Total Horseshit: Jon Fitch Dropped From UFC Over Video Game Licensing

looks like dana is turning UFC itto the new WWE

Dana has gone too far...I pretty much backed the guy in most of his positions but this is complete horseshit. Jon Fitch was a top 3 weltereweight and one of the coolest fucking guys ever . This is bad bad news. So is he going to tell koscheck to leave his camp or take his walking papers??? fuck....thats all i can say is fuck

Dana White is an ASS. I hope more fighters say no and get "fired". Dana White will kill the UFC. The crazier Dana White gets, the more likely it is that the fighters will start a union. Dana White is a fucking idiot.

"Not after Dana demonstrates the power of this organization. In a way, you have determined which figher will be destroyed first..."

I love how just because most other big fighter was stupid enough to do it, then everyone else is stupid if they don't.

Screw you Darth White. These people are not your slaves.

More and more I see a problem with the UFC operating as a business that owns it's fighters.

What if every baseball team was owned by one entity and getting fired from one team meant you weren't going to be working on any other team because they all, ultimately, had the same owners?

That's not how sports generally work and the fighters are coming out the losers more and more by this almost mafia-esque running of the largest MMA fighting organization. The way these public contract disputes sound, the UFC contracts are completely one-sided. They're set up so that the UFC can walk away at any time but, the fighters can not. Plus, if a fighter does get dropped, it seems the contracts state that the UFC is free and clear of any further obligation to them. There's no severance involved. They just pack up their bags and get out like a bad reality show.

It reminds me of all the musician contract stories we all know where bands used to sign away everything making virtually nothing while the record execs were rolling in money.

The problem here is that the fighters need exposure. They can't get it in the smaller shows and that prevents them from getting sponsors. That's where they make their true money and Dana White knows this and leverages it like a loaded gun--Sign my terrible contract that yields nothing from me but does offer the possibility of sponsorship deals VS. pull the trigger and die fighting for a few thousand bucks in some local shows.

The fighters are screwed, and while it might not be a fast-paced destruction, Dana White and the UFC are ready to tear apart their business much more quickly than it took them to assemble it in the first place.

It's a business you morons. Who the hell does Fitch think he is? Well I'll tell you who he is now. A nobody. There you go buddy, you wanted to make money of your figurines and baby dolls instead of showing some good faith and do something for your company, well here you go, good luck finding a job with that mashed brain of yours. See you soon puring me a new driveway.

Complete horseshit. Usually I can find some sense in the things Dana does, but this is fucking asinine.

damn, dana... here we are saying that you've done so much for the sport, heaping all this praise on your business accumen, and you start kicking us in the nuts like this?

wtf bro?

from what i read, the contract is pretty unreasonable. and just because a fighter doesn't want to sign THAT contract, does that exclude him from fighting in the organization? so make the video game without fitch -- what's the big deal? then fitch doesn't get his video game check and loses out, but the ufc can still say it has the most talented stable of fighters in the world.

i don't think this is a smart business move, dana. just my opinion.

I could understand most Dana White's decision as those of an aggressive businessman who was working hard to build the sport but this beyond the pale. No one should have to give up their likeness for life. I agree with the glza, just do the game without fitch and let the fights continue.
I'm buying the next PPV with Fitch no matter what

@Polish:
Done and done.... so much for buying UFC 92.
Now I'll just wait for clips on-line. Fuck paying for the cow anymore....

This is absolute crap. Fitch is one of my favorite fighters. The guy is exciting and has an incredible record. I don't blame him for a second for not signing that contract. Forever...really?!? That is a little absurd. I can see them having your likeness while under contract, but forever?

Dana doesn't want to work with anyone else from AKA? Who else do you think will go next? I know Kos fights under AKA, who else? I hope Fitch finds a new home fast, because he is amazing and it would be a shame to not see him fight on a bigger stage any longer.

I can't wait for those "T-shirt Guys" to pick up all these fighters and start really giving the UFC a run for thier money.

