Starnes Hating, Fighter Bashing

**BSDaemon** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 6:55pm

Just in, Starnes cut from the UFC. Are you happy now?

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 7:18pm

Originally Posted by BSDaemon

Just in, Starnes cut from the UFC. Are you happy now?

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=12408

**Beezer** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 7:18pm

Originally Posted by BSDaemon

Just in, Starnes cut from the UFC. Are you happy now?

Now, Kalib can find out what low pay is really about.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 7:19pm

This might have been his plan all along.

**Teh El Macho** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 9:34pm

To be off the UFC? In THAT fashion?????

**bob** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 10:05pm

This is a post made by Kalib Starnes on Another Forum in a thread discussing fighter pay a couple of months ago:

"An agent or agency which could provide collective representation for enough of the top talent may have a chance at negotiating to protect the rights and interests of the athletes. Boxers take home about 40% of the money, we take home less than 5%, the guys with the cash make the rules, reward their biggest names, and everybody else can fend for themselves. Chris Leben makes $25,000 and $25,000 Jason McDonald makes similar money, I beat them both and I'll make $7,000 and $7,000 my next fight. You can imagine fighting on a big pay per view show, losing, and leaving with $7,000 then paying taxes and training expenses and living expenses for the previous 2 -3 months that you needed to train for the bout. You can be one of the top 10 - 20 fighters in your weight class in the world and make less than a garbage man. It's a cut-throat business, lose a few and you're nothing. See you in Montreal bitches!!!"

I doubt it will win him many more friends but at least there was some kind of reasoning behind it, it seems.

**ADM** · Posted On: 4/21/2008 10:23pm

So another fighter complaining about fighters pay. I've always said fighters need to be paid more, the reason I say this is because to take 3 months off work, off life, etc to train in something that can leave you injured for life, you'd want to be well compensated for that.

UFC shouldn't / couldn't fall back on the "well we're not making enough $$$" because clearly they are.

Not justifying Starnes' 'effort' in his last fight though, that was fairly piss poor. Maybe he should go get a job and fight in amaeture bouts in his spare time like everyone else who simply likes to fight.

**hoodedmonk** · Posted On: 4/22/2008 12:42am

Originally Posted by bornsceptic

This is a post made by Kalib Starnes on Another Forum in a thread discussing fighter pay a couple of months ago:

I doubt it will win him many more friends but at least there was some kind of reasoning behind it, it seems.

Sounds like a whole lot of cry ass'in to me!
**** 'em! he's a disgrace!
:evil1:

**DaChinkOfSteel** · Posted On: 4/22/2008 1:58pm

So basically...this was Starnes' version of a "fighter's strike"? Things like that don't work when it's a mediocre fighter that can easily be replaced....

**G-Off** · Posted On: 4/22/2008 3:10pm

Originally Posted by DaChinkOfSteel

So basically...this was Starnes' version of a "fighter's strike"? Things like that don't work when it's a mediocre fighter that can easily be replaced....

What would've worked better is if he'd run away for 13 minutes, then went nuts and knocked Quarry the **** out in the last 2 minutes. That'd be proving a point, though I'm not sure what point exactly. But it shows you have some skill that you deserve to be paid for, rather than proving you're in the wrong sport.