Alistair Overeem no longer with Golden Glory

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/d6skk5

I would like to make a statement regarding the recent news of the separation from my long-time management Golden Glory. As with any relationship, there are good times and bad times - you have your common ground and your differences. As with any relationship, you have trust. When differences lead to a breach of trust, there's no turning back and no way to continue a positive, working relationship. I don't air my dirty laundry. I would appreciate the respect regarding my privacy to not disclose any further details on this matter.
Again, I would like to thank team Golden Glory for all the years we worked together and wish them success for the future.

Brock beats him with out the fix.

well this is interesting...

Dana wins again.

What about Marloes and JOE?

Maybe he found out Dream payed them but they didn't pay him?

Wolfgangsta wrote:

What about Marloes and JOE?

No word yet.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/9/20/2438176/ufc-141-bas-boon-responds-to-alistair-overeems-departure
Fighters Only Magazine reached out to
Golden Glory chief Bas Boon for comment on the split. His response
reads as someone who is just as shocked as the rest of us:

Overeem’s statement said he was splitting with his "long-time
management Golden Glory" but Boon seems to see it as Overeem no longer
training at the Golden Glory facility only. He told Fighters Only,
"There is a management contract in place and as long as this is honored
we are fine with the decision from Alistair and wish Alistair much
success in his further career."

For those that don't understand the Golden Glory system, I'll try to
quickly explain. It isn't a gym in the same sense as a Jackson's MMA or
TriStar gym. Bas Boon and Ron Nyqvist serve as managers as well as
trainers for their stable of fighters. It is why a fighter such as Semmy Schilt can fight under the Golden Glory banner but doesn't train with the rest of the team in Breda.

According to Overeem's comments, he is choosing to split from his
management team which makes Boon's comments to Fighters Only strange.
Boon it would seem, is under the impression that Alistair is only
choosing to split from training at the gym but will remain a Golden
Glory fighter in the client sense. The situation gets even weirder when
Boon spoke with MMA Junkie about the situation:

"I wasn't really surprised, actually, after the last three months
because he already had a lot of different ideas on how he would divide
certain percentages which were normal in the past, and apparently, are
not now," he said. "I think the judge will decide on this issue that we
have, and when that is decided, we will see who was right and who was
not."

To much writer, not enough news on BE so much of the time now.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/25312/alistair-overeem-splits-from-golden-glory-manager-hints-at-legal-action.mma?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mmajunkie+%28MMAjunkie.com+Feed%29
Former Strikeforce heavyweight champion and recent UFC signee Alistair
Overeem has split from his longtime MMA team Golden Glory, he announced
today on Twitter.

"As with any relationship, you have trust," he wrote. "When differences
lead to a breach of trust, there's no turning back and no way to
continue a positive, working relationship."

Golden Glory head Bas Boon today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he may take legal action against the fighter.

"I wasn't really surprised, actually, after the last three months
because he already had a lot of different ideas on how he would divide
certain percentages which were normal in the past, and apparently, are
not now," he said. "I think the judge will decide on this issue that we
have, and when that is decided, we will see who was right and who was
not."

Martin De Jong, one of Overeem's trainers at Golden Glory, believes
Overeem's departure relates only to the management side of his
relationship with the team, but he isn't sure whether the fighter will
train with him again.

"I'm stuck in the middle," he said.

Overeem offered few details about his decision to leave the team, and he
requested privacy in the matter. His representatives were unavailable
for additional comment.

"I don't air my dirty laundry," he wrote in his statement.

The news comes weeks after Overeem (35-11 MMA, 0-0 UFC) signed a
multi-fight deal with the UFC that includes a headlining fight against
Brock Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at UFC 141, which takes place Dec. 30 at
the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was an abrupt turnaround
from his fortunes just a few months prior when he was released from
Strikeforce along with three other Golden Glory fighters.

During that time, a public dispute arose between the MMA team and
UFC/Strikeforce parent company Zuffa LLC. UFC president Dana White said
the cuts were made because Golden Glory insisted on routing fighter
payments through them, as opposed to directly to the fighters.

Overeem had been a participant in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand
prix, though he turned down a fight in the semifinals on Sept. 10
against Antonio Silva due to injury.

Boon later told MMAjunkie.com that his team was willing to work with the
UFC and hoped to return to the negotiating table. UFC officials
announced Overeem's new deal early this month.

"The deal with the UFC was done by me," Boon said. "This was a brilliant
deal out of a very difficult situation. Four Golden Glory guys were
sacked by Zuffa, and I made a statement, and I negotiated a very, very
good contract in good faith with the UFC.

"The UFC is not to blame for this. I understand that they wanted direct
payments to fighters. They made their rules very clear, and we obeyed
that and didn't have any problems with that. I think now, this thing
could actually be a benefit for us."

Overeem on Monday told MMAFighting.com
that he's still waiting for the benefit from his performance at the
2010 K-1 World Grand Prix. The Japanese kickboxing promotion has yet to
pay him for his fight against Peter Aerts in the competition's finals.
He said he planned to sue.

"Maybe that has to do with it, as well," Boon said. "Everybody has
problems with this, and I'm trying to do my best to solve this matter in
Japan. It's not easy, and of course, people are getting restless, and
some people need to point the finger at certain people when things go
wrong, but the only thing we can do is our best. It looks good, but
these things take time."

However, the manager said he has yet to hear an official reason for the departure since the announcement.

"I've been together with Alistair for 12 years," he said. "He slept in
my house; I treated him like real friends. It's kind of sad that maybe
other influences by other people made him decide to go away, especially
on the deal of a lifetime. That's very disappointing."

This could get ugly.

Good. Go to a Real camp in America

bobbitt15 wrote:

Good. Go to a Real camp in America

I think he said he's going to train in the States from now on and rumor is he's going to train at Chuck Liddell's gym.

Chuck's gym is shit.

Join Black House. They just lost their HW.

http://middleeasy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5913:update-confirmed-gokhan-saki-and-others-leaving-golden-glory&catid=34:organizations

Gokhan Saki joining the exodus

I hope Saki starts fighting mma, he's the shit. Love watching his fights

as Ninja pointed out in the K1 thread Saki is training for his mma debut, which would rock my world! he's a hell of a fighter