Mousasi calls out Fear the Fighter for alleged non-payment
UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi took an unusual step for a fighter, alleging publicly rather than privately that a sponsor had not paid agreed upon spnsorship revenue.
UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi took an unusual step today, alleging publicly rather than privately that a sponsor had not paid agreed upon revenue. It began on Friday, with a single Tweet.
“I am prepared to let the cat out of the bag in order to find justice,” wrote Mousasi. Tuesday he did not hold back.
Gegard Mousasi @mousasi_mma
•The cat is coming out of the back this week. Non-Paying sponsors have become an epidemic in our sport. Honest fighters are being cheated.
•I am putting all of the sponsors that have refused to pay me the money they owe on notice. I am calling u out bc. I know I am not the only 1
•@Fearthefighter u have refused for my last 2 fights & still owe me money from my 1st fight. U owe myself and others. @ftfenergy @ufc
•@Fearthefighter u promised me and @ufc that u would pay, and u lied to us. Instead of paying your debt u are investing in @ftfenergy
•All @ufc fighters I encourage all of you to speak up about sponsors that are stealing from you. We have to support each other!
•@Fearthefighter owes money to various @ufc fighters. They need to pay their debt.Stop stealing from honest fighters. @bisping @roynelsonmma
•Prepared to support any fighter that is being cheated by @Fearthefighter Before u promote @ftfenergy 1st pay your debt to the @ufc community
•@Fearthefighter your brother is a @ufc but u are stealing from his co-workers. Shame on u and @ftfenergy . Pay your debt. @AkiraCorassani
*@Fearthefighter , instead of investing in @ftfenergy pay the @UFC fighters u owe money to. Pay your debt to our community.
•Thank u to all of the honest sponsors in the @ufc community. We value u! @Venumfight @kalapakijoes@TrainingMas@Hayabusa_MMA
•Thank you @BoosterMMA for being an honest sponsor in the @ufc space
Mousasi’s tweets come on the heels of a similar message from former WSOF featherweight champion Georgi Karakhanyan.
Georgi Karakhanyan @georgimma
Hey Chad or whoever is the owner of @ftfenergy @Fearthefighter WHERE IS MY CHECK from my fight on June 21st #PAYUP #payyourfighters
Akira Corassani messages from both Mousasi and Karakhanyan,
On Monday UFC flyweight retweeted similar allegations.
John Dodson III retweeted
Posterboy Fighters @PBFighters
@JohnDodsonMMA @TElliott125 still hasn’t been paid by @Fearthefighter for his fight against @JoeJitsu in April
There has also been a nearly year-long UG thread by Eric Apple in which he alleges that Fear the Fighter did not pay agreed upon sponsorship funds.
Big thanks to Jeremy Brand and MMASucka for bringing attention to the allegations.