Royler: ADCC guys are playing with me
Erik Engelhart: After your discussion with Guy Nievens, how are things between you and ADCC? Royler Gracie: No one’s contacted me yet,…
Erik Engelhart: After your discussion with Guy Nievens, how are things between you and ADCC?
Royler Gracie: No one’s contacted me yet, and I have the impression that if things continue that way, it won’t happen… For now, I’m doing what I always do, living my life, because the guys are like playing with me, right? First they asked me if I wanted to fight, they published it on the following day on the internet and then sent me a contract showing how much they’d pay me, and it said it didn’t matter if I win or lose, so I can’t do that, right? I have my own life, I pay my bills and I’m not fighting anymore… If they want me to fight, they have to do things differently.
EE: Were you upset about the fact they have published the numbers on the internet?
RG: Oh, of course, right, man? He started making comparisons and published many things on the internet… It’s not nice to talk about money that way, right? I thought it was unprofessional of him, and I sent them a letter, and he published a respond to that letter, again mentioning numbers, so I guess now the chances of it actually happens are smaller. I guess it’s not likely, but I’m still waiting.
EE: Did you see the situation like that coming?
RG: Honestly, no. He put me in s really bad position, man… It’s like I didn’t want to fight on the first place, and they’re pressuring me, but I have my priorities now, I pay many bills, I have many seminars scheduled and I’m scheduling new ones for August and September… I have my own appointments and I can’t just sit and way their call with someone on the other end of the line saying ‘oh, if you win we can arrange you a bonus prize’. I can’t count on that, I have to pay my bills, I have my appointments.
EE: So, there won’t be a fight anymore?
RG: Things got messy, but I still want to fight, but someone’s paying that bill.