{"id":88218,"date":"2014-03-02T21:46:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T05:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=88218"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:16","slug":"bellator-boss-on-losing-melendez-to-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/bellator-boss-on-losing-melendez-to-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator Boss On Losing Melendez To The UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/report-strikeforce-champ-melendez-backs-out-of-second-straigh-healy-booking-mma-news\/gilbert-melendez-10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45376\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45376\" title=\"Gilbert Melendez\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gilbert-newsite2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gilbert-newsite2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gilbert-newsite2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/gilbert-newsite2-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBeing part of the Viacom family and having Spike as a legitimate partner, we can offer things to fighters like we\u2019ve done with (Rampage) in terms of the theatrical stuff and the reality programming he\u2019s done. We offered some of those things to Gil. There was no way they could match the deal without giving Gil on-camera opportunities and huge pay-per-view participation.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cTo the best of my knowledge, he\u2019ll have the best pay-per-view participation in the UFC now, which is great for Gil \u2013 he\u2019s a good dude, a heck of a fun guy to watch fight, and he\u2019s one of the good guys in the game. I\u2019d have preferred he fight here, but he\u2019s going to have financial security for his family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following last Friday&#8217;s Bellator 110 event, Bjorn Rebney, discussed losing Gilbert Melendez to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Once Gilbert hit the free market it took no-time for him and Bellator to come to terms on a new multi-year deal to lock down the Bay Area fighter. The UFC matched the deal to retain Gilbert making him one of the most financially secure fighters currently on the UFC&#8217;s roster.<\/p>\n<p>(quote via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBeing part of the Viacom family and having Spike as a legitimate partner, we can offer things to fighters like we\u2019ve done with (Rampage) in terms of the theatrical stuff and the reality programming he\u2019s done. We offered some of those things to Gil. There was no way they could match the deal without giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":45376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[101,382,11,649,934,15,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bellator Boss On Losing Melendez To The UFC | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/bellator-boss-on-losing-melendez-to-the-ufc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bellator Boss On Losing Melendez To The UFC | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cBeing part of the Viacom family and having Spike as a legitimate partner, we can offer things to fighters like we\u2019ve done with (Rampage) in terms of the theatrical stuff and the reality programming he\u2019s done. 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