{"id":239132,"date":"2017-05-27T10:35:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T17:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=239132"},"modified":"2017-05-27T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T17:36:24","slug":"cat-zingano-reflects-on-ufc-athlete-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cat-zingano\/cat-zingano-reflects-on-ufc-athlete-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat Zingano reflects on UFC Athlete Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend, the UFC hosted the first ever ‘UFC Athlete Retreat’ where hundreds of fighters congregated in Las Vegas for a weekend of all-inclusive fun and presentations. For the most part, the event went off without a hitch despite one physical altercation breaking out. <\/p>\n

With that being said, there was some tension at the retreat, tension that was brought up by Kajan Johnson<\/a> in a move that ultimately resulted in a positive discussion between the fighters and the UFC.<\/p>\n

\"Kajan<\/p>\n

UFC women’s bantamweight Cat Zingano, a UFC veteran, spoke to MMAFighting<\/a> to reflect on the experience, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI could see the effort, right, the effort in trying to get us to bond,\u201d she told MMA Fighting. \u201cIn one way, it was super-awkward getting everybody to be in one place at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing that I worried about was the content of the seminar. It was hard to watch because I was like, do these people believe what they\u2019re saying, and they just don\u2019t know? Or are they aware, and it\u2019s a show? I want to say that every single one of us at least, I don\u2019t know how many times that weekend, were looking at each other rolling our eyes. But also all of us in the fear of, we don\u2019t even get to do anything about this. Part of me felt like there was a highlight video being created, Ultimate Fighter style, where they\u2019re saying the stuff they\u2019re saying on stage and then they edit in us laughing and smiling.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In regards to the fact that the UFC spent quite a bit of money paying celebrities such as Snoop Dogg, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Strahan to make private appearances, Cat Zingano shared a similar sentiment to her fellow fighters:<\/p>\n

\"Cat<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this retreat was meant to tell us about all the newness that is happening, not only the millions of dollars that they probably spent on this event, and the carpets at the event that will be used once, and wall fixture that will be used once, and how much money went into bringing Snoop in and Michael Strahan in, and Kobe Bryant \u2014 what did these guys get paid to come do this?\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we\u2019re sitting here broke, or struggling. Or the people that are still on top in the world are wondering what they\u2019re going to do next in their career.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/27\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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