Quote of the Day: Ed Soares Talks About His Approach to Managing Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida and the Nogueira Brothers
by Kid Nate on Oct 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT
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"We don’t have a tremendous amount of guys in comparison to some who are out there," Soares said. "I’ve seen some management companies with 60, 70 guys that they’re representing. I kind of look at it as a car dealership. When you look at the car dealership, well, thank God there are Toyota dealers. There’s nothing wrong with Toyotas. They’re great cars, reliable cars, but there are 3,000 of them on the lot. Walk into a Bentley dealership, though, and there are only 12, 15 cars in the place.
"There are two things about that: The guy’s walking in to buy the car, and you know they’re not going to be negotiating price when they’re buying a Bentley. And that’s how I feel about our fighters. You want one of our fighters, you’re going to get a high-performance fighter. I like to keep it that way."
Ed Soares, Manager of Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, the Nogueiras and Junior dos Santos talks to Kevin Iole.
Anyone who's ever had to take a luxury automobile back to the dealership for expensive repairs can surely sympathize with Dana White when he has to negotiate with Soares to get Anderson Silva back in the cage.
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Ed Soares has got to be cakin right now. Two champions, a legend and hot prospect and Lil Nog.
He set for the next couple years.
by Dav11 on Oct 29, 2009 12:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
one of those bentleys is a lemon named paulo filho
by nastyem on Oct 29, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
An 18-1 lemon that was #2 in the world for years? Man its tough to impress you
by HighNoon on Oct 29, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hold up, you’re arguing that Filho is not a lemon? The dude had a good run in the WEC, but as of right now…dunno, hard to argue against that.
by Dooda on Oct 29, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think everyone at Black House
which includes Feijão
Machida is a god
I now drink my urine daily
by orcus on Oct 29, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone who’s ever had to take a luxury automobile back to the dealership for expensive repairs can surely sympathize with Dana White when he has to negotiate with Soares to get Anderson Silva back in the cage.
hey Nate, white said that Andy is one of the most easy going guy in the sport when negotiating.
Machida is a god
I now drink my urine daily
by orcus on Oct 29, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nate, Dana White has never alluded to or said anything crazy about his negotiating process with Soares or Anderson Silva. I believe most of the difficulty is imaginary or media fabrications.
Some folks thinks he’s picking and choosing the fighters he should fight because of his recent statements but his recent Tatame interviews clearly says otherwise. Many people already forgot that he agreed to fight at 205 on short notice in order for the UFC to compete against Affliction.
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by VeeisAnimated on Oct 29, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
“Many people already forgot that he agreed to fight at 205 on short notice in order for the UFC to compete against Affliction.”
Against an opponent that was hand-picked to be a perfect style matchup and easy W for his first fight at LHW. And I’d be willing to bet he got a good sized six-figure bonus for it.
by ufc4 on Oct 29, 2009 4:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Anderson has a good chance of destroying anyone in front of him in the LHW division, so no matter who they put in front of him will probably be considered to be hand picked for him. But it was on short notice and if I’m not mistaken I believe DW said something regarding Irvin being the only one that agreed to fight the spider on short notice.
Machida is a god
I now drink my urine daily
by orcus on Oct 29, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand the example; I always go back and forth with my Bentley dealer over price.
by casey manrique on Oct 29, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Soares misunderstands the metaphore
The UFC is the Bentley dealership and Soares is selling tires. Soares may have the best tires in the world, but they’re still just tires. If Bentley thinks you’re asking too much for them, they’ll just get tires from someone else.
by rzor on Oct 29, 2009 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought he was talking about winshields…this metaphor thing is tough
"I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight what you saw, in the ring"
by crinow on Oct 29, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'll tell you what.
You can get a good look at a butcher’s ass by sticking your head up there, but wouldn’t you rather to take his word for it? No, what I mean is you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a butcher’s ass… No, wait. It’s gotta be your bull….
by rzor on Oct 29, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Fat guy in a little coat. Well played sir.
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
by Day Man on Oct 29, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What Soares has
Is a luxury in negotiation that almost no other manager has against the UFC: leverage. Its very interesting to see how that affects negotiations for his fighters because we can easily see what happens to guys like Henderson without it.
Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.
by Day Man on Oct 29, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t wanna hear about Bentleys seeing as I’ll never own one. I want to hear if Lyoto has accepted the Jan date!!! RAWRRR!!!
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by xFenixKnightx on Oct 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lyoto will more than likely fight . . . it just depends if the UFC can make that happen and whether or not he’s injured. He does have a 60-day medical suspension. So I doubt we’ll see the rematch in January but I’m sure we will see it soon.
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by VeeisAnimated on Oct 29, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soares has a Bentley dealership that has one buyer in the world that is even remotely capable of paying sticker, and one other buyer who’s hoping to snatch one up on auction.
And the guy who has the money doesn’t like paying sticker.
by Dooda on Oct 29, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This dude feels like he's Don KIng.
i would not be surprised if he challenged White soon. never like people who are having POWER TRIPS….kinda “douchey” IMO
by 1WAYtiket on Oct 29, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
A Bentley with a Bone Spur
I love Anderson Silva, he is my favorite fighter to watch hands down, but I don’t agree with the Bentley comparison. If I owned a bentley, and it had a bone spur, that bentley would be fixed in like one day.
by remeadial on Oct 29, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With all this Bentley talk
Where’s logic? He could surely explain this better than all us Chrysler and Honda owners.
by ufc4 on Oct 29, 2009 4:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I always find it funny when people give Soares more power and pull than he really has. Basically the guy is just someone who thinks he’s got pull but in reality thanks to the iron clad UFC contracts he really doesn’t. In the end these guys are at the mercy of the UFC and whether they like it or not will do what the UFC tells them or they’ll be fucked just like other big stars have when they tried to challenge the UFC.
by Raker on Oct 29, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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