“You get yourself stuck into contracts,” Anderson Silva stresses UFC fighters to negotiate their contracts with Dana White
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Anderson Silva is beyond disappointed with how Dana White and his company functions when it comes to treating its fighters and their strict fight contracts.
Anderson Silva is a former UFC middleweight champion and a legendary fighter. He has started a new career in boxing and is going to be part of the Triller Fight Club’s pay-per-view co-main event. The “Spider” is scheduled to take on another UFC legend Tito Ortiz. After his fight with Ortiz, Silva wants to fight Georges St Pierre but UFC’s president Dana White is adamant about not letting the welterweight GOAT box.
In a recent podcast of MMA Fighting called Trocação Franca, Silva talks about Dana and how it is unfair to treat his legends like this. “Myself, Tito, and other athletes that also didn’t keep their heads down ended up having problems,” Silva said. “Dana is Dana, he’s the UFC’s main representative. In my opinion, he’s not — the athletes are — but as long as athletes don’t stand the correct way and be afraid of taking a stand, that will continue to happen.” (h/t MMA Fighting)
Anderson Silva calls Dana White, “Thanos”
Anderson Silva strongly suggests that the newer generations of fighters make sure that they think twice before signing contracts with the UFC. He demands they all stand together and make their lives better. “The new generation has it in their mind that they want to go to the UFC — ‘I want to go to the UFC’ — but they are not united, right? If athletes were united and understood their value in the sport and inside the UFC, that would change [everything] for the next generations.”
“You’ve signed the contract, the contract came and went, you saw it, and then you’re criticizing the guy? He’s going to do what’s best for his company. And you, as an athlete, have to understand that you’re your own company and have to take care of it.”
“Only if we get Thanos’ stones and snap our fingers,” Silva said with a laugh. “Bring Royce Gracie in charge of the UFC. I’m kidding. I don’t know, brother. Only Thanos’ stones could solve this.” This is what Silva said about what can be done for this horrendous situation of UFC fighters to change.
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