White: Silva urging fans to refund UFC 212 tickets is ‘dirty’ and a ‘horrible thing to do’

[Wild]

Anderson Silva was recently officially pulled from next month’s UFC 212 after a search for a short-notice replacement was unsuccessful. The UFC is offering refunds for the event for the next week, and the former UFC middleweight champion has suggested that all of his fans capitalize on that.

“The Spider” was scheduled to face Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event, but Gastelum was removed from the card after failing a drug test for marijuana. Earlier this week, USADA suspended him for six months.

A number of options were discussed, from Luke Rockhold to Ovince Saint Preux, but the perfect matchup wasn’t found.

“You have every right to get your ticket money back. In fact,…


White: Silva urging fans to refund UFC 212 tickets is ‘dirty’

 

[Robbie Hart]

It is

 

[ender852]

why? fuck that, if i bought a ticket to see the greatest fighter ever to walk the earth and dana kibosh's him off the card for no reason, i should get a refund. the only say a fan can have at all in the running of their business is to let their money talk for them. Let Anderson fight you dicks!

 

[Rambo John J]

Spider is the head of the Fighters Union

who would have guessed

 

[Pitbull9]

Fucking hell I agree with Dana

 

[Filthy]

it's dirty.

and if there's an expert on playing dirty, it's Egg White.

 

[teamquestnorth]

it's dirty.

and if there's an expert on playing dirty, it's Egg White.

Dont forget about Fedor

 

[KWingJitsu]

it's dirty.

and if there's an expert on playing dirty, it's Egg White.

This.
What's dirty is letting a fighter start a fight camp and promise him a fight (another in a long line of fights he promised Silva) and not delivering.
This is one way to create fighter revolt, and more fighters should do this.

 

[Sheepdog]

It's hilarious that anyone is taking the side of the human trash that is the egg.

Good on Anderson for taking a stand.

 

[TheEmperorRises]

why? fuck that, if i bought a ticket to see the greatest fighter ever to walk the earth and he's taken off the card, i should get a refund. the only say a fan can have at all in the running of their business is to let their money talk for them.

They gave refunds at Bellator 172..

 

[dacofty]

I think Silva has every right to say that, when he fights its his job to promote, now its his job to inform they can get refunds

 

[Kingtony87]

Not dirty at all show them exactly what you're worth.

 

[Chromium]

Dana's just reaping what he sowed. Frankly this is pretty mild compared to what could happen if fighters got properly organized.

 

[kneeblock]

Andy better watch out for the bulls.

 

[Greenbean]

Did anyone see when they got a shot of kelvin gastelem in the crowd last night, they immediately cut the feed?

 

[Chromium]

Oh god, I just read the article. Dana invoking how the other fighters on the card might be affected on this is fucking ridiculous. None of them get a cut of the gate, their pay is not affected whatsoever by this. It's a totally disingenuous bullshit argument.

 

[Mad Dog]

It's kind of frustrating watching the tail end of Anderson's career play out like this. As great as he was you would think that he would be treated a little better.

 

[dacofty]

Oh god, I just read the article. Dana invoking how the other fighters on the card might be affected on this is fucking ridiculous. None of them get a cut of the gate, their pay is not affected whatsoever by this. It's a totally disingenuous bullshit argument.

Exactly, another lie by the greedy lie master

 

[SongExotic2]

It's at an event in Brazil. All them tickets are free anyway.

 

[Mix6APlix]

um, did he 'get pulled', or did he 'pull out' on his own?

 

[Silverball]

If I bought a ticket because Anderson was scheduled to fight, then it turned out he wasn't, and the rest of the card looked the way this one does, I'd ask for my money back.

 

[jason73]

Like they couldnt find anderson an opponent after all he has done for the ufc.dana is such a cockfaggot

 

[benjo0101]

it's dirty.

and if there's an expert on playing dirty, it's Egg White.

I think this is true. It's all getting just a bit more bitchy in the UFC world