Quoteworthy: Lorenzo Fertitta Says Teammates Will Fight Or Leave The UFC
by Kelvin Hunt on Jul 13, 2009 10:00 PM EDT
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"At the end of the day, we are here to see fighters and we are here to see fights," Fertitta said when asked about the potential of teammate vs. teammate match-ups.
"If teammates don’t want to fight, then they are just going to have to go somewhere else," he continued. "We don’t put up with that stuff.
We have talked about this scenario often here at MMA4Real in regards to teammates refusing to fight one another. Personally, I think it's absolutely dumb for a couple of reasons.
- You fight one another all day everyday in practice anyways
- Why not get paid to do what you already do in practice?
I mean if your friendship can withstand one of you getting you butt kicked by the other, then odds are your friendship isn't as tight as you thought it was.
In regards to Keith Jardine and Rashad Evans, I'm a little more understanding in that they are good friends that just so happen to fight in the same weight class. However, I still believe they should fight one another if it ever came down to it. It's the guys at American Kickboxing Academy that baffle me. Especially considering that one of them(Mike Swick) moved from one weight division to the same weight division in which two of his teammates are contenders. How can you have 3 fighters from ONE camp in the same division, and not expect to have to fight one another at some point? That's absolutely retarded, and if you didn't have any intentions of fighting your teammates if it came down to it, then you shouldn't have moved to that weight division.
It seems as if one of the big dogs is putting the hammer down, unlike Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100. Lorenzo is basically putting the word out there, and I couldn't be more happier. What say you. Also, for the fighters that read this site I'd love to get your take on things. After all, my wife has stated that I'm heartless on more than one occasion..lol.
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Absolutely in agreement with you
Another key example is Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva. The Reality is, that would be a a fight that would draw GIGANTIC interest, these two being the two most feared strikers in the UFC, one of them wearing the belt and the other about to fight his second bout in the LHW division because he’s not challenged enough at 185. Seems to me like these two eventually could very well be #1 and #2, respectively, in the LHW division, and that fight just makes total sense in all aspects.
This is a sport, and sometimes friends have to compete against each other. That’s like two superstars in the NBA refusing to play against each other because they don’t wanna hurt each other’s feelings. I realize, fighting is a much more extreme example, but I agree – A friendship should be stronger than that, and at the end of the day they should not be afraid to throw down.
I agree and disagree. If two guys are #1 and #2 they should put friendship behind for one night. or if they #2 and #3 and deciding who will get the title shot. or something along those lines.
But when there is some space between two guys in a division, there are two many options to HAVE to fight each other. That would be making friends fight just for the sake of doing it, which I think is wrong. For example fitch and koscheck train at AKA and could possibly be #2 and #3 sometime soon, they may have to fight. But Rashad and Jardine are @ two different levels of the lhw division. There is no REAL reason for them to have to put thier friendship behind for one night.
So I think there a special situations where they should have to fight, but doing it just for the sake of having to friends fight is BS.
Yea
I agree…I mean I don’t think they will make guys fight(who are friends) unless it was necessary…but for guys to say they wouldn’t fight one another under any circumstances is BS also…
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by Kelvin Hunt on Jul 13, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea
GSP pretty much negates that from happening though…lol.
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