Jon Fitch: I’m Back In The UFC
Less than one day after being released by the UFC for failing to sign a video game agreement, welterweight contender Jon Fitch has reached an agreement with the promotion and will return to action at UFC 94 on January 31st against Akihiro Gono, according to MMA Rated.
“Communication kind of broke down with Dana (White) so we talked with Lorenzo,” Fitch told MMA Rated. “(I) just got off the phone with him and we came to an agreement. We’re going to move ahead and I’ll be back in the UFC. We’re going to sign off on the video game and I’m back. It was never even about the agreement or the contract. It was the approach that we felt Dana was being a little bit hot-headed and was threatening us right off the bat. It didn’t seem like a professional way of doing things.”
glad to hear this, too bad for you affliction
Bet Dana loves him going over his head to the big boss.
ahhhh HUGS for everyone, went to the big boss man huh, well best of luck with that good to see that everyone can get over this drama forsure and now everyone can be Fitch on the video game yay, big F~ing cry babies the entire lot of them, and the UFC could lose the #2/#3 WW in the world over stupid managment
everyone needs to get past this, it is what it is and the UFC aka Fitch’s employer won bottomline the employer usually wins in these type of tiffs
90% of ZUFFA is the Brothers Fertitta, 10% is Dana White, prettymuch they can do whatever they want… When or if they decide they need to step in clearly they will and Dana i believe realizes this and respects it as well, i think he likes his job
Well said FR.
Dudes i agree. I’m glad Fitch is back cuz the ww div. wouldn’t make sense without the top guys in there. Dana can power trip some times and act like a little bi*ch. Good thing for us he TOO has got a boss.
So who’s Akihiro Gono?
Can’t wait to discuss this some more…like 70 more posts saying the same damn thing should be good!
Looking forward to the fight with Gono.
I do like Fitch’s style even though he fights with a diaper on. Need to get him some damn tissues and Dana some tact…I think the tissues will be an easier get.
Dana has always had a hot head. Even back in the day when he had his gyms. Every other word is (Expletive). I think this bad attitude has caught up to him and maybe he realized he did a dumb thing. Lorenzo or Frank (mostly Lorenzo) should step-in more often before Danas mouth is going to put him on the unemployment line like 6% of the people are in this town.
and look fitch stood up to dana and won
Russiandoeboi, how did Fitch actually win? He ended up signing the damn thing and still makes UFC lots of $$$$ did he standup to Dana kinda but how did Fitch win?? Also we know that ZUFFA will not disclose any information on the matter unless Dana says something in his video blog vlog or whatever the F they call it now
Jazz, seriously Gono is awesome, his entrances are great youtube him and check it out, he did lose his last fight in the UFC but he is a tough competitor and quite the entertainer imo, really talented fighter but as usual the UFC doesn’t really promote Japanes fighters the best well ZUFFA doesn’t, um fight of the year candidate Miguel Torres v Maeda and then in Maeda’s next fight he is on the undercard but whatever checkout Gono and all his craziness on da interwebby thingy
good question.
i wonder.
wait.
what’s thatsound………..
it’s the russian dough boy losing interest
over and out
I have been shocked and somewhat puzzeled by this whole thing. I do like John, but at this poing I feel sorry for him. When has going over Dana’s head ever really worked out for someone in the long run. It was the right thing for him to do but doesn’t mean a good move…
Jon just won himself an up hill battle. As long as he wins, just like everyone else, he’ll be fine.
I don’t see this being an issue…damn, here I go again, just can’t shut up.
surf,
it’s easy put your hands on your head and step away from the keyboard
i feel like i’m comin in halfway thru this whole topic but from the exerpts i heard from dana, it seems like one of those intstances where i can see why people might hate dana. personally i like the guy, but it sounds like he has no respect for his fighters on this one and just wants to treat them like slaves cuz he want’s to cash in on this video game deal. i’m not sure of the details but why do these guys need to sign a lifetime deal? i’m with fitch, if they want that type of commitment, then they can offer to take care of his familly in the event of his death. getting back to dana, his clips make it seem like he really can’t give a **** about his fighters. but he should cuz without fighters, he’d have nothing and without dana, the fighters would likely have nothing as well. it goes both ways but it sounds like dana’s trying to flex too much on this one. this is all based on a fraction of the information i’m sure, so take it with a grain of salt.
Good for you Jon the best thing zuffa could do at this point is to let that egomaniac White go. He has outlived his usefulness at this point. He was good at getting MMA on the mainstream map but he doesn’t have the skills to keep it there.
Nope, I have a problem. It would only be worse if I had a bag of cheetos, a beanbag chair and porno.
Although, would that really make it worse??? hmm
timcat,
this is off subject but u like mushroomhead dnt u…im kinda glad someone else here does …you cant walk down cleveland without seeing at least a hundred mushroomhead fans…i remember in cleveland booing slipknot off stage…..slipknot gets no love in cleveland..they got battered with rocks!
does everyone elsee go buckeyes at the top of the mmafrenzy homepage?…if so why does it say that is kris or eric ohio state fans if so good….michigan isnt even gonna score on saturday
ha ha.
i feel the same.
surfing,
You’re crazy man…..very funny too though.
mmm, i love cheetos…
Thank you KOuch, after the drama and BS from the other three or four topics of the day I felt a little humor was in order…what better than the truth to make you laugh!!!
this seemed stupid to begin with. i usually side with ol’ UFC pres., but according to his comments, he seemed like he was being an idiot about all this. then again, this is one of the few problems with the UFC pretty much running practically ALL of mma.
MCLOVIN
I hope that damn stadium falls into a hole to China. DEATH TO THE SUCKEYES!!!
I guess this means Zirkin, or whatever his name is, is going to continue being a dick at every turn.
Glad to see they got this sorted out. It sounds like Fitch is still getting AKA involved in his negotiations, and Dana is still fed up with those guys, but the Lorenzo stepped in and said, “Ok, Dana won’t deal with AKA, I will.” I understand being upset with the way that the whole thing was handled, but if you end up signing it in the end, and you really don’t have a problem with what you’re signing, sign the dang thing from the start, wait a few days, then call Dana up and say “Hey, I didn’t like the way that went down, can we do things differently next time.” That would save everyone a lot of trouble.
go buckeyes DBiz Go buckeyes!