Shine Fights Cancelled Following Don King's Successful Injunction
by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 1:43 PM EDT
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Broward Country Circuit Court Judge Marc C. Gold ruled in favor of Don King Productions, granting injunctive relief at 1:20 p.m. ET.
The waiting til the last minute is almost certainly a strategic move by DKP, it leaves Shine no time to try to see what they can do to maneuver around the ruling. Also, it completely crushes the card as the PPV now has no marquee bout and it sounds like there is no one to step in against Thomas.
...only in America
Update: From another tweet from Gross:
This is gonna get fun now. Shine Fights says they will ignore the injunctive relief and move forward with the fight tonight.
So from the sounds of it, Shine is just going to do the fight anyway and I guess dare King to sue them in the aftermath.
Update 2: More tweets from media figures. First Loretta Hunt:
Shine rep initially told me the fight would continue, but backed off from it when I pressed. I'm still awaiting official word from Shine.
...
Shine rep said they are still waiting to receive court's ruling (paperwork) before they make a statement
King required to post bond in case the order is reversed. Once that happens, ruling is good. Judge Gold: disobey order, serious sanctions.
Update 3: Ricardo Mayorga is off the card. From Karyn Bryant:
Mayorga's out. Ninja Rua vs David Heath is new headliner at Shine tonight. Still lots of good fights going down!
And the show just officially became not worth ordering.
Update 4: Shine fights canceled per Karyn Bryant:
NC commission cancels Shine Fights. Damn damn damn!
I need to hear more of the story to understand why the entire event was canceled by the commission rather than the promotion itself but I'm sure those details will emerge soon.
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They are going through with it anyways...
and because of balls like that, I am going to order the PPV. Looks like I will be dvr-ing the Strikeforce card!
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Cage Potato just reported that the entire event has now officially been cancelled...
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I think they’re not gonna go through with it. They’re posturing so people like you will order the PPV.
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Contracts huh
Owning the rights to another man’s livelihood and labor…..is a slave owner. Don King Owns slaves. He is a man that promotes slavery, not boxing
mayorga's contract
i’d like to see the actual contract he has with don king promotions. otherwise hard to know who to blame for this.
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What happened, why cant this fight go through??
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mayorga has a “boxing” contract with don king promotions. they went to court to prevent mayorga from fighting, and they won.
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stating that...
boxing is an element of MMA
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
forgive me if it’s been touched on already, but any chance toney’s attempt to fight in the ufc could suffer the same setbacks? not really familiar with his current boxing status.
something tells me dana wouldn’t be all that upset if he was barred from participating though.
No...
Toney doesn’t have a contract with another promoter.
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by Leland Roling on May 16, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Evilness meter
Don King > Dana White
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by Orcus on May 15, 2010 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
i agree, based on accumulated observed evilness over the past few decades.
however in this particular situation, it all depends on what’s in that contract between mayorga and DKP. i haven’t seen it, so i can’t say.
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This is gonna get fun now. Shine Fights says they will ignore the injunctive relief and move forward with the fight tonight.
that's crazy
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Wait
WHAT?! THATS RIDICULOUS!
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Like without Mayoga?
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
This is a farce.
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by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
again
that’s just crazy!
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by Damon O. on May 15, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
Damn, you know Mike means biznass when the drawls are on the outside of the tights!
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It's retarded
You can’t just ignore this sorta thing. That leads to the courts screwing you hard.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
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This is going to be GLORIOUS
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THIS... IS... SPARTAAAA!
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Truth
Judges really don’t take kindly to having their orders ignored. Like they’d rather you’d have killed someone than do something they told you not to.
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by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll take the case
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by Damon O. on May 15, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
no one is going to jail even if they continue with this fight. There will be monetary punishment if they do, but no one is going to jail over this.
I’m not a lawyer, so I offer this with a grain of salt, but it is not at all unheard of for a judge in a civil case to put a litigant in jail for disobeying an order of the court.
