{"id":238483,"date":"2017-05-23T06:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=238483"},"modified":"2017-05-23T06:31:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:31:11","slug":"al-iaquinta-explains-left-ufcs-athletes-retreat-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/al-iaquinta\/al-iaquinta-explains-left-ufcs-athletes-retreat-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Iaquinta explains why he left the UFC Athletes Retreat early"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Iaquinta is one of the biggest critics of the UFC, and of the way promotion treats its fighters. His status as such is particularly interesting, as he currently under contract with the organization as a member of its lightweight roster.<\/p>\n

As a member of the UFC roster, Iaquinta was invited to \u00a0the UFC’s recent Athletes Retreat in Las Vegas Nevada, and despite his gripes with the promotion, he attended. He did not, however, stay for long. After learning that the promotion had partnered with New York\u2019s Hospital for Special Surgery \u2013 the very hospital he asked the UFC to send him to for knee surgery, and the very hospital they refused to send him to for that knee surgery \u2013 he decided it was better to leave.<\/p>\n

He explained his reaction to the news of the UFC’s partnership with this hospital on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour (via MMAFighting.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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\u201cI look around,\u201d Iaquinta said. \u201cI\u2019m like, are you f*cking kidding me? I made that whole thing happen. I\u2019m the one who put [the hospital] in touch with the UFC.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt uncomfortable being there. Anxiety, man. In my head, I was losing my mind. I had to go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Iaquinta then explained that he wasn’t swayed by the many perks of the retreat \u2013 such as a concert by rapper Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n

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\u201cF*cking pay me,\u201d he said \u201cI don\u2019t give a f*ck about Snoop Dogg. Pay me. I\u2019m hurt, I\u2019m tired. F*ck you. F*ck you, how about that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“I never should have gone,\u201d he continued. \u201cI agreed to come thinking by the time I came things would be re-done. I\u2019d have a new deal. I\u2019d have something.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one freaking gets it. I\u2019m the guy, I\u2019m the man. I put in the work. I\u2019m the guy. I\u2019m the f*cking man. Dana White doesn\u2019t get it<\/a>. Sean Shelby is starting to get it. \u2026 They don\u2019t get it yet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Iaquinta then explained that, with his beef with the UFC still sizzling, he’ll continue to focus on his successful real estate career until things improve.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that\u2019s what I\u2019m leaning towards,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m f*cking killing it man. It\u2019s alright, I like it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do you make of Al Iaquinta’s gripes with the UFC?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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