Anthony Johnson, Former Manager Ken Pavia Air Dirty Laundry in Twitter Exchange
by Leland Roling on May 20, 2011 12:08 PM EDT
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PrintUFC welterweight fighter Anthony Johnson took to Twitter last night to praise his new manager, Glenn Robinson of Authentic Sports Management, and take a few parting shots at his former manager Ken Pavia. The exchange involved a disagreement regarding an amount of money Johnson was supposed to receive from Pavia. Pavia stated that Johnson still owes the commission on the purse money, so Pavia deducted a sponsor check to make up for the amount lost:
This isn't the first time that Pavia has been called out by fighters for shady business practices. Mike Ciesnolevicz claimed he never saw a dime from sponsors because Pavia charged him 30% instead of 20% on commission along with charging him for extra banners and t-shirts. Joe Riggs had similar words about Pavia in March of 2007, and UFC veteran Dale Hartt listed a number of reasons why he disliked Pavia back in February of 2009. Oh, and there was that small issue in which Pavia and Bellator were sued by Zuffa last July. Jury is still out whether the allegations by Johnson are true, and we'll likely never know who is telling the truth.
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Pavia is garbage. It blows my mind everytime I see a fighter signed by this douchebag.
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by Chris Barton on May 20, 2011 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Considering Dana's low opinion of the guy signing with him hinders your career porgression
"This is a really serious lawsuit for me against these guys, really serious, so I don’t really want to talk too much about it. I’m not, and never have been a fan, bad guy."
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by MattParker117 on May 20, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Pavia sounds like a cool dude.
Since he isn’t likely to be getting any managerial work, I wonder if he would babysit my daughter.
by truck on May 20, 2011 12:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This is why twitter is ridiculous, this social media stuff is way overboard
by nsiegel on May 20, 2011 12:44 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Twitter’s a platform. It’s not ridiculous. The people that use it for dumb stuff like this, they’re the ridiculous ones.
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by Tim Burke on May 20, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Grandpa, I told you to stay off the internets
by Wormwood on May 20, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Quite a few people in the industry don’t seem to like pavia
by who me on May 20, 2011 12:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
off topic
randy savage just died in a car accident? shitty deal.
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 20, 2011 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
Yea...
I am pretty sad. Big part of my childhood. He threatened my Step-Dad once, hilariously.
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by Chris Barton on May 20, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, rough stuff
he was one of the first people that really made me buy into ‘the gimmick’ during 80s/90s wrestling. he was very good at obtaining the desired reaction whether he was heel or face. a storied legend falls today
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Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 20, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
One of the best cameos in recent history
by CaptnAmerca on May 20, 2011 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
rec'd for BONESAW
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 20, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
BONESAWWWWW IS READYYYYYYY!!!!
Seeing this news made me realize how much of an impact these guys had on me growing up. Very sad. R.I.P. Macho Man.
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Wow
That sucks.
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by Derek Suboticki on May 20, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Pavia could tell me the sky is blue
and I wouldn’t believe him until I looked out a window to verify. I trust Rumble in this
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by Cory Braiterman on May 20, 2011 1:00 PM EDT reply actions
Admitting on twitter to air dirty laundry is only going to make Ken Pavia look more like a scumbag. Bjorn Rebney made himself look very bad to the MMA community when he released to the public alleged text messages to Scott Coker. Is Pavia even aware that there could and probably will have negative backlash on himself for airing dirty laundry? I mean, I doubt that anyone will really look down upon Anthony Johnson when Pavia is the one airing this dirty laundry.
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by Derek Suboticki on May 20, 2011 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Does Rumble
Get paid for those tweets? Boss.
by Armleglegarm Head on May 21, 2011 1:47 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
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