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by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Don king doesn’t care about putting someone in jail, he wants the fight stopped or he wants to get paid if it doesn’t. That would really suck if they can put someone in jail for something so stupid, but then i am forgetting this winter when they were arresting kids for throwing snowballs.
Yeah – I agree it would be crappy, but at that point it would be the judge, not Don King doing the punishing. Contempt of court is serious business, and openly disobeying a direct judicial order is a good way to get thrown in the slam.
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by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not a lawyer
But I seen an episode of Judge Joe Brown where somthing similar happened
Root for the home team jack ass
by KING FEDOR on May 15, 2010 7:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nice barely knowin ya Shine Fights!
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
And they were doing so well with signing some pretty good fighters.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you kidding me??????
This is such a downer man
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by Dr.Glaze on May 15, 2010 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm not complaining lol
I just want this fight to happen
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Maybe Din and Ricardo can battle at Don King's "Friday Night Sissy Fights"!
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Dude
That made me choke on my mouthful of beer
Root for the home team jack ass
by KING FEDOR on May 15, 2010 6:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
lol this brightened my day again
"The left hand brings death, but the right one even I am afraid of."-Mariusz Pudzianowski
There’s no way Mayorga should proceed with the fight. He’ll be in violation of the court order REGARDLESS of the final outcome of any litigation. No matter what the court later rules, at the time of the fight, there will be a court order prohibiting Mayorga from fighting.
Rob Maysey's take is likely to be the right one
hine fights saying they will ignore injunction per Josh Gross of SI—my guess—posturing in an attempt to preserve walkup but Mayorga does not fight.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
that should be Shine...
copy/paste fail on my part
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Soooooooooooooooooo.......
"The left hand brings death, but the right one even I am afraid of."-Mariusz Pudzianowski
Basically they’ll keep saying the fight is happening so that people order the fights still…and then during the show will announce that it is off.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
or they go ahead with it...
and get in a shitload of trouble
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm hoping for this one
does that make me a bad person?lol
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Please god second option
This would be better than Yamma and Wargodz
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
couldn’t they get in trouble for false marketing with that though? if they know for a fact that the fight can’t go on and act like it will go on and cancel on the last minute? That sounds illegal to me too.
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Not really...
as long as they can say they were looking into their legal options up until the last minute..
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Random, but Shine should seek a last minute injunction against DKP when they get Mayorga a boxing match since the boxing match might interfere with their MMA contract with Mayorga
I think his previous contract prevails
and the new contract is voided
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They granted an injunction…they didn’t invalidate the contract. The court can later find the sports separate and hold the contract permissible…right?
This is just an injunction. Basically just a ruling to make sure no more damage is done before another jusdge holds a trial to actually determine if DK is full of sh… . Unfotunatly you can get an injunction way to easy in the US and they have become a standard business tool.
Actually proving your case is a whole different thing. Is a lot harder and will include discovery and a number of other things.
OK, I'm ready.
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 2:07 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Seriously
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by Damon O. on May 15, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
lol
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by poundnground on May 15, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
where do you find a gif like this??? LOVE it!
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That is the greatest gif I have ever seen in my life.
Where on earth did you find that?
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by The Kittitas Kid on May 15, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
This is quite possibly the best/worst thing to happen to this card possible.
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Considering Shine new well in advance that this may happen, I have to say, it is very foolish of them not to have a fill in ready to go. Well done.
who would they put in?
Mayorga is the one who makes this fight interesting
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Don King!
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Don King
Just stole your handle.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He fuckin earned it with this one. This is some top-shelf hatin!
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I can see it now
“Don King is nominated for hater of the year after calling the judge on SHINE FIGHTS, not because it was the right thing to do, but just ‘cause he was jealous of all the money they was makin’.”
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I cant believe nobody has asked for this yet.....
