Stitch explains comments on UFC/Reebok deal
Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran: “But speaking up for the cutmen, I tried to talk to the UFC, and they basically had told us there’s no more money in the kitty.”
UFC cutman ‘Stitch’ Duran was recently removed from the UFC after comments he made regarding the UFC’s deal with Reebok. The release was received with outrage by fans, but some of his comments were not interpreted correctly so he recently appeared on MMAJunkie radio to explain them:
It got to the point where I was trying to speak up for the cutmen, and being the leader and bringing this up and talking to the guys at the UFC, we had no clout whatsoever; we weren’t even in the equation of getting sponsorships, and I personally depend a lot on my sponsors to make it work (financially), said Duran, who was barred from wearing outside sponsorships on fight night as part of the UFC-Reebok deal that went into effect earlier this month. So, of all the cutmen, I would have lost more financially.
But speaking up for the cutmen, I tried to talk to the UFC, and they basically had told us there’s no more money in the kitty.