Premier Fighter Owes Money to Jamie Varner and Mike Budnik

by Nick Thomas on Dec 17, 2008 11:01 AM EST Comment 12 comments

From the UG:

About Mike Budnik:

It was stated that the check would go our 30 days after his fight. 30 days went by and a phone call was made. They said they would check into it and give me a call back. The call was never returned.

Another phone call was made and they said it was mailed out. Mail never received. Called them back. They said they wanted a bank account number and routing number. Never received.

Called them back and they said it was sent to the wrong account. WELL!!! Send it to the right account. Never received.

Now they refuse the return any calls or text messages. And it has been over 3 months.

LG Sports Marketing:

They will eventually threaten you.

I did a deal with the owner he then lost the company to the new owner. The new owner wont pay a check that was drawn on a closed account. He uses a lot of legal jargon but the fact is he still employed and used the person who bounced the check to us. They are just not what I would consider good people.

You should be weary. Another female fighter had to get lawyers to get paid.

Jamie Varner:

Those scumbags owe me $ 8,500.00! Thanks Premier Fighter.

They wrote me a check from a closed account and I hired a lawyer so we will see what happens.

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That sucks. Hopefully this is just an isolated incident, but it wouldn’t be surprising if more sponsors started doing stuff like this with the economy being so shitty.

by Andy R on Dec 16, 2008 9:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Behavior like this has nothing to do with the ‘current economic climate’. Some people just dont have any morals.

by Benicio on Dec 16, 2008 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s important that these situations are brought to light. Hard bargaining is one thing, promising something and not delivering is far worse. If this situation is what Budnik and Varner say it is, it doesn’t speak very well of Premier Fighter.

by Cannon Jacques on Dec 16, 2008 9:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Worst part is having to hire a lawyer means they’ll never see full value of the money owed.

Either they settle to save on court costs or their fees eat up a chunk of what they’re ultimately awarded. And then it will be on to chasing him around for paying the judgment/settlement…

by The_Gaijin on Dec 17, 2008 11:09 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some people are really very stupid. If you have a check in hand that the company gave you but did not honor, you take that check to the local DA. (the da of/in the county the check was written) The da will make them honor it or put them in jail. No lawyer needed.

by Tommy7 on Dec 17, 2008 11:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

^ some people.

by The_Gaijin on Dec 17, 2008 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Its probably more complicated when a corporation bounced it.

Do you arrest the LLC? Who closed the account? Did they know checks were out on it?

by toxic on Dec 17, 2008 11:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good luck collecting any money from an LLC

I use to be in a position were the majority of my clientele and certainly my “best” customers were LLC’s. As the housing market crashed I had two customers fold owing my company in excess of 250k. One of those companies literally closed their offices, moved to the store front next door, changed their name, and re-opened. On top of all that and in the middle of litigation, the same company came back to me and attempted to open up a new line of credit. Long story short, I got canned and they are both still in business.

Being on the internet gives me a right...nay a responsibility to bitch about things

by beery_pbr on Dec 17, 2008 12:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ouch.

by Simco on Dec 17, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I really feel for these guys, but I doubt they ever see a dime. Limited Liability Coportation

Being on the internet gives me a right...nay a responsibility to bitch about things

by beery_pbr on Dec 17, 2008 1:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Reminds me of all the trouble fighters had with KTFO a few years ago.

by ilostmydog on Dec 17, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Being an LLC is not a license to rob people. I’ve spent my whole career in companies that are LLC’s. Plenty of them even try ripping off employees with bad checks. If you know what to do you will get your money. Premier Fighter is not a company that has went completely under due to financial difficulties, therefore they are not protected under that umbrella. If an LLC goes completely bankrupt and can show that they did ‘their best’ to complete the companies mission, then they have broken no laws, no matter what an investor or person may lose. They can shut their doors and try again tomorrow. Yet just to write a fraudulent check is illegal, even for a LLC. If anyone cares, tell Varner to take the check to the DA in the county that PF is corp’ed in. He will get his money.

by Tommy7 on Dec 17, 2008 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs