Bas Boon: It doesn’t make sense to go to war with the UFC
Back recently from a two-week stint in a Thai hospital as the result of an infection, Golden Glory manager Bas…
Back recently from a two-week stint in a Thai hospital as the result of an infection, Golden Glory manager Bas Boon returned to news that all of his fighters had been booted.
The manager would nonetheless like to salvage the relationship by returning to the negotiating table to get now-former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem a deal in the UFC – following their rules.
“What I want to accomplish is that we all sit at the table, find a deal, and that Alistair will fight the top three in the UFC,” the manager today told MMAjunkie.com. “I’m not going to ask for crazy things.”
“We are ready, man. We regret what happened, and people had their reasons, and there was a communication error. I was two weeks in the hospital and there was a lot of mess. It doesn’t make any sense to me to start a war with the UFC.”
“The ball is with them.”