http://www.cagepotato.com/one-of-rick-hawns-sponsors-just-pulled-the-mother-of-all-scumbag-moves/Rick Hawn‘s lightweight title challenge against
Michael Chandler last week at Bellator 85 didn’t
go so well. Chandler was able to put the decorated judoka on his back
with relative ease, before finishing him with a rear-naked choke in
round two. But as disappointing as the loss was for Hawn, it paled in
comparison to what came next. As Hawn
revealed on twitter last night,
“one of my main sponsors from my fight canceled his check cuz he wasnt
happy with the outcome or my performance…A lawsuit is pending so I
cannot comment on who it is just yet but stay tuned.”
I think we can all agree that a company that stiffs one of its
sponsored MMA fighters because he lost should be immediately banned from
the sport. But what makes this story sink to another level of
scumbaggery is that the sponsor is actually
defending the non-payment as a wise business decision. Here’s what the still-unnamed
floor-turd had to say in an e-mail
purportedly sent to our old friend Mike Russell:
“
At this point, a stop payment has been placed on check which
cannot be cashed or deposited now. I will not comment on Rick and his
fight. That is not my place. But what I will tell you is this: I took a
huge chance with him. TV exposure was great…but it only holds weight if
he wins or puts on a good show. Neither happened. At the end of the
day…not one sole (sp) will run to [my] store and buy product because
they [saw my logo and saw] Rick loose (sp) the fight. I’ve made it my
career and business to know what nets a return on investment for the
brand…and this is the number 1 reason why I DO NOT hand out money or
product to fighters.”
Man, this is not going to end well for this douche. To this point,
Rick and Mike haven’t revealed who the sponsor is, or even hinted at his
identity — a wise move, from a legal standpoint. But if you cruise
through
the UG thread, you’ll see that by about page 6, the UG’s keyboard-detectives have made a pretty compelling case about who it
might be.
With the shitstorm-clouds gathering, the sponsor is now looking to do
some damage control. “We got a text telling us that he would pay up
last night if we apologized and Rick took down his Twitter post,”
Mike wrote. At this point, Hawn has no intention of apologizing. We’ll update you when the sponsor is officially outed.
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