MMA card canceled, police arrive, fighters not paid - Chaos at Diamond World Fights
There was a lot of hype going in to what was to be a new mixed martial arts venture in the state of Delaware on Friday night. Diamond World Fights promoter Gail Stallings Minor was to hold a show at the University of Delaware’s premiere athletic facility, The Bob Carpenter Center, October 5.
The show was heavily promoted in the fact that it was one of the first to be promoted by an African American woman. According to the Diamond World Fights website, Minor is a former TV reporter and Talk Show host who abandoned the news industry to take on a Government Public Relations Position. She runs the firm, Stallings Minor & Associates, with her son Wali Minor.
Rumors began circulating earlier in the day that the promoters did not have enough funds to pay the fighters. Fights started being canceled, and the competitors started frustrating their grievances on social media.
Crazy shit. Apparently there was no money to pay anyone, the cops showed up and the promoters took off running. Closed down all their social media pages. Fighters were in the back warming up and were told the show was cancelled.
Sad for the fighters and everyone else who put all the work and money into preparing for a fight only to have this shit happen.
There was a lot of hype going in to what was to be a new mixed martial arts venture in the state of Delaware on Friday night. Diamond World Fights promoter Gail Stallings Minor was to hold a show at the University of Delaware’s premiere athletic facility, The Bob Carpenter Center, October 5.
The show was heavily promoted in the fact that it was one of the first to be promoted by an African American woman. According to the Diamond World Fights website, Minor is a former TV reporter and Talk Show host who abandoned the news industry to take on a Government Public Relations Position. She runs the firm, Stallings Minor & Associates, with her son Wali Minor.
Rumors began circulating earlier in the day that the promoters did not have enough funds to pay the fighters. Fights started being canceled, and the competitors started frustrating their grievances on social media.
Crazy shit. Apparently there was no money to pay anyone, the cops showed up and the promoters took off running. Closed down all their social media pages. Fighters were in the back warming up and were told the show was cancelled.
Sad for the fighters and everyone else who put all the work and money into preparing for a fight only to have this shit happen.
