JDS questions need for a manager in the UFC
Top heavyweight contender Junior Dos Santos recently announced he was breaking away from managers Ed Soares and Jorge Guimarães. The split…
Top heavyweight contender Junior Dos Santos recently announced he was breaking away from managers Ed Soares and Jorge Guimarães. The split appears amicable, while Soares has voiced a degreee or surprise, both sides have voiced continued friendship.
For now I have a lawyer in the US and she’s already taking care of my business … We are in touch with the UFC and we let them know we changed things. For now I’m with her and as soon as I see how things will work then I’ll look for my new manager – if I need one.”
To be honest I really don’t know exactly what a manager does and I questioned this before making my decision … Of course he’ll sign contracts, help my career, and plan my camps. But I don’t know exactly what’s his function … It’s not clear for me.”
The manager has to be at your side all the time making sure you have everything you need. I’m not saying Joinha and Ed Soares didn’t do this but perhaps they didn’t satisfy our needs… I don’t think they failed me.
Perhaps they could’ve give me a bit more attention … I want to be the top priority. I work hard and I always focus on my career. I want someone that’ll dedicate himself to my interests. My work demands that much attention.
The UFC is such an organized company that they themselves are [practically] our own managers. Usually they already do anything they want in the US. The manager doesn’t have much of a say in UFC’s decisions…. Of course they help here and there but it’s very little.
Manager AJ Davis ioffers a response:
Answer to JDS, and who ever else interested
From: AJDavis
Edited: 07/01/11 10:20 PM
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At first I was a little offended by the question and the attitude, then, I asked the same question to myself.
I started remembering all the people I have had the opportunity to help over the years, the many lives I have touched. The good moments, the great moments…and the bad ones. I remember the miles and miles of traveling, the hours of lost sleep, the countless contracts read, the thousands of phone calls, the stress, the weight of knowing that somebody was depending on me to be able to try and help them turn their dream into a reality, and if not that, at least get food on the table. I realized that I already know the answer, that I should not even let myself be bothered by a question like this, because I know the truth.
