Dana White details split with Overeem, Team Golden Glory
On Thursday, UFC president Dana White spoke about the issues that led to the split. “This is actually a pretty…
On Thursday, UFC president Dana White spoke about the issues that led to the split.
“This is actually a pretty simple explanation,” he said. “If you look back throughout history, we haven’t had any Golden Glory guys fight with us since Semmy Schilt, right? And the reason is we have very different business practices. It’s tough to do business with them. The bottom line is the way they do business is, you have to pay them, not the fighters. We don’t work that way. It’s not the way we do business. It’s not how it works in the United States with the athletic commissions. You don’t pay the managers and the managers pay the fighters. You pay the fighters and the fighters pay the managers.”
White went on to say that while they had previously honored existing Strikeforce deals, it became apparent Golden Glory management wouldn’t change their long-held practices.
“They won’t do it,” he said. “We have to pay them, not the fighters.”