Al Iaquinta goes off on Reebok deal

[Wild]

The public response from UFC fighters to the new Reebok sponsorship deal has been mixed if not veering towards negative. Yesterday the UFC unveiled its tenure-based payment structure which will divvy up sponsorship money as low as $2,500 for fighters with 1-5 Zuffa bouts and $40,000 for the champions.

TUF 15 winner Al Iaquinta falls under the $5,000 tier (6-10 fights), and he went to Twitter to "cheer" the money he'll make in his next fight:


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Gotta love Raging Al. And he's not the only one. If you have Twitter, check out how many fighters have publicly blasted this deal...it's pretty astounding. The fighters are NOT happy. Was yesterday a monumental day, where fighters finally went from remaining quiet, to having a voice?

 

[Pitbull9]

Good finally this shit is going down. Fuck zuffa and all their bullshit.

 

[Punch]

WTF is with some of these so called "fans" shitting on fighters on twitter, man? Calling them crybabies and shit? Man people get brave when they're not faced with the actual person in front of them. Pussies.

 

[Wild]

WTF is with some of these so called "fans" shitting on fighters on twitter, man? Calling them crybabies and shit? Man people get brave when they're not faced with the actual person in front of them. Pussies.

They are UFC fans...Dana White fans. Not MMA fans.

It's really that simple.

 

[Punch]

Anonymity makes every one brave, except those who actually have a conscious.

 

[Punch]

They are UFC fans...Dana White fans. Not MMA fans.

It's really that simple.

They need some of this shit:

 

[ThatOneDude]

I think we are going to see a union sooner than we think, I hope so anyways.

 

[Robbie Hart]

Raging Al is right, but his next match-up (required) might be against Cain Velasquez or Jon Jones at catchweight.........

 

[Wild]

I think we are going to see a union sooner than we think, I hope so anyways.

Hope so!

 

[Star-Lord]

We better see a union soon. This business is depressing.

 

[delightone]

What if all the fighters just wear a black or white trunks with no sponsor, i don't think the ufc can do shit about that, unless they made them sign a reebok sponsor contract.

 

[Wild]

What if all the fighters just wear a black or white trunks with no sponsor, i don't think the ufc can do shit about that, unless they made them sign a reebok sponsor contract.

Remember when the Fab 5 protested Nike back in the day? They thought they were being exploited by Nike & Michigan, so they started wearing plain blue t-shirts as their way of protesting. I hope the fighters just skip that step and move right towards an Association.