Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Bellator heavyweight Matt Mitrione minced no words about his departure from the UFC and advice for other fighters signed to the industry leader. “I think if more people didn’t go the route I did,” he told MMAjunkie at a media day in advance of his promotional debut at Bellator 157 later this month, “even if they stay in the UFC, I think they’re foolish. I think that you’re robbing yourself of your future of money and earnings.” Mitrione blasted the UFC’s long-term partnership with Reebok, claiming the promotion “took our money away from us without our blessings, and without any kind of compensation about it whatsoever.” To be fair, the UFC does compensate its contractees under the apparel deal based on how many fights they have in the octagon. But to Mitrione, the deal was “a shame and a travesty” that also exposed fighters’ collective short-sightedness in negotiations for pay.
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Bellator’s Matt Mitrione: If you stay in the UFC, you’re foolish – MMA Junkie