ACB owner turns down Nike sponsorship over athletics brand’s support of LGBTQ rights

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Wild

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Over the past two years, Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) has rapidly grown into one of the most promising MMA organizations emanating from the Russian Federation. However, despite the promotion’s impressive fight cards and talent signings, the Chechen-based fight league continues to struggle with negative publicity stemming from its owner, Mairbek Khasiev.

Khasiev, who personally funds his ACB promotion, recently took to social media to explain to his followers why his organization opted to reject a sponsorship opportunity with Nike, the renowned athletics brand.

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TalkingLeaf

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Why would Nike sponsor this mma org? Sounds like bs to me.

I imagine the negotiations went something like this:

Hey, Nike, will you sponsor us?

No

We reject your sponsorship!
 
MMAHAWK

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TalkingLeaf said:
Why would Nike sponsor this mma org? Sounds like bs to me.

I imagine the negotiations went something like this:

Hey, Nike, will you sponsor us?

No

We reject your sponsorship!
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To sell merchandise in Russia. Not saying this is all completely true but Disney did sponsored ONE fc. Not completely odd for a company to sponsor a foreign event
ONE Turning Down Sponsors After UFC-Reebok Deal
 
Haulport

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I remember when everyone was mad at the mean Russians for killing all the poor, oppressed Chechens......

That was before Sept. 11, 2001.
 
Yossarian

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Haulport said:
I remember when everyone was mad at the mean Russians for killing all the poor, oppressed Chechens......

That was before Sept. 11, 2001.
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But for them it was fighitn terrorist. It is only real when the US claims someone is a terrorist. Russia, or Syria cannot make those claims... oh the hypocracy
 
Hwoarang

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Good to see there are still companies out there with a back bone willing to stand up for morals in this age of Sodom.
 
SuperPig

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I can't believe that a guy with ties to Putin and Kadyrov would feel so strongly against gays.
 
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