Anderson Silva är en av de främsta UFC-fighters någonsin. Han har dock ett problem med UFC-bossen Dana White.
Anderson Silva uppger sitt stora problem med Dana White och UFC
Silva fightades inom UFC mellan 2006 och 2020 och var länge mellanviktsmästare och fightades i oktagonen 25 gånger. Han var affischnamnet vid otaliga galor och försvarade sitt bälte 10 gånger och var i flera år organisationens fixstjärna.
Silva må ha varit en hörnsten i UFC:s kommersiella uppgång men han säger sig nu ha ett stort problem med organisationen och dess VD Dana White. Brassen avslöjade följande i en intervju med Ariel Helwani:
It’s strange for me, because everybody signs and when inside they start talking, ‘You guys don’t pay me correct,’ and this and that. I never, in my life, talked about how much the UFC paid me because I fight a lot and that’s my problem with Dana — it’s not a problem, it’s a business, Anderson Silva is a company going inside the UFC and signing the contract. It’s two companies making business together.
My problem with Dana is [when he] talks about fights because Dana has never fought MMA in his life. That’s my problem, when he talks about, ‘You can’t do that, can’t do that, you don’t fight correctly.’ No, no, no, that’s my only problem with Dana.
I think Dana is a good person. Everybody talks about Dana, ‘He’s not good, blah blah blah.’ He’s a good person, but he’s a businessman. UFC doesn’t get to this point now as a big, big company in the world if the people think, ‘I did something, I’m sorry fighters, I did something incorrect.’ No, the company grew up because of hustlers doing something and that’s the game. You’re inside or not. You can sign or not sign, you can go anywhere, but when you sign, you make the deal with my company.
You can’t say nothing because why did you sign? You signed. You have a contract. ‘Oh no, let me out of the contract.’ You signed the contract, you’ve seen the rules of the contract, why are you talking about it now? And I’m so lucky because I’m not in the UFC anymore and I have my own journey right now. I don’t need to say, ‘Can I do that?’ I don’t need to ask permission from the UFC or from Dana for absolutely nothing anymore.
Brassen råder fighters att bli mer insatta i businessen bättre innan man skriver på för UFC. Silva fightades dock klart sitt UFC-kontrakt och har sedan dess gått över till boxning. Han har besegrat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. genom domslut och har även knockat MMA-legendaren Tito Ortiz. Silva kommer nu möta Jake Paul.
