{"id":178069,"date":"2015-12-03T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=178069"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:27:19","slug":"hendricks-doesnt-need-a-manager-with-the-reebok-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/hendricks-doesnt-need-a-manager-with-the-reebok-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendricks doesn&#8217;t need a manager with the Reebok deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the UFC partnered with Reebok we have seen quite a bit of backlash, and not all of it has been from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/lol-another-reebok-fk-up-who-the-heck-is-anderson-aldo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goofy t-shirt design errors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many fighters have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/tim-kennedy-dont-buy-my-fight-kit-i-make-pennies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoken out on the Reebok deal<\/a>, revealing that it takes money out of fighter&#8217;s pockets.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks points out that he no longer needs a manager.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kyKuOjMul3U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Trigg on &#8216;Toe to Toe with Trigg&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNow, realistically, where I\u2019m at, I don\u2019t need a manager. And if I start going the opposite way where I do need a manager, it\u2019s time for me to hang up the gloves and freakin\u2019 retire. I don\u2019t want to just fight to fight. i want to fight to win. That\u2019s where I\u2019m at now. I\u2019m ranked number three and I want to get back to being number one. If I call them up today and say, \u2018How do I get back to being number one?\u2019 It\u2019s by doing this. Let\u2019s do it, win. This date? Alright, I\u2019ll be there. That\u2019s really what it is for me and with the Reebok deal and all that stuff, you don\u2019t really need. My management group, all they do is answer to Dana and Joe Silva.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hendricks brings up an interesting point.  With the Reebok being fighter&#8217;s primary sponsors, could we potentially see a decline in fighter&#8217;s using managers? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the UFC partnered with Reebok we have seen quite a bit of backlash, and not all of it has been from goofy t-shirt design errors. Many fighters have spoken out on the Reebok deal, revealing that it takes money out of fighter&#8217;s pockets. 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