{"id":448207,"date":"2022-05-21T02:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T09:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=448207"},"modified":"2022-05-21T02:24:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T09:24:42","slug":"bellator-champion-gegard-mousasi-rips-the-ufc-over-uniform-rules-thats-stealing-from-the-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/bellator-champion-gegard-mousasi-rips-the-ufc-over-uniform-rules-thats-stealing-from-the-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator champion Gegard Mousasi rips the UFC over uniform rules: \u201cThat\u2019s stealing from the fighter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi has ripped the UFC over their uniform rules and what it means for the fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Upon leaving the UFC back in 2017, Gegard Mousasi was riding a nice win streak with many believing he was in line to challenge for the promotion&#8217;s middleweight championship. Instead, though, he opted to leave and test the waters in Bellator, where he is a two-time middleweight champion having defended the belt three times. Most recently, he was able to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/pros-react-after-gegard-mousasi-dismantles-austin-vanderford-at-bellator-275\/\">see off the challenge<\/a> of Austin Vanderford in Dublin to secure his 49th pro win in mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of him defending the belt against Johnny Eblen next month, Mousasi looked back on his exit from UFC and pinpointed the Reebok deal as one of the reasons why he wanted to leave.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gegard Mousasi on UFC exit, fighter pay, Austin Vanderford Win | Open Guard w\/ Robin Black\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/67DRZqJZDXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou took those away, you put Reebok. All the money went to UFC. Paying a fighter that can make $200K a fight, then it goes to $10K [because of] Reebok. That\u2019s stealing from the fighter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey could\u2019ve said, \u2018OK, f*** that.\u2019 And then they killed the whole sponsorships, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey could\u2019ve sent every fighter $10K checks as an employee (as a) thank you for where we are now (after the sale). $10K is nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cThey took the sponsorship, they put Reebok. I was making $6K with Reebok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c(What) they were giving the fighters, it wasn\u2019t always the best. They could\u2019ve done a better job. You don\u2019t have to be that greedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m thankful to UFC, to be honest. After Strikeforce\u2026 they bought Strikeforce, I went there, they gave me opportunity. I\u2019m not bashing on them. I\u2019m still thankful,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI can understand profit goes [first]. But my thing is more [about] treating your employees better, and then the business. But maybe I would go bankrupt (if I did that).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2022\/5\/20\/23132000\/gegard-mousasi-ufc-reebok-deal-was-a-way-of-stealing-from-the-fighter-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloody Elbow<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you agree with Gegard Mousasi?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi has ripped the UFC over their uniform rules and what it means for the fighters. Upon leaving the UFC back in 2017, Gegard Mousasi was riding a nice win streak with many believing he was in line to challenge for the promotion&#8217;s middleweight championship. 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