http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/03/19/exclusive-interview-matchmaker-eric-nicholl/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/03/19/exclusive-interview-matchmaker-eric-nicholl/#comment-4700 GSP Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:37:29 +0000 http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/03/19/exclusive-interview-matchmaker-eric-nicholl/#comment-4700 i feel bad for nicholl as he is part of an organzation in dismay and has no intention of staying in mma for the long haul...with poor ratings from their previous tv shows and unable to get a current tv deal with a mainstream network things could not get worse for this company. not to mention their live events which have been lack luster. matt lindland really did expose bodog fight as a crooked promotion regardless of who his contract was with. at the end of the day bodog fight put their name on the card and should be responsible, maybe not from a legal standpoint but ethically and morally. this is why all their promising fighters have left for greener pastures. not knowing when their next fight or payday would be, will can scare any fighter. its sad too see an organization with so much financial backing not be able to make a run for it. i guess it goes pack to poor mgmt and lack of vision, something we've seen in other competing upstart promotions... i feel bad for nicholl as he is part of an organzation in dismay and has no intention of staying in mma for the long haul…with poor ratings from their previous tv shows and unable to get a current tv deal with a mainstream network things could not get worse for this company. not to mention their live events which have been lack luster. matt lindland really did expose bodog fight as a crooked promotion regardless of who his contract was with. at the end of the day bodog fight put their name on the card and should be responsible, maybe not from a legal standpoint but ethically and morally. this is why all their promising fighters have left for greener pastures. not knowing when their next fight or payday would be, will can scare any fighter. its sad too see an organization with so much financial backing not be able to make a run for it. i guess it goes pack to poor mgmt and lack of vision, something we’ve seen in other competing upstart promotions…

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