Nick Thompson not happy with HCF
Posted by Iain Liddle on 15th April 2008
From MMA.TV
I was stoked to be joining HCF. We really had a good feeling about
Keith (HCF matchmaker) and liked where HCF was headed. I was scheduled
to fight May 10th. As recently as two weeks ago, Keith had promised
myself and Derrick Noble that we would be fighting on May 10th no
matter what. Now we can’t get ahold of them; keith won’t return our
managers calls or e-mails. In fact, it took another fighter’s manager
to tell us that the show was postponed. And even after that, we still
have not talked to HCF.I understand shit happens but they need to communicate with their
fighters. Had they called me and told me that there was a chance we
wouldn’t be fighting, I would have made plans accordingly. As it is, I
was counting on that money for a deposit on a new house. Not to mention
I have been training and dieting for that fight and have even missed
classes in order to make sure my training is where it needed to be. HCF
may have good reason for postponing their show but no reason for not
communicating with their talent. Fighters plan their lives around their
fights and I want nothing to do with a company that doesn’t respect
that. As such, I probably won’t sign with HCF even though they have
offered me a nice contract.You can say what you want about Dana White and his business tactics
but I will tell you this, the UFC and some of the other companies of
their ilk are in the minority in that if they say you are fighting on
this date or will be that amount, you will be fighting on that date and
getting paid that amount.
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