Gil Melendez and Bellator agree to terms, UFC holds rights to match offer
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Good thing or bad thing?
More fighters before re-signing with the ufc field offers from other organizations to help determine there current value.
Just because you have the most money does not mean you determine a fighters value, they are worth whatever someone is willing to pay them. If more fighters field offers from other companies. it could avoid such drastic pay cuts upon renegotiating if the ufc matches as well.
MoJoJo said:
I havent read every post/page in this thread, but why was Melendez only given a 2 fight contract to begin with? I don't think he has proven his worth to the UFC by going 1-1. Just my .02
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haven't looked it up in a while but I thought it was just residual from his SF contract.
MoJoJo said:
I havent read every post/page in this thread, but why was Melendez only given a 2 fight contract to begin with? I don't think he has proven his worth to the UFC by going 1-1. Just my .02
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Just a guess but I think that is what was left in his deal from SF when he came over.
I think he is worth something, but going 1-1 doesn't earn you a 200k a fight contract. Not with the one win coming over The Dream. Now if he would have finished him, or fought someone ranked in the top ten it may have been different.
I think everyone at this camp has been drinking, or more likely smoking the same s--- as Nick. They all think they are worth more then they are. Sure they are all great fighters, and all COULD be champs in the UFC, but they have all lost that fight. Now they seem to think after getting one win they should get another crack, and more $$$. I could understand this if they were trying to represent all fighters in getting more money and have the fighters rally behind them, but this is all selfish and only for themselves, not the betterment of fighter pay.
small fish big pond.
This is huge though, lets see if Bellator can compete with every UFC fighter thats contract is up. They just better not be spending more than they have. Yes they are owned by Viacom but the minute they pull out of Bellator they are done !
thedoop said:
If Gil leaves apparently everyone from cesar gracie is leaving also
which smeels like BS except for Nate/Nick
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So gil takes with him a fellow lightweight in Nate Diaz, a WW/MW that most people can't stand to watch as he is boring as f--- in Jake Shields, and twice retired from the UFC following two really undeserved title fights and went 1-2 in his most recent run. The only one of them on a decent run in the UFC is Shields.
ChaosGod said:
So gil takes with him a fellow lightweight in Nate Diaz, a WW/MW that most people can't stand to watch as he is boring as f--- in Jake Shields, and twice retired from the UFC following two really undeserved title fights and went 1-2 in his most recent run. The only one of them on a decent run in the UFC is Shields.
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bellator dosen't care about the run, they care about the eyes they bring and the attention that just the mention of it is already bringing to bellator.
According to a rumor from mmasun the deal bellator made him isn't that much better then what the UFC was offering, and a decision to match it or not could be made as soon as tomorrow. If it's true that bellators deal isn't much better I expect the UFC to match. Even if they do match and Gil ends up in the UFC this is a bad look for them. Here you have this guy who's talked about for years how he was chomping at the bit to get in the UFC and just couldn't wait to get in, now after 2 fights is willing to leave for bellator. Either way looks bad on the UFC
KZUFCchamp2013 said:
According to a rumor from mmasun the deal bellator made him isn't that much better then what the UFC was offering, and a decision to match it or not could be made as soon as tomorrow. If it's true that bellators deal isn't much better I expect the UFC to match. Even if they do match and Gil ends up in the UFC this is a bad look for them. Here you have this guy who's talked about for years how he was chomping at the bit to get in the UFC and just couldn't wait to get in, now after 2 fights is willing to leave for bellator. Either way looks bad on the UFC
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how is it bad for the UFC? This is a very good business move. The ufc obviously doesn't think Gil is worth as much as Gil thinks.........so they allow him to get offers knowing they can match. So now they have the ability to get him at the right price or let him go.
mabrown45 said:
how is it bad for the UFC? This is a very good business move. The ufc obviously doesn't think Gil is worth as much as Gil thinks.........so they allow him to get offers knowing they can match. So now they have the ability to get him at the right price or let him go.
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Gil has been talking for a long time about how badly he wanted to fight in the UFC, then finally gets there and leaves after 2 fights. Shows that the UFC isn't willing to pay a top 3 fighter what he's worth
KZUFCchamp2013 said:
According to a rumor from mmasun the deal bellator made him isn't that much better then what the UFC was offering, and a decision to match it or not could be made as soon as tomorrow. If it's true that bellators deal isn't much better I expect the UFC to match. Even if they do match and Gil ends up in the UFC this is a bad look for them. Here you have this guy who's talked about for years how he was chomping at the bit to get in the UFC and just couldn't wait to get in, now after 2 fights is willing to leave for bellator. Either way looks bad on the UFC
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It would only look bad if he was a champ. He was chomping at the bit for a title shot, he got it and lost. The UFC could let him go and it would not hurt them a bit. He will go to Bellator, enter the tourney, win and then fight Chandler for the vacant title after Eddie beats him again and goes to the UFC.
KZUFCchamp2013 said:
Gil has been talking for a long time about how badly he wanted to fight in the UFC, then finally gets there and leaves after 2 fights. Shows that the UFC isn't willing to pay a top 3 fighter what he's worth
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so you are assuming he is worth over 200k per fight? That is laughable
Sapper said:
It would only look bad if he was a champ. He was chomping at the bit for a title shot, he got it and lost. The UFC could let him go and it would not hurt them a bit. He will go to Bellator, enter the tourney, win and then fight Chandler for the vacant title after Eddie beats him again and goes to the UFC.
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It would look far worse if he was the champ your right there, but it shows that the UFC isn't willing to pay up even for elite fighters
KZUFCchamp2013 said:
Gil has been talking for a long time about how badly he wanted to fight in the UFC, then finally gets there and leaves after 2 fights. Shows that the UFC isn't willing to pay a top 3 fighter what he's worth
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They did pay him, 200k to fight Dream, dude is 1-1 in the UFC. Not 13-1, 10-0 or even 2-0. He is 1-1 sure the DS fight was great, but he also gassed and almost got fished at the end. Gil is not worth 200k a fight to the UFC, he is not a well known fighter or a big draw. I bet the UFC didn't offer him a s--- contract, it was probably in the realm of 150k per fight, bofuckingho. He is one or two fights away from a title shot, if he were to win again his salary would go way up.
Right now Gil is worth more to Bellator than the UFC.