Gary Shaw Claims Dana White Is Disloyal, Cutting Kimbo Slice A Mistake
by David St. Martin on Jun 8, 2010 4:07 PM EDT
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Gary Shaw is still being all 'Gary Shaw' on us, but I'll take any opportunity he gives me to share his wisdom with the masses. In a recent interview, Gary was asked about the UFC's decision to cut Kimbo Slice following his loss to Matt Mitrione.
"I think the UFC made a huge mistake. Once again Dana's ego has gotten in the way. I think Kimbo Slice could be a draw wherever he goes around the world. I think they matched him up wrong. I would have put him in against just stand-up fighters. I would have built to a pay-per-view with James Toney. My way of doing business is obviously different than Dana's and the UFC."
Pretty standard, classic Shaw. Exploiting a situation to optimize short term gain. Instead of forcing Slice to evolve as a fighter, just put him into a controlled, competitive stand-up fight to attract a good draw. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but it's not the direction the UFC wanted to be headed. It wasn't until he was asked about Dana White's business ethics that things got interesting, for myself at least. Again, on the subject of cutting under-performing fighters, Shaw had this to say:
"I don't believe in it, I believe in loyalty. If you're gonna ask for loyalty from your fighters, you need to give them loyalty. To have two fights and cut them? I don't get it."
This kind of poses the question: What does it mean to be loyal? And is it necessarily a good thing?
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and thats why Gary Shaw doesnt work for the UFC
"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional." - Roger Crawford.
shaw's a cumrag, he's bad for the sport and glad to see that elite xc tanked, dana said it best
can’t quite recall his exact word when he kicked kimblow out, but he said it’s about the sport and not freek shows. About the loyalty thing, sure understandable, but kimblow is a no talent bumb, he was babied in TUF, and before hand had bass a legend as a trainer and still wasn’t able to garner enough skills to be competitive. He’s an old bumb who should be forgotten. How many up-an-commers would love to have that same opportunity that kimblow had and take advantage of it.
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Cumrag, haha good one
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by doonerthesooner on Jun 8, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
He would have given Kimbo easy fights…….like Seth Petuzelli
"Bottom line, wrestling is a martal art. If you can’t hang, go kickbox for K-1."
Pain don't hurt...
zing!
Maybe keeping shitty fighters is why he went out of business.
To say ufc has no loyalty is pretty weak. Miller just lost 3 straight and has a job still, a thank you for 2 short notice fights. Brilz was promised a stay no matter how badly lilnog whooped him when he took the fight. Shit, let’s sum it up in two words- stephan boner
Even a broken clock is right two times a day.
by Chris Toffer on Jun 8, 2010 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
eveyone knows kimbo is a draw but when ur trying to be the major leagues and not minor leagues u need the best, and kimbo was entertaining but certainly not ufc material….i mean if they kept him, who was he going to beat exactly? although ill give him his respect for the houstan alexander fight… he made houstan look bad, and i thought he was getting better too.
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