Comments Thread For: White Warns McGregor of 'Epic Fall' is He Tries To Go Around UFC

[elfag]

I can't remember Golden Boy's involvement in promoting the Mayweather vs Pac fight. Is there a source for that information?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...license-nevada


I dont think GBP got a penny. Floyd finally got a promoters license and this was right when GBP was falling apart.

Since haymond wasnt technically a promoter, floyd got his own license, to officially promote himself. there was no need for GBP since really showtime had him under contract and was doing the actual job of promoting. I am pretty sure he never had a multi fight contract with GBP, just fight to fight.


That was summer 2014, also in summer 2014 is when Schafer left golden boy:

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...er-steps-chief


May 2015 fight with floyd-pac, obviously there was no contract then. I think oscar made nothing from it, mayweather only had the 6 fight deal with showtime and was fight to fight with golden boy. That was why oscar was so salty with mayweather when they going back and forth on social media for a while there.

[BIPBAP]

The UFC still holds right over fighters if they retire. He'd have to complete his UFC contract and I'm not sure how many more fights he has on there.

In the end the fight will happen if Dana makes money off of it. There's no way he's going to allow Conor to fight for millions unless he gets something out of it.

Isn't the UFC contract strictly for MMA fights?

[Furn]

Surely he's allowed to compete in a different sport. I mean could he go on the pro gold tour ?

Can he get a job at Walmart ?

I would think if this went to court it would be found be a restraint of trade, since it's not an mma fight.

[jjsmyth87]

Surely he's allowed to compete in a different sport. I mean could he go on the pro gold tour ?

Can he get a job at Walmart ?

I would think if this went to court it would be found be a restraint of trade, since it's not an mma fight.

Obviously there must be some sort of clause in the contract about this or else the fight would have been made already.

[aboutfkntime]

Surely he's allowed to compete in a different sport. I mean could he go on the pro gold tour ?

Can he get a job at Walmart ?

I would think if this went to court it would be found be a restraint of trade, since it's not an mma fight.

not sure about that, but it would be frivolous compared to the money that fight could make..... and the settlement would be frivolous compared to the UFC losing McGregor

seems to me like Conor's position is.....

I have made you a truckload of money..... work with me, and allow me to profit from my name..... or fk you, you will get nothing more from me

it's not like he can't retire tomorrow anyway, and nothing can stop him fighting Mayweather..... the only issue is, how much will he forced to settle with UFC

Mayweather could just agree to settle the lawsuit..... kinda like GBP did for Canelo

[RedZmaja]

Conor will get ****ed if he goes against the UFC. They have the best lawyers and they're owned by people who like run the Hollywood and Dana White is Trump's personal friend. It's a huge corporation worth 4 billion and their contracts are notoriously restrictive. If they let Conor out vie Ali act to go boxing freely a lot of other UFC fighters would follow.

Even if Conor wins the lawsuit it will cost him millions of dollars and a lot of time which would postpone the fight for years during which he'll waste his prime and probably the fans' interest in him would diminish. In that case he'll be lucky if he breaks even with the Floyd fight at the end and he'd also burn his bridges in the MMA world.

No way Conor vs Floyd gets made without the UFC being compensated in some way. I think the only realistic chance is if profit is split like 50-50 between UFC+Conor and Floyd and UFC get's a share of Conor's money, plus the undercard would have to be filled with UFC fighters.

That's why I think Conor might as well bypass Floyd completely and settle for someone like Pacquiao who would accept to be the B-side to Conor and the UFC because he'd still make huge money with the PPV cut. Floyd will demand way too much money for himself.

[MrRolltide91]

Here we go....

[texasboi15]

"If they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can’t stop me going to fight a boxing fight"


He's got a point.

And that's good enough to fight wit in court.

[Biolink]

They'll suck it up to get their biggest star back.

Conor would make enough to pay out if he was sued and still make 10 times more than he can in the cage.

With this kinda money Dana will work a deal with Conor he is not going to lose Conor for good by playing dictator over one circus fight, and Conor is not ****** enough to try and blow the UFC off.

This is all very big business and what goes on behind closed doors will be a lot different than all the bravado sht talking too the media.

It's improbable to believe Dana doesn't have strict control over what combat he enters. They have the BEST lawyers drawing up those deals and are notorious for having air tight contracts with fighters. If he fights without the UFC's permission, whatever 10x his highest pay is, best believe the UFC is getting the Lion's share for breach of contract. Ask GSP what's good as far as the UFC and contracts.

This isn't Dana's first rodeo... he flat out owns Connor's ass if it has anything to do with combat. The only way we see him fight Mayweather is through the UFC promotion period, or waiting until his contract is up. They groomed him into what he is today and you can bet your ass they locked him up.

[KillaCamNZ]

I dislike both Conor and Dana - but Dana needs to know his place here. He's a minority owner who is only there to be a sideshow rile up the masses - if it ain't coming from the UFC's lawyers, it doesn't count.

Once people figure out just how little sway Dana actually has, his relevance will wane.