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Werdum tells Reebok to ‘suck my b—’, says unhappy UFC fighters should also speak up
Fabricio Werdum is protesting Reebok sponsorship pay, and says all these unhappy UFC fighters should do the same.
Fabricio Werdum recently took to social media to express his displeasure with Reebok. The former UFC heavyweight champion posted a picture of himself in photoshopped Nike gear, with the following caption in Portugese, followed by Spanish hashtags: “I’m not generic, I’m Nike since childhood! #suck #myballs #reebok”
A photo posted by Fabricio Werdum (@werdum) on Oct 25, 2016 at 10:43am PDT
Werdum elaborated on the topic on a recent Facebook video, and said it was because of low sponsorship pay that Reebok is offering.
“I was protesting,” Werdum said as translated by MMA Fighting. “Actually, I’m not forced to use Reebok. I don’t have a contract with them. For people that don’t know, Reebok sponsors, well, sponsors, only during the fight and in the fight week you have to wear it [Reebok gear], it’s in the contract. In reality, I don’t have a deal with them to post outside the UFC. I can post whatever I want, if I want to post Kings MMA, I’ll post. If I want to post Nike or any other company or the sponsors I have, anything, so I’m not obligated.”
“For people saying I’d get in trouble, there will be no trouble. It was just a protest, something that before we could show any sponsor we wanted. We used to get real good money, it was a lot different from Reebok. Today, with Reebok there is a pay scale, if you have a certain number of fights you get $5,000, $8,000. Of course it’s good money, but nothing like it was before, so of course it was a protest.”
“I think fighters need to start speaking because no one is happy,” Werdum said. “It’s something that is in our contract, we have to sign it and end of story. We don’t have options.”
“It was nice because it [the photo] was featured even in Globo.com. People talking, ‘Werdum signed with Nike’, no, but if Nike is interested, we’re here.”
Werdum is currently set to rematch Cain Velasquez at UFC 207.
Fabricio Werdum is protesting Reebok sponsorship pay, and says all these unhappy UFC fighters should do the same.
Fabricio Werdum recently took to social media to express his displeasure with Reebok. The former UFC heavyweight champion posted a picture of himself in photoshopped Nike gear, with the following caption in Portugese, followed by Spanish hashtags: “I’m not generic, I’m Nike since childhood! #suck #myballs #reebok”
Werdum elaborated on the topic on a recent Facebook video, and said it was because of low sponsorship pay that Reebok is offering.
“I was protesting,” Werdum said as translated by MMA Fighting. “Actually, I’m not forced to use Reebok. I don’t have a contract with them. For people that don’t know, Reebok sponsors, well, sponsors, only during the fight and in the fight week you have to wear it [Reebok gear], it’s in the contract. In reality, I don’t have a deal with them to post outside the UFC. I can post whatever I want, if I want to post Kings MMA, I’ll post. If I want to post Nike or any other company or the sponsors I have, anything, so I’m not obligated.”
“For people saying I’d get in trouble, there will be no trouble. It was just a protest, something that before we could show any sponsor we wanted. We used to get real good money, it was a lot different from Reebok. Today, with Reebok there is a pay scale, if you have a certain number of fights you get $5,000, $8,000. Of course it’s good money, but nothing like it was before, so of course it was a protest.”
“I think fighters need to start speaking because no one is happy,” Werdum said. “It’s something that is in our contract, we have to sign it and end of story. We don’t have options.”
“It was nice because it [the photo] was featured even in Globo.com. People talking, ‘Werdum signed with Nike’, no, but if Nike is interested, we’re here.”
Werdum is currently set to rematch Cain Velasquez at UFC 207.
