Guillard says McGregor will 'end up biting the UFC in the ass'

[Wild]

"I've always had a good relationship with [UFC president] Dana White. I still do, but I'm not excited about how things are going with the UFC on the endorsement side and the Reebok deal. Bellator's given me an opportunity to control my own destiny with my contract, something I didn't have with the UFC. I get to control who I fight. Now I get to control my career. In the UFC, a lot of time you don't really have that control. They dictate everything."

Hoping to see more elite fighters earning purses between $500,000 and one million dollars, Guillard sees UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor blazing a trail. But according to Guillard, the UFC may have invested too much into the Irish star.

"I'm not mad at Conor McGregor," said Guillard. "He's a smart motherf**ker. He's like the little Irish Floyd Mayweather right now. He's going to end up biting the UFC in the ass. I can feel it. I sense something coming. He's making so much money and he's got the owners sucking his d**k. They're going to turn around and they've put so much money behind this kid that he's going to do something to f**k the business by leaving or doing something stupid. That's what they get. I gave the UFC 10 years and I only got up to $47,000 to show and $47,000 to win when I left the UFC. I'm embarrassed to say that.

"I tried to ask the UFC to bump my pay when I fought Ross Pearson to $60,000 and $60,000. The first time in 10 years I asked them for anything. Those f**kers would not even give me 60 and 60. But they're going to give this kid a million, two million dollars a fight? He's making more money than everybody signed to the UFC, probably."

LINK: Melvin Guillard says Conor McGregor will 'end up biting the UFC in the ass'

 

[Wild]

Melvin may be right, but he needs to worry about making weight and winning fights in Bellator, before he runs out of opportunities.

 

[ECC170]

maybe he should worry about himself making weight and not about what's goin in with mcgregor..

 

[Punch]

Errbody in the cage talkin' cmac! (errbody in the cage talkin' cmac)

 

[Obi-Wan-In-A-Million]

Melvin may be right, but he needs to worry about making weight and winning fights in Bellator, before he runs out of opportunities.

Exactly. He won't even get back to the "embarrassing" 47k/47k purses if he continues to lose fights, not weight.

He's been vocal about wanting back in the UFC, but he sure doesn't seem too motivated to make that happen.

 

[member 603]

Conor Mcgregor bites the UFC in the ass, and in a related story, Melvin Guillard bites into another Sammich..... Shut up Melvin, just shut up

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

Melvin,Melvin, Melvin...you've taken another piss all over yourself

 

[wiz]

man, melvin had potential. He fucked himself by leaving jacksons and acting like an idiot in the lauzon fight

 

[teamquestnorth]

man, melvin had potential. He fucked himself by leaving jacksons and acting like an idiot in the lauzon fight

He also had a good chance to beat Michael Johnson in his last fight but he seemed like he didn't even want to be in there. It was disappointing.

 

[Silverball]

If Melvin's right, then that would make Conor a snake in the grass. If Conor beats RDA, then he should be able to make a play for a much larger share of the profits from his fights, and I almost root for him in part because of that. If he moves up and beats Lawler as well, then the UFC paradigm implodes obviously, but I do think that whatever happens, Conor will continue to appear like a team player while under contract to Zuffa.

 

[dacofty]

im sure he is 100% accurate

 

[WoodenPupa]

Conor's appeal and charisma are a tad overemphasized IMO. Don't get me wrong, he's got those qualities pretty much to the maximum degree. But part of what allows him to put butts in seats is his undefeated UFC record. It won't last forever---no one's streak does. I would love to know what contingencies Conor has in his contracts that cover scenarios where he loses.

Anyway, what a lot of fighters don't factor in is Conor's winning streak. And of course, the opponents in that streak and how he beat them. But a win is a win, and that zero in the loss column has to give Conor a lot of leverage. I'm just curious about what happens to that leverage if he loses. Whoever he loses to, rematch with huge purse, no doubt. But say he loses the rematch---THEN what?