BOO THIS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Done
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by Damon O. on May 15, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Shine Fights actually becomes Must See TV with this development...
the drama of if the fight actually goes down is insane
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
i know it’s highly unlikely, but it would be amazing if all this was just a ruse to drum up publicity for the ppv… after all, didn’t king say a few months back that he wanted to get into mma promoting.
That woukd be insane...
I love it
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also...raffles
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
raffles,
I almost won a surf board at a Wargods event.
how do you almost win at a raffle?
by Johnnynumber5 on May 15, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I was wondering the same thing.
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by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
oh...and um...it's the Yamma PIT. Get it straight
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Damn you Don King!!!!!!!!!
"The left hand brings death, but the right one even I am afraid of."-Mariusz Pudzianowski
So from the sounds of it, Shine is just going to do the fight anyway and I guess dare King to sue them in the aftermath.
I’m not sure I buy it.
The optimist in me sees the glass as half full and hopes the fight happens as planned.
The pessimist in me suspects this is a bait-and-switch by the promoter to get people to still buy the PPV in hopes of seeing the fight, only to be crushed when they announce an hour into the broadcast that the fight has been cancelled.
This is more important in the bigger picture
The issues here are more important for the regulation of MMA than it is for its implications for shine fights. If Don King wins the case, not simply receiving an injunction to prevent shine from acting, then the case can be the beginning of setting precedence for the Muhammad Ali act’s application to MMA.
I agree that is a very real possibility. But we have to wait and see what this judge based his dicission on and more importantly we will have to wait and see what the judge that will actually rules on the contract says.
If the ruling was because page 4 had a clause that said "bouts = mma also’ or ‘this contract means what ever I say it does’ then no. If the judge rules that legally boxing = MMA then yes. From what Don King showed the press which will be his best stuff, I think there is a better than 50 percent chance that this gets over turned when it goes to trial. In that case we aren’t there yet. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.
Not to be a smart ass but have you read the Muhammad Ali Act? It is all worded specifically towards boxing. There is virtually no way for them to just say the Muhammad Ali Act now applies to MMA as well as boxing the way it’s worded now. It would be a total mess. They would have to sit down and write a whole new Act specifically worded towards MMA and with the powers that be in place right now I would have to say the UFC would have a large influence in the writing of it.
Just BE.
Yes I am aware of that, but if the court holds that MMA is a subset of boxing or that boxing is so intertwined within MMA as to be inextricable, then in order to participate in MMA you would require boxing. If boxing is required then a judge can put it under the act.
I don’t get the jump to that. They are two different sports. Even if the judge decides boxing is an aspect of MMA that doesn’t equate to enforcing boxing’s rules as a sport on to MMA as a sport.
Just BE.
I'd kill to be a lawyer for Running right now...
just think of what that guy can do with a lawsuit to Football (both kinds) and basketball…baseball is pretty much safe ;-)
What kind of world do we live in?
Where fight fans can’t watch the fights they want to see =(
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by GregS123 on May 15, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The latter.
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by Richard Wade on May 15, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If you kill all the lawyers
then instead of the lawyers screwing everybody it’ll be everybody screwing everybody. Lawyers prevent anarchy.
No promoter bashing!!!
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Just a question about this case
If this does go through, could this set legal precedent to prevent the UFC/Strikeforce from granting their fighters permission to compete in Grapplers Quest/Mundials/ADCC?
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Sorry I mean
That guys like Jacare can’t compete in ADCC unless Strikeforce grants permission.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I would think that those kinds of things would be discussed in contract negotiations.
Maybe Overeem is a bad example, but it leads me to believe that SF contracts are non-exclusive
I don't think they are
Overeem does K1, Jacare does ADCC, I think they were letting Lashley do TNA, and doesn’t Fedor still do sambo tournaments?
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First all contracts are not the same. In atleast some Strikeforce contracts the fighters are exclusive to Strikeforce in MMA in North America. Dream and Bellator have contracts that work the same way. I know Hendos contract is different in that it makes him exclusive to Strikeforce period.
