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MMA Fighters:
1. Treat the sport like a business. Otherwise at the end of your career you will be broke and broken.
2. If your agent/manager isn’t fighting for the passage of the Ali Expansion Act they don’t work for you. They works for the promoter.
1. Treat the sport like a business. Otherwise at the end of your career you will be broke and broken.
2. If your agent/manager isn’t fighting for the passage of the Ali Expansion Act they don’t work for you. They works for the promoter.
Throughout our discovery in our class action lawsuit we’ve found MANY emails and messages between the UFC and managers putting the promotion first at the expense of their fighter.
One that stands out said THEIR FIGHTER would take LESS MONEY than a sponsor was offering.
One that stands out said THEIR FIGHTER would take LESS MONEY than a sponsor was offering.
Let me clarify:
Sponsor- “We want to pay your fighter 2x.”
Manager- “My fighter will do it for 1x. Save your money.”
Is that putting the client first?
In the REAL world of sports promoters HATE agents and managers and vice versa.
Sponsor- “We want to pay your fighter 2x.”
Manager- “My fighter will do it for 1x. Save your money.”
Is that putting the client first?
In the REAL world of sports promoters HATE agents and managers and vice versa.
Because the agent know the athlete as a very short window. They need to get as much for their client as quickly as possible.
In the monopolized world of MMA there is a reverse auction where manager are trying to sell themselves to the promoters.
In the monopolized world of MMA there is a reverse auction where manager are trying to sell themselves to the promoters.
If your manager/agent isn’t pushing for free agency, for the Ali Expansion Act, make sure they’re working for you and not the promoter.
