Gegard Mousasi lämnar UFC för Bellator. Nederländaren lämnade MMA-världens största organisation med fem raka segrar i bagaget där han bland annat besegrade den tidigare mellanviktsmästaren i UFC, Chris Weidman. En match Mousasi vann genom teknisk knockout i rond 2 under UFC 210. Mousasi talar ut om UFC och den ökända dealen med Reebok som fått så många fighters att lämna UFC. Genom gårdagens ”The MMA Hour” frågade Ariel Helwani om våra källor, Kimura.se, stämde överens med hur Mousasi känner sig, att UFC inte tyckt att Mousasi varit värd kontraktspengarna han begärt.
Yeah I read something like that, I dont know if thats true that the UFC has said that, Im not here to bad-mouth the UFC but like I said, I feel you would be the favourite if I would fight both champions right not (Michael Bisping och Robert Whittaker).
Vidare berättar Mousasi för ”The MMA Hour” vad han tror UFC, fighters och Rebook själva tycker om sponsoravtalet.
Let’s be honest, Reebok was there to sell the company. It was never to help the fighters out. Reebok became UFC because they wanted to sell it for $4 billion. It’s as simple as that, to make the sport more global. Just to sell it, but it was terrible for the fighters. No one complains about Reebok because if you complain, you are going to get, you know, it will get messy, they may fire you. People cannot talk about it and say ‘Reebok sucks.’ But we all know the truth. They cannot even make good tanks or shorts. What can I say, it’s the same thing. I don’t know. I was not happy with the Reebok deal. I think 99-percent of the fighters were not happy with the Reebok deal, Reebok is not happy with the deal, UFC is not happy with the Reebok. But it is what it is.
Vidare menade Mousasi att de nya ägaran för UFC inte vet riktigt vad de ”håller på med”.
Reebok is bad for UFC and I don’t know if the new owners realize what they are doing but this is a different entertainment. This is fighting. I think with the Fertittas, they made the sport, it’s a different attitude maybe. Bellator is coming 100 percent. It’s going to get bigger. If you have Coca Cola you have Pepsi, you have Burger King and McDonalds and I think this is good for the athletes. They are signing big names, big fights and 100 percent they will be close (to UFC) in a couple of years.
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