As well keep in mind that a promoter can always waive the exclusive thing if requested. A number of UFC guys do ADCC and Zuffa has some of the ugliest contracts around. Zuffa could grant any of their fighters the right to fight some one like Fedor any time they wanted.
i don’t think there’s anything to really worry about. it doesn’t seem like strikeforce or zuffa or anyone else is having these kinds of problems with their fighters.
what you could see happen, though, is fighter contracts start to get written with more clarity, to avoid future ambiguity if any conflicts or issues came up.
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but again, i don’t know what any of these contracts even look like to begin with.
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every situation is different.
It just seems odd to me that this worked, because (from what I’ve read anyway) it seemed like King’s contract with Mayorga was specifically for pro boxing fights, so the argument that “boxing is part of mma” seems ridiculous to me.
But the UFC can have that power anyway, if it’s written into the contract. NBA teams have stopped people from riding motorcycles, NFL teams have stopped people from doing pro wrestling, and so on.
Just a question here. Was it the argument that “boxing is part of mma” that got Dong King the injunction or was it another part of his argument?
The other part of his argument was that if Mayorga fought in this MMA fight he could be injured and prevent him from competing in the championship boxing fight Don King has lined up for him. Because that to me was the part of Don King’s complaint that sounded more reasonable. At least to me.
Just BE.
i don’t think so. i think what’s important here is the specifics of how mayorga’s contract with don king promotions is written, and with what language and terminology.
the contracts that UFC fighters have with Zuffa don’t necessarily have any ambiguity or similar issues about this kind of stuff.
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this is deliciously illegal
I think that Shine really doesn’t given a flying eff about the injunction. They’re clearly going to appeal and the language in Mayorga’s contract (capital Bout and little bout) is so ambiguous it’s laughable.
I hope they go along with it and also win an appeal so that Mayorga can get out of this ish.
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More updates in the main body...
but it sounds like Shine is unsure of what is going on, and the judge is making no bones that there are serious sanctions in the waiting if they go ahead with the bout.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:42 PM EDT reply actions
This is all a scam to steal Strikeforce’s thunder. Aren’t we all watching this opposed to shine anyways?
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by Thats It For you! on May 15, 2010 2:43 PM EDT reply actions
got a 2 tv set-up ready to go
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
you’re my hero
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by flyingkneetoface on May 15, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching UFC's Ultimate Fights.
Oh…um yeah I am watching Strikeforce.
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I’m watching both. UFC’s Ultimate Fights will be over before Strikeforce even starts here.
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by Richard Wade on May 15, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
This thread is the most anyone has talked about Don King in at least 10 years.
by mjw2e on May 15, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Basically, where we seem to be at right now is that Don King has to put up a pretty sizable bond that goes to Shine if the injunction is later reversed. If they do that, the fight likely won’t go ahead. If they don’t put up the bond, the fight will happen.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:46 PM EDT reply actions
Shine would still get in trouble if the still go on with the fight tho if the injuction doesent get reversed right?
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by Thats It For you! on May 15, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
no.
If King doesn’t put up the bond I don’t think Shine would get in trouble because that is the part that King has to do in order to make their injunction request complete.
I’m no lawyer though.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
So basically
It all depends on how much money Don King wants to give up to stop Mayorga from competing?
He doesn’t give it up if he wins later. But should he lose, yes…but DK doesn’t determine the bond amount.
Sorry I wasn't clear
What I meant was, it depends on Don King thinking stopping Mayorga is worth paying the bond
Most business men have the
uncanny ability to turn everything the touch to gold. Don King turns everything to shit.
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by Scott C. Broussard on May 15, 2010 2:52 PM EDT reply actions
i cant believe Shine will ignore the injunction. they’ll try to hold out suspense as long as possible to preserve as many ppv buys as they can, but i cant see them actually putting Mayorga out there now
That’s my opinion too. Shine are too small a company to risk going against something like this, but they can’t really afford the PPV to completely flop either.
by Superstitiousmma on May 15, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he graduated this week...
so I’d imagine on some sort of all weekend binge
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
What time is this fight supposed to happen?
