...claims UFC tried to bully him into rematch
http://www.mmamania.com/2014/6/16/58...w-contract-mma
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http://www.mmamania.com/2014/6/16/58...w-contract-mma
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"Originally I just saw it a a strong arm technique on their part. I thought it was very unprofessional and kind of a bully technique, a negotiation bully style, I don't know what it was. But it is what it is. I think the fans are smart, the smart ones see when things like that happen and they realize what's going on. Yeah it looked like they were trying to do that (make it seem like he was ducking Gus). It was annoying, but I just needed to weather that storm and let everyone call me a chicken for a few weeks until I actually got there to negotiate the contract to take the fight in a professional manner, face-to-face." |
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"My whole thing was that I had just beaten Gustafsson and I didn't really feel as if I needed to rematch him. A lot of people wanted to see it, yes, but at the same time I think it's important to be somewhat selfish when it comes to your career and your livelihood and the way you feed your family. Basically I didn't care who I fought, I wanted to be taken care of if I was going to be a part of what's supposedly the biggest fight of the year and one of the most anticipated fights in the history of the sport. I wanted to make sure I would be taken care of that way, any smart athlete would. That's what I was waiting for, basically. The way it looked was as if I didn't want to fight him. But really I just needed to get in a meeting to negotiate the numbers of such a big fight." |
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"It won't be Sweden, no chance. I have no reason to. I'm the champ and he's the challenger, I don't find it appropriate for me to go to his backyard." "I just find it funny. I understand that doing certain things get certain reactions and I just find it funny, I really do. It's funny that people get mad when I take things down." |
