ass paid for being in an Octagon. The whole world watches you fight.

Entertainers are there in the front row. I’m sitting there with Lil Jon and f*cking Mike Tyson and who else? Everybody. Anyone you could think of that’s famous is sitting front row. Baseball players. These guys are getting paid millions of dollars, and we’re entertaining the entertainers. So doesn’t that make us the crème de la crème? Shouldn’t we be paid the f*ck out? Why are you fighting for free, you dumbsh*t motherf*cker. That sh*t gets on my last nerve.

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