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It couldn't be put any better.
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by higgledy-piggledy on May 15, 2010 3:07 PM EDT reply actions
wtf. I was looking forward to seeing Din put his balls on Mayorgas face in a triangle :(
Your style's like garbage cans meant to be taken out on a weekly basis
Ever since your first record you've been in a state of suspended animation
You look like Snuffleuffagus and Australopithecus
Me cray, you abacus
UPDATE
UPDATE: We’ve just learned that it appears that Shine Fights intends to proceed with the event, and Ricardo Mayorga will ignore the court injunction forbidding him to fight Din Thomas. Technically, that means this fight could go down as an ‘Exhibition’ fight, or they could just fight in the parking while fans broadcast via UStream.
by judo_kush on May 15, 2010 3:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well, Din was right
Somebodies gonna get embarrassed.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
http://www.shakethebaby.us/img/1199236500098.jpg
by Flesh Into Gear on May 15, 2010 4:18 PM EDT reply actions
the boxing version of.....
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Best plan
Shine says fight will go on. An hour into the fight they announce that they will comply with the injunction and Thomas will face a mystery fighter. Main event comes around and Mayorga comes out masked ala Dos Caras and the fight goes on as planned.
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
I just want to say something. I don’t think we all appreciate the level of don kings evil.
What is the worst thing that ever came out of cleveland, ohio? Don King. This is from wikipedia…my grandfather was telling me this story the other night when we were lamenting the state of boxing…nothing like complaining about how things have been ruined with elderly people…
“Don King was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After dropping out of Kent State University, he ran an illegal bookmaking operation, and was charged for killing two men in separate incidents 13 years apart. The first was determined to be justifiable homicide after it was found that King shot Hillary Brown in the back and killed him while he was attempting to rob one of King’s gambling houses.1 King was convicted of second degree murder for the second killing in 1966 after he was found guilty of stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, who owed him $600.1 In an ex parte meeting with King’s attorney, the judge reduced King’s conviction to nonnegligent manslaughter for which King served just under four years in prison.”
“Don King is a wretched slimy reptilian muthafucka”
"Justice is the whim of a judge, check his chest density
It leaves much room for error, and the rest left to destiny."
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by DamnSevern on May 15, 2010 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
and some glitter, silver and gold puff paint, a few skulls for good measure and it’s Affliction’s spring line up
by Bob Boblaw on May 15, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was wondering when you were gonna show up.
by HappyLittleTreez on May 15, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I dont like Don King, um yup, thats about it.
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Wow.. Where’s my wallet?
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
yikes...
that’s not a PPV worthy bout. I mean, the MMA fan in me would drop $20 to see it I suppose. The MMA media guy in me will still pay for it as is, but yikes.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
You pretty much have to convince me not to buy MMA. They’re doing a fine job with that main event. Losing that fight is a disaster.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Having a pretty good damn Strikeforce card for the price of a showtime subscription going up against it hurts too.
Then again, people will still buy it for Thomas/Mayorga since it’s a bit late to change the advertising, PPV listings..etc.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, there’s just no way I can justify paying money for this. It’s now a pretty good HDNet card, but costs money, and is going up against the aforementioned pretty damn good Strikeforce card. They’re going to get hit pretty hard for this, despite some people still ordering it (including losing those people in the future, who will almost certainly never pay for one of their shows again when they realize Mayorga isn’t fighting).
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
But the kid side of Brent loves it!
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Gross tweet
Ricardo Mayorga is out per @KarynBryant. Unfortunate for Din Thomas, who had good sponsorship money lined up for the fight.
http://www.twitter.com/TB_Money
you want to be a f*cking promoter?
first strikeforce announced their st louis card for the same night as shine’s PPV. then the UFC decided to counter strikeforce with a special show on spike. and now this. ouch.
