The Real Reason Why The Shine 3: World's Collide Event Was Canceled By North Carolina Boxing Authority
by Kelvin Hunt on May 18, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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PrintMMAJunkie spoke with Terrance Merriweather, who is the superintendant of the North Carolina Boxing Authority:
"The show was canceled over concerns [about] the fighters' safety and well-being."... The North Carolina Boxing Authority canceled the May 15 event – scheduled for Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. – because Shine Fights officials did not provide the remainder of a bond required to cover fighter purses and did not provide a ringside physician, an official said.
I said as much in the comments section on Saturday. I want to applaud the North Carolina Boxing Authority(who oversee MMA events here in the state) for a job well done. The fact of the matter is, if that show would have gone on there was no guarantee that the fighers would have gotten the money they signed contracts for. Not to mention there was no doctor onsite to treat a major injury should one have occured Although MMA For Real was told that a doctor finally did show up right after the commission decided to cancel the entire event. There was just too many red flags to allow that show to go on, and I'm happy to know that the commission did their homework. Now if they could just find some competent MMA judges, everything would be all gravy.
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There was another reason (and the actual reason) for the cancellation of the show.
The promoter was not present by 6 PM (the deadline) and had not given the fighters money to the commission. The fighters were offered the chance to fight, but since the money was not with the commission, they were to paid by check. The commission allowed that, but said payment problems would be out of their hands if they agreed to do it. Many of the fighters decided not to trust Shine Fights, which led to several (if not all) the fights being canceled due to the fighters not agreeing to fight, and then the commission canceled the show. The doctor reason is not the real culprit.
So basically, the commission didn't cancel the show. The fighters did.
by Forrest Lynn on May 18, 2010 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions
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Yea…I was also told that a lot of the fighters were pissed off because of a clause that was in their contract(the getting 25% of the show money if the event was canceled)…all of the fighters didn’t have that in their contracts…but having that in there well beforehand tells me that Shine already knew shit was going to pop off…
Also, whoever those managers are that agreed to those contracts are retarded.
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The promotion’s inability to do what they were required to do by the commission (have the money ready as required) was what canceled it. Any fighter would be stupid to fight if they weren’t guaranteed that they’d be paid. Plus, the inability of SHINE to do this one simple task shows any fighter that it would be a big risk to assume that they’d be compensated for their work.
“go ahead and fight, we promise we’ll pay you….”
-Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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by theworldsoldestsport on May 18, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
hahahaha
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 18, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Rightfully so, too
I mean, if you’re a fighter that’s given the choice of putting their health on the line for a paycheck from the company who hasn’t paid the comission hours before the show, what motivation would you have to fight? For a paycheck that might never show up, at the risk of getting injured with zero insurance? Ef that man.
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SPREWELLRIMZ ???
Did you read the NC Boxing Authority comment?
The NC Boxing Authority cancelled the show due to too many issues with Shine not complying with the rules. NOT ONE FIGHTER was backing out regarding the payment issue. They all agreed to fight with a revised clause stating that if their “checks” were bad, the NC Boxing Authority was not responsible.
The DAGGER was not having a doctor. One arrived about 5 minutes after they cancelled the show, but it was too late. There were other issues around the safety, but that was the basis..
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Maybe you should read the reports
Or any kind of news coming out of the event. For example:
Although a Florida court likely sealed the fate of Shine Fights third event, “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas,” the pay-per-view event officially was canceled because its promoter did not meet regulatory requirements.
The North Carolina Boxing Authority canceled the May 15 event – scheduled for Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. – because Shine Fights officials did not provide the remainder of a bond required to cover fighter purses and did not provide a ringside physician, an official said.
Every other media outlet is saying from independant reports that it was an AND. They were both contributing factors.
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What an awesome promotion.
He probably didnt show and have Shogun kick his ass for fucking his brother over.
I’m guessing Shine is based out of Broward somewhere being that the hearing was down here and on a Saturday.
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This stuff has been leaking out since Saturday night
And it’s making more and more sense. Sucks a big one to be a fighter who actually came out (hopefully they had their travel arrangements paid for up-front), but with the early news of Galbraith pulling out it’s not too surprising that Shine half-ass’d the other stuff too.
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oh man
you don’t know the half…these kats were talking ridiculous initially….lol…you wanna have how many people in the arena? What? Buawhahaha….yea right. You expect to get how many PPV’s? What? Buawhahaha…
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 18, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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