Preface, I’m not a cyborg fan but this shit is fucked.
Maybe, but he’s always dealt with Cyborg differently than other fighters.
Dealing with Cyborgs media presence (Ray Elbe and others) would be a nightmare. They make unreasonable demands and complain constantly and we all know that danus doesn’t like dealing with someone who acts like him. As an mma fan I find their antics tiresome, as her employer it would be worse.
What I don’t understand is how Cyborg tested positive for roids and danus constantly talks about it. But so has Jones, Romero, Cerrone, Gastelum, Melendez, Ortega, dos santos and Werdum (to name a few) and yet their prior steroid use never comes up in danus interviews. On the last jre mma show schuab went to bat for cyborg about the contract situation and steroids, brought up Jones repeated positive tests and joe towed the company line with his coke creatine defence and trashed borg.
He’s never liked Cyborg and he didn’t want her in the ufc. Soon he’ll continue talking about how she looks like Wanderlei in a dress.
You're not wrong about the double standard. Not at all. Cyborg's is worse because of her looks and how she was winning, not to mention the fact that she popped for winstrol which is insane. If she were a guy she would be Overreem and be beloved for the horse meat and destroying people while looking like a cartoon superhero. But she's a gal that scares the shit out of other gals. Her voice is deeper than half the dudes on the roster. Let's not forget about the USADA violation that was swept under the rug as a retroactive TUE.
Dana would work with anyone that made him money if they genuinely wanted to do business and didn't want to just posture and make insane demands. But he's not going to break all of his self imposed rules that keeps the power in his hands if the juice isn't worth the squeeze. He'll put up with Bones and Conor because even though they're pains in the ass they play ball enough to make everyone rich.
Cyborg doesn't. Her team doesn't. They piss and moan about everything. They're like Rampage except he was a legit star. Her appeal was different. More of a freakshow.
Dana is a cunt and a shrewd businessman but his greed will generally find a way to make things work. If he can't then I'm willing to bet that a lot of the blame lies with the other party just asking for far too much.
I rambled a lot there but to sum up:
Definitely double standard.
Perception for cyborg is way worse.
Juice not worth the squeeze.
Her team is to blame because Dana's greed would let him work with anyone if it meant more snowy driveways.