{"id":125448,"date":"2015-01-11T17:28:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=125448"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:56:54","slug":"bellator-champion-ufc-reebok-deal-bad-ufc-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-champion-ufc-reebok-deal-bad-ufc-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Champion: &#8216;UFC Reebok Deal Is Bad For UFC Fighters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana.png\" alt=\"Dana\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-125450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-570x400.png 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Dana-356x250.png 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bellator MMA champion Patricio &#8216;Pitbull&#8217; Freire is never one to shy away from speaking his mind, and did so again recently when he was asked about the UFC&#8217;s new deal with Reebok.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which the UFC announced at the end of 2014, will see all UFC fighters wearing a uniform in the Octagon, during fight-week press events, gear supplied by Reebok, and fighters paid based on their ranking on the UFC&#8217;s official rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Freire says the deal is bad for everyone not named Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, or Anderson Silva.  He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/1\/11\/7507303\/bellator-champ-patricio-freire-ufc-reebok-deal-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>I already benefit from the UFC\u2019s decision.  Every company that wants to sponsor a fighter in the UFC has to pay a sponsor tax to get inside the Octagon, and that\u2019s why many fighters in the UFC struggle to get sponsors. In Bellator, we don\u2019t have that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn\u2019t understand how it is going to work now. Of course it\u2019s about money, but I think the UFC shot itself in the foot with this deal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s bad for the athletes, especially those who are not Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones or Anderson Silva. 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