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It really is a comedy of errors
Someone is taking a bath on this one.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Money.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t kill the little guy.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I kinda blame Shine fights. t?
Why didn’t they do the proper check on the contrac
by snakecharmer1340 on May 15, 2010 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
@ KevinI
Quote from Don King about posting $1 million cash bond: I felt like Clint Eastwood speeding down the highway with a fistful of dollars.
by Nyfeh on May 15, 2010 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
What a fucked up quote. Fistful of Dollars had no god damn cars!
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think it's nice, you laughin...
…my mule gets the crazy idea that you’re laughing at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you’re going to, I might be able to convince him that you really didn’t mean it.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Rec'd for being a wonderful human
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Despite our differences on Daley, always rep an apt Clint quote.
Well played.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on May 15, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you sir
Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and the Good the Bad and the Ugly are my favorite movies of all time. I have no real disagreements with people who appreciate their glory.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, what?
you like them better than High Plains Drifter?!?
ALL OF YOU LISTEN TO MEE, DON'T DISTURB HERE, I WILL CALL POLICE CATCH YOU, DON'T COME TO MY BANGOLOW HOUSE, UNDERSTAND, O.K. I HATE ALL OF YOU.
by Chris Barton on May 16, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet you Don King thinks it was clever thing to post.
by snakecharmer1340 on May 15, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This probably drops their PPV buys from 2.1 to 1.4...
…people
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 5:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ah
"Alas, there is no time-share on my balls." -Luke Thomas
by xAtlasx on May 15, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
love that bird
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on May 15, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
This one too.
You’re on a roll. My advice: Let it ride.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on May 15, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
And the show just officially became not worth ordering.
… if the only thing you were interested in was watching Din Thomas submit Mayorga in 15 seconds.
But if you like MMA, there are still some good fights.
For money?
This is an HDNet card.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s going up against a fairly high level Strikeforce show. The only thing that made it worth the money was the Thomas/Mayorga fight. Without that fight it’s not worth the money.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 15, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Welp, doesn’t matter now. :-\ Strikeforce it is.
by Chris Nelson on May 15, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8whe3J7w4Q
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"May 8th, whoop a fraggle" - Paul Daley
by MSEMCEE on May 15, 2010 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Great Documentary
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by Scott C. Broussard on May 15, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It seems to me that there would be a problem with filing this injunction because it just wasn’t at all in good faith waiting up until the last moment to file it… but hey, whatever, I’m no lawyer.
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“I’m no lawyer” is the new BROCKLESNAR
How did I end up on this bandwagon and why does everything say property of Chael Sonnen?
Wait until BROCKLESNAR says it
The internets will explode.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
When he says “I’m no lawyer, but you’re an elitist” Frank Mir will explode
"Ten more seconds is all I ever ask. That's the good thing I learned about being KO'd twice. You don't see it coming -it's like death- you don't plan for it so don't wait for it. So many people are afraid of getting Ko'd that their hands stay home, but not me. I got to go out there and shoot the lights out and fall down" Jens Pulver
"Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank." - Don King
More Don King quotes.
"You sign an agreement, you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay."
"Only in America."
"If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn’t bump his behind every time he hopped."
"I can’t believe what I said about myself. What I said in my own private conversations with myself to an ESPN producer are my business, and I had no business saying them to someone else."
"You don’t get nothing from sleep but a dream."
"If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you’ll get back cash. If you don’t have faith, you’ll get soggy bread."
"America is the greatest country in the world-I love America. What I’ve accomplished could not have been done anywhere else."
"Everything, but the Lindbergh baby."
–on what the FBI was investigating him for.
"I’m one of the world’s great survivors. I’ll always survive because I’ve got the right combination of wit, grit and bullshit."
"Thank god for money."
by snakecharmer1340 on May 15, 2010 6:35 PM EDT reply actions
Oh well...
