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DW: Meltzer is making sh*t up

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#1 ·

He said, he said.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, certain Strikeforce fighters like Gilbert Melendez, Luke Rockhold and Ronda Rousey are blocked from signing with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) because of ZUFFA's contract with Showtime.

According to UFC President Dana White, he's full of crap.

That was the long and short of it when the Las Vegas fight boss took to The Underground to defend his position against Meltzer, who has a history of jawing with White over ZUFFA related issues, including FOX ratings. Once again, the leader of the fight world claims the aforementioned report (read it here) simply isn't true.

"idk wtf melzers problem is! Has this guy lost his mind? That is absolutely not true! Dave has lost his mind!! Now he is just making sh*t up."

He even said as much to our own Geno Mrosko.



White shocked the mixed martial arts (MMA) world back in March 2011 when he revealed that ZUFFA was the proud new owner of what was widely considered the world's number two fight promotion.

While both Strikeforce and UFC continue to operate as separate entities, most of the MMA community was expecting an inevitable merger, much like the one that disscolved World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) earlier that year.

Then came a brand new contract with Showtime.

The UFC was still able to end up with some top-shelf talent, including Dan Henderson, Nick Diaz and Alistair Overeem, while others like Rockhold, Melendez and Rousey stayed behind. So what contract clauses exists that allow some fighters to stay and some to go?

Depends on who you ask.
MMAMania
 
#11 ·
No different than any Hollywood Stuntman. Everything is staged and everything is preplanned. That doesn't mean it isn't dangerous or risky.
Obviously that guy knew he was getting thrown. You could see him go with the flow rather than try to fight it. He pretty much threw himself into those chairs. But that doesn't mean it didn't hurt.

All this Professional Wrestling Stuff is just like Hollywood stunt acting. Which is fine and it totally stands on it's own. I just have no fricken clue why it's even mentioned in the same breath as real MMA. There needs to be a much larger seperation between the two, and unfortunately guys like Chael Sonnen come along and continue to perpetuate the myth that MMA fighters are no different than "Pro" Wrestlers.
 
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