A few I know well and of course I will help them anyway I can. I have helped other managers get their fighters on JRE, get them answers from the UFC when they didn’t have a personal relationship yet with the matchmakers or staff. I have no issues doing this. I don’t find this to be a universal practice. This industry unfortunately has no regulation and requires no qualifications. You could be selling used cars one day and then be a manager the next. So not everyone is operating under the same code. Ethically I’m a barred practicing attorney, so I abide by an ethical code a lot of people don’t participate in. I won’t participate or create conflicts of interests between promotion and management where many managers straddle that line. A lot of people will wear a lot of different hats or have an associate wear another hat while funneling talent to their management company. I’ve had other management firms reach out to my clients while under contract and try to poach them. I’ve seen other managers offer my fighter “fights opportunities” on condition they sign with them. This is all crazy and unethical. What they are usually doing is submitting names to promotions in mass as if they are already signed to their roster and then if they get a opportunity they only offer it to the fighter after they sign a management agreement. And to be fair fighters have approached me while under agreement asking me to do the same... I won’t.