"...ride life straight to perfect laughter,
it's the only good fight there is."
by dancingChicken on May 15, 2010 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
thanks for those horrible pics. Whoever the asshole was with the camera should of saved the cute little chics instead of stadning there taking pics.
by Shocbomb on May 15, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I can’t stop laughing at this.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Did the ducks ever come back?
I imagine that they didn’t survive…?
If you're not watching Treme, you're a bad person.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on May 15, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHA
That is fucking hilarious.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the worst thing ever.. of the night.
I specializes in grammar fail.
by a tommy point on May 15, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I can’t not rec this.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
respect.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
shine fail
NC commission cancels Shine Fights. Damn damn damn!
from karyn bryants twitter
So how much money are the fighters losing?
Investing in training camps, only to miss their fighting/sponsorship payment.
If you're not watching Treme, you're a bad person.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on May 15, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Don King.......
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
How the hell can they even do that?
"Ten more seconds is all I ever ask. That's the good thing I learned about being KO'd twice. You don't see it coming -it's like death- you don't plan for it so don't wait for it. So many people are afraid of getting Ko'd that their hands stay home, but not me. I got to go out there and shoot the lights out and fall down" Jens Pulver
WTF?!?!
One fight gets canceled,and they put the kybosh on the entire card?
The commision should have to pay the fighters then,not the promotion.That’s horse crap.
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why would the commission cancel the event?
I didn’t even know they had that power…
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That event was canceled by the fashion police, not the comission.
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by Ubernoober on May 15, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
The only thing that is scummy bout Don King
Is that he didn’t file for injunction when the bout was announced. Shine is booty for not knowing this and putting fighters in a bad spot. If anything, they should be responsible for purses and camps.
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OMG
Don King unleashed the Kraken!!! Shine has officially been Eclipsed by the pointy haired shadow of Don King!!!
Shine Promotion officials were unavailable at the time of publication to verify the change, but MMAWeekly.com has verified with fighter’s camps at the event that fighters are now being told of the cancellation.
http://www.twitter.com/TB_Money
d with fighter’s camps
That’s a singular. Which fighter?
Buzzed and grammar humor FTW!
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on May 15, 2010 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
This really, really sucks
It was unlikely that I was going to watch this tonight, but a lot of fighters just lost a lot of money. I’m hoping more than anything that this is a delay and not a cancellation, to allow Shine some time to figure out the Mayorga injunction definitively.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
Nah from the sound of it
Shine closed up today. Completely done.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
From the sound of what?
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
All the tweets from Junkie/MiddleEasy
It sounds like Shine is done completely.
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by Matthew Roth on May 15, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t Twitter, but from what I’ve seen here, that seems to be taking major liberties.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
sounds like this event is done
not sure Shine as a promotion is completely finished though.
by Johnnynumber5 on May 15, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
That's a lot of money spent and no revenue. They're done.
Buying PPV time is expensive, renting venue, paying crew/fighters, paying commission fees, losing sponsor money, ect……
by snakecharmer1340 on May 15, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Why is everyone so confident they know exactly how much money their investors have? Let’s take a step back and see how this plays out.
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
R.I.P. Shine Fights
dont be surprised if they fold within the next couple of days
lol....
So wait hold on….this was all just one giant piece of marketing to resurrect Mayorga’s fight career wasn’t it..?
lmao you just KNEW this card was not going to happen..like seriously….what a joke…
Somehow, someway, this is the fault of either Kid Nate or Dana White.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
Can't be. Dana would never criticize himself in the 3rd person nor would he not swear in successive posts.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
Josh Barnett’s probably happy that he can’t take the heat for this one.
http://www.twitter.com/TB_Money
It's his fault in someway too.
I just read on Twitter that there’s a magic bullet involved too.
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by Damon O. on May 15, 2010 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Shine Fights-World's Collide Results:
Don King Defeats:
Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga/Din “Dinyero” Thomas/
David Heath/Murilo “Ninja” Rua/
Luiz Azeredo/Charles Bennett/
Alexandre Ferreira/Jamal Patterson/
Braulio Estima/Rick Hawn/
Derrick Noble /Eduardo Pamplona/
Zac George/Mario Stapel/
Roger Carroll/Paulo Souza
via Verbal Submission
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
by poundnground on May 15, 2010 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 17 recs
This should reach 10 recs.
