John Makdessi on Fear the Fighter fiasco: 'I was never involved in the business'

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Splinty

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"I'm tired of people pointing fingers at me," Makdessi said. "I just wanted to clear that up. I was never involved in the business. They sponsored me, my brother helped me, took care of my sponsorship, he helped with the management side of my career, that's it. That was my only involvement with Fear the Fighter."

According to Makdessi, his brother has handled the business side of his career since long before Fear the Fighter came into existence. David Makdessi took care of the financials so John Makdessi could deal with the full-time training that goes with a high-level MMA career, the fighter said.

"I was always focused on my fighting career, I was always focused on my martial arts," Makdessi said. "That was my goal. I was never involved in the business aspect of Fear the Fighter. Yes, my older brother David Makdessi, yes I was part of Fear the Fighter. I was the inspiration behind it. But the whole team, there was so many people involved in Fear the Fighter, a lot of parties. My brother helped me on the business aspects, my brother helped me, he was always there before day one. He always helped me financially, he always made sure I was comfortable, he always made sure I was able to train full time."

Still, because he's the public face of the company, Makdessi had to endure his share of slings and arrows in public, including one Fear the Fighter-sponsored fighter, Michael Bisping, inferring the company was run by "scumbags."

Makdessi says that he can ultimately only speak for himself on the matter, not his brother or their partners.

"The fighters are yelling and screaming out numbers," said Makdessi, who was not sponsored by FTF for UFC 186. "But we don't know what the managers are doing, you know how it is in this business. The business, can be, a lot of people are not telling the truth. People are throwing out numbers and pointing fingers. I understand, it's the name of the game, people want to blame people. I understand that. I'm a fighter. I know it's a lot of sting behind it. That being said, it's very unfortunate what's happened with all the fighters and there's a lot of speculation, but I just want to clear my name. I can't speak for my brother or any other person, all I can do is speak for myself. I was a sponsored athlete, I was never a part of the business. That was my part."




John Makdessi on Fear the Fighter fiasco: 'I was never involved in the business' - MMA Fighting


Man, so much of MMA is shady business
 
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since he is listed as a director, you are still responsible for all the business is going on.
 

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since he is listed as a director, you are still responsible for all the business is going on.
I'll be honest, I haven't followed this nearly as closely as I should have. Tell me more about this - details?source?
 
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Informations sur l'entreprise
Nom de l'entreprise
9176-4092 QUÉBEC INC.
Numéro d'identification:
1164100639
-

Nom précédent
-
Statut
Immatriculée
Date d'enregistrement
2006-11-23 00:0
Adresse
3675 boul. Dagenais O
Laval (Québec) H7P5C9

Forme juridique
Compagnie
Faillite
Le registre ne fait état d'aucune faillite pour cette entreprise.
Fusion et scission
La personne morale n'a fait l'objet d'aucune fusion ou scission.
Continuation et autre transformation
La personne morale n'a fait l'objet d'aucune continuation ou autre transformation.
Liquidation ou dissolution
L'entreprise ne fait pas l'objet d'une liquidation ou d'une dissolution.
CAE
8641
Secteur d'activité
Garderies pour enfants
Précisions
GARDERIE
*Notre page web contient uniquement des données publiques concernant les entreprises de Quebec,Canada.

Actionnaires
Premier actionnaire
Le premier actionnaire n'est pas majoritaire.

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Deuxième actionnaire
Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 Canada

Administrateurs du bien d'autrui
Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

Fonction
Vice-président

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Fonction
Président

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Fonction
Trésorier

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

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Secrétaire

Date de début du mandat
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Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 C
 

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Informations sur l'entreprise
Nom de l'entreprise
9176-4092 QUÉBEC INC.
Numéro d'identification:
1164100639
-

Nom précédent
-
Statut
Immatriculée
Date d'enregistrement
2006-11-23 00:0
Adresse
3675 boul. Dagenais O
Laval (Québec) H7P5C9

Forme juridique
Compagnie
Faillite
Le registre ne fait état d'aucune faillite pour cette entreprise.
Fusion et scission
La personne morale n'a fait l'objet d'aucune fusion ou scission.
Continuation et autre transformation
La personne morale n'a fait l'objet d'aucune continuation ou autre transformation.
Liquidation ou dissolution
L'entreprise ne fait pas l'objet d'une liquidation ou d'une dissolution.
CAE
8641
Secteur d'activité
Garderies pour enfants
Précisions
GARDERIE
*Notre page web contient uniquement des données publiques concernant les entreprises de Quebec,Canada.

Actionnaires
Premier actionnaire
Le premier actionnaire n'est pas majoritaire.

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Deuxième actionnaire
Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 Canada

Administrateurs du bien d'autrui
Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

Fonction
Vice-président

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Fonction
Président

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, DAVID

Fonction
Trésorier

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
3800 rue Jérémie Laval (Québec) H7P6G6 Canada

Nom
MAKDESSI, JOHN

Fonction
Secrétaire

Date de début du mandat
Date de fin du mandat
Adresse
4005 rue Frémont Laval (Québec) H7T1T6 C
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