Comments on: Monday headlines: Rampant stupidity

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:53:11 +0000

I think the moral of the story is that it is tacky to talk about money in public. Plain and simple.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:43:48 +0000

ttt, I don’t “hate” Hansen. Heck, I don’t know the guy from Job. I just find those comments pretty sickening these days because I’m seeing them with increasing regularity.

This is professional fighting. It’s ALWAYS about the money. If you love fighting and don’t care about the money, then you can get a fight behind a local dive bar every Thursday night. Or, better yet, run the amateur circuit or fight in small shows. You can get a lot more fights that way.

If you’re in UFC, ProElite, IFL, Bodog, M-1, it’s about the money. That’s what being a professional is about, being paid.

As much as Tito disgusts me with his antics, at least he admits that it’s all money.

I’m an equal-opportunity hater, I’ll hate you for admitting that it’s about the money, and I’ll hate you for pretending it’s not

By: ET

ET — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:39:29 +0000

Don’t have to wait long, he is confirmed for Yarennoka.

By: ttt

ttt — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:02:38 +0000

after reading 45's bit, i looked it up some more and yes, it was about the money. but i can see where he's coming from. the Zuffa "you can't resign out of a contract" should work both ways, if they are assuming a fighter from somewhere else, it shouldn't necessarily mean that they get to renegotiate the contract. this seems to be a problem that henderson had too what the offered didn't look bad tho, i think i just really wanna see Hansen fight on the big stage again

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:43:33 +0000

Yeah, because Boston Red Sox fans would never chear for Johnny Damon, and then boo him out of Fenway because he changed teams.

Cheering for an organization/team as a whole is much more common then cheering for a specific athlete. That is the way most sports take place around the world. Minus the really big named players who will either be cheered or booed no matter what.

By: ilostmydog

ilostmydog — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:10:10 +0000

Eh, the only real info in my post from Meltzer was how much the contract was for. If you want to, dig up Hansen’s video interview on Sherdog that was conducted before his fight against Mitsuoka. He says basically the exact same thing that I said in my post (minus the $ value of his contract).

Of course, he’s probably in on the ‘Zuffa smear’ of himself and is making this all up to make himself look bad.

By: Michaelthebox

Michaelthebox — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:08:30 +0000

No more amazing than loving a team more than the players.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:04:40 +0000

I love the Wrestling Observer, but when Meltzers sources are directly from the UFC, I don’t always consider his info as the end all be all when it comes to contract disputes. Zuffa’s smear campaigns are semi brilliant.

It’s amazing how many people love an organization more than the fighters.

By: ilostmydog

ilostmydog — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:41:47 +0000

^He had a contract with Zuffa the whole time, but was upset because he said he was only being paid half of what he would have bee getting in Pride (Meltzer reported the contract as beign $35k/$35k). So he refused to fight. Then he got himself a lawyer and asked for a release. He got one. The only one that forced Joachim onto the sidelies was himself.

By: ttt

ttt — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:32:06 +0000

Jeremy why the hansen hate?

he’s probably quite upset being forced on the sidelines and not fighting waiting for his contract to expire, especially if it became clear that Zuffa wasn’t going to sign him