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
it has been done.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
AND MORE
Blackout612- "Wuts teh UFC?"
Ubernoober- "It like two guy who just stand and swing for fence and try to knock each other shit out it awesome"
by Charles Awad on May 15, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec’d for the excellent BE handle.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Shine Fights presents the St. Louis Rams?
"It's fourth and fifteen and you're looking at a full-court press." - Lt. Frank Drebin, Police Squad
by SSreporters on May 15, 2010 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
:(
Sam Bradford is gonna (try) to make it all better!
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
by poundnground on May 15, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I was really looking forward to finding out if Shogun was going to corner Ninja and wear the UFC belt ala Big Tim.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
LOL
I still feel like punching my TV every time I see the UFC unleashed/ Ultimate Ko’s and they show him wearing his belt.
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
by poundnground on May 15, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
You could probably KO Tim through the television at this point
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
All thanks to Mercer and Twinkies.
"Well... You're damned if you do, and You're damned if you don't."- Bart Simpson
by poundnground on May 15, 2010 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I just read through all these comments:
Whole situation is a fuster cluck. Props for providing good humor regarding it, BE commenters.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on May 15, 2010 8:21 PM EDT reply actions
Somewhere in a y2k turned socialism bunker, Glenn Beck, hard at work with chalkboards, is finding a way show how this was the fault of Nazi’s.
"Hit me up on Twitter @ IDontHaveATwitterBecauseIhaveAFuckingLifeAndDontCareWhatEveryoneElseIsDoingOrThinkingEverySecondOfEveryFuckingDaySeriouslyKnockItOff
by Earl Montclair on May 15, 2010 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You mean…commie, islamic, gay, fascist, pinko, environmentalist, gun hating, flag burning, tree hugging, secular Nazi’s?
by bigstupidsmile on May 15, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Shame the whole card got axed
But it never seemed odd to me that King might have some sort of semi-valid contractual claim on Mayorga. I’ve been baffled and bemused—bebaffled—by people’s reactions to this story as it developed.
King was definitely on to something...
in regards to Mayorga being too injured by the end of the fight to box anytime soon.
Yeah, I think people have been reacting more to the fact that Don King is a known scumbag, pulling yet another scumbag maneuver at the last minute. I definitely agree though, that if a judge reviewed the written contract and found enough evidence that Mayorga was in breach of the contract to file an injunction, it’s not just King trying to blow smoke up everybody’s ass. He obviously has at least some valid legal standing.
"I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by in the fight, what you saw, in the ring." - Tito Ortiz
by CasualMMAFan on May 15, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Don KIng is a murderer and a generally horrible person. I hope god strikes him down by dropping 1000 pounds or rancid rat feces on him.
Din Thomas said someone was going to get embarrassed ...
crying shame it was the promotion and the people who planned on attending & watching (me) the event. Damn that Don King straight to hell.
The biggest news to me is that a court was open and working on a Saturday afternoon. Thought that was a Monday-Friday phenomenon. Also, didn’t know injunctions were likely to be granted within hours of an event that had been scheduled months ago. Learn something new every day.
Sucks that the card got canceled, but not fighting and not getting paid is probably a better situation than fighting and not getting paid.
No mayorga probably means the loss of a lot of sponsorship money, and it’s possible that tickets would have to be refunded, which would make it hard/almost impossible to pay the fighters.
I thought I read from some other commission canceling a card debacle that the commission needed to have a bond for fighter pay a few days in advance though, who knows what they do in NC, but this is a shitty situation for everyone involved.
I hope that if Shine gets the ruling overturned they can take King’s money and pay everyone that got screwed tonight, but if they lose the case, they screwed everyone over.
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