Slowly turning into Don King. Dana is!
A great loss Fitch will be!
GSP apart, a better fighter in that weight class their is not!

None of Dana's shenanigans have bothered me in the past, I pony up for every PPV event....but I call bullshit on this. Firing a warrior like Fitch over such a fucked up issue is insane. And now Koscheck could be gone? Lose enough fighters, and have Affliction pick them up...be careful what you wish for Dana.

this is absolute horseshit

Like Wu-Tang said: "C.R.E.A.M."

Martial arts shouldn´t be about greedy people (read: Dana White and whoever) making more money into their pockets... it should be about martial arts and artistist... when the reason to promote and organize fight nights is about how many PPV you sell or how much you make money from beer-ads, it´s going completely wrong... or at least thats what i think...

and for all the whiners: i´m not saying ufc shouldn´t make profit for organizing fight nights etc. but when the profit becomes the main reason for your actions in a martial arts organisation and you kick people out beacause they don´t hand over the permission to rule your life... it sucks ass very very much!!!

it´s not like any other job... you don´t get your ass whooped working in a factory... and you take the risk of getting brain damage working as a waiter... and event though dana white is a real businessman i bet he couldn´t have fighting as a job no matter how much he can bench-press.. you can´t compare flying around the world and thinking more ways to make money to fighting in cage or octacon or whatever... though flying and jetlag and calculating profits is so damn stressful... (sarcasm)

Fitch is an innocent bystander. Dana is just teaching AKA a lesson. Fitch will be back. He won't be in the video game, but he'll be back.

More big business bullying the working man. Dana, Shame on you...what...not enough millions in your pocket? Put your likeness in the games forever...oh yeah...you can't fight.

if the video game is anything like their last one, no one will buy it!

If any of these guys have a likeness that anyone will give a shit about now or in the future it will be because of the UFC and their marketing machine. Why should they build you up and then let you run off once they get you that exposure and let you screw them over for more money with a competitor???

Sounds like sound business practices to me. Cutthroat yes but sound.

You guys need to remember this is a business its not a charity.

You know if all the big names that WILL FOR SURE have likenesses that people care about like Chuck, Randy, Rampage, Brock, GSP, Penn ect. Have signed these same contracts guys whose legacy are a big question such as Fitch and Cain should not have a problem signing them.

I mean come on Fitch got absolutely DESTROYED by GSP so as long as GSP is around Fitch will be a gatekeeper if he is lucky. Do you really see a lot of Fitch figurines and video games in his future?

Do you see the UFC making millions off a Fitch tribute doll after he grows a crazy beard and drives off into the desert to die?

Just another dumb fighter letting greedy managers make bad business decisions for them.

I agree that Dana White has gone too far this time. Jon Fitch was the wrong guy to pick on; he is a talented, likeable, and hardworking fighter.

"“Man, I hope Affliction pays Finch 200K to fight”

Wow! Affliction is going to fight birds now! I knew they were in trouble but fighting birds is a new low."

It's already human cockfighting. Might as well bring in the birds.

WOW, I am almost afraid of what is to come. Indeed this is a sad in MMA. I always knew Dana was tough but UNFAIR, shit, this does not look good. John Fitch is a top contender. Hell the guy is very marketable and he is well liked by the fans. I think Fitch won a huge fan base after his loss with GSP. The guy was gracious in defeat...u dont see many of those in the fight world. I realize Dana wants to keep the Monopoly of MMA but I think he is sacrficing too much. It is almost as if you sign your life away with one signs a contract with the UFC....the other problem is the UFC can break that contract whenever they want to...but the fighter can't. Either way it is a loose loose situation for the fighter. Dana needs to be carful...he is going to find himself with not many popular fighters to market. Things could get bad to the point of trying to Market Kimbo Slice....lol

yours truly
jrh

Also you pay fighter more than they are worth you end up with Brandon Vera and that's the Truth.

"Come to the dark side..."