原订UFC 213 co-main event的TJ Dillashaw vs Cody Garbrandt因为Cody的背伤而取消 目前副赛已改成Yoel Romero vs Robert Whittaker for interim MW title TJ和Cody两人吵了老半天也没打 想必也多少会连累TUF的收视率 这几天UFC官方开始积极地撮合TJ vs Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson 而且赛事会订在Flyweight (125lb) 也就是TJ会减重来跟Mighty Mouse打一场 时间可能会订在8/19的UFC 215 地点则会在Seattle, Washington Mighty Mouse不久前才降伏了Wilson Reis @UFC on Fox 24 追平了Anderson 'The Spider' Silva的title defense纪录(10) 原订下一场对上FW#3的Ray Borg 若再夺下胜利则可达到史无前例的11次成功扞卫腰带 但想也知道 UFC官方对这个赛事可说是兴趣缺缺 Mmoney fight才是他们要的阿! 而TJ vs Mighty Mouse这种跨量级的比赛相较之下才是比较有搞头的 而且也有比较多话题可以吵 举例来说 新闻标题可以下: "Can TJ stop p4p#1 Mighty Mouse from breaking title defense record?"之类的 虽然UFC官方和Dana不断对外'宣传'这场赛事 但Mighty Mouse则表示他尚未接受与TJ一战 目前还是暂订下一战是和Ray Borg打 Dana听到大为光火 在采访中还用'insanity'来形容Mighty Mouse拒绝与TJ一战之事 甚至还说"You (Mighty Mouse) don’t make the fights around here, I do." 网路上也不少舆论在说Mighty Mouse之所以不接受是因为担心怕输 只想挑简单的打 毕竟TJ实力明显比Ray Borg高了一个档次 而且一旦输了还连带失去了破纪录的机会 也有人反讽说Mighty Mouse不愿增重去挑战其他量级的选手 (其实之前有和Dom打过) 现在前BW冠军都愿意减重和你打了你还不要 这样还有甚麽资格自称p4p#1? 甚至有人说Mighty Mouse平常一直靠腰薪水拿太少 现在有这个大好机会又不好好把握 这样还有甚麽资格要money fight? 还是一辈子待在FW自爽吧! 诸如此类的言论不胜枚举 风向基本上都是对Mighty Mouse不利 不过今天一向不爱放话的Mighty Mouse似乎也忍受不住了 发表了一段言论解释一切缘由 包括他和UFC官方的对谈以及他为何不愿接受这场赛事安排 相关新闻连结如下: https://goo.gl/2nYUBx https://goo.gl/Cnonjx https://goo.gl/W5e8xJ 这篇截录几段翻大意 大家有空可以看全文~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "UFC Matchmaker Mick Maynard called and offered the fight vs. Ray Borg. I thought [Sergio] Pettis was a more marketable name and on a longer winning streak. Mick went back to Dana, then came back and told us that I had no choice, it was going to be Ray Borg, not Pettis, and there were no other options. That was the command from Dana and company. This would mean that my only chance at PPV points at flyweight was vs. Ray Borg. I said OK, but it’s not fair to make that my only chance at PPV points, when Cody Garbrandt is saying he wants to come down and fight me at flyweight, which was the fight I wanted. We told Mick that to be fair we would take the fight, but [we] want PPV points for future fights at flyweight. Mick agreed and said it was fair and didn’t see any problem with that situation. Mick spoke to Dana and [UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby, who then told him to deny giving me any future PPV points for all of my future flyweight fights. Further, I still had to fight Ray Borg and they were giving me no other choice." 大力鼠好不容易有PPV的机会 因此偏好Sergio Pettis over Ray Borg 在被Dana拒绝後 改问若他接受此赛事 是否他之後FW能有PPV机会 结果再次被打枪 "I wanted a reason for not being allowed any future PPV points. Sean Shelby called and told us how smaller fighters don’t sell, that UFC can’t make stars of anyone, and that a fight between Cody and I wouldn’t be a sellable fight. We disagreed. I think a fight between Cody and I would be popular if it was even given a small serving of the marketing efforts put into other big fights. UFC has failed to market and promote me appropriately. Prior to my last fight, where I tied the record for the most consecutive successful title defenses, we waited to re-post UFC’s social media posts about me from their Facebook page. There weren't any posts until a few days into fight week, then, there were a total of two posts. In comparison to others who they promote across their social media platforms, they failed to do their job in promoting me and that monumental event. In my recent conversations, Sean and Dana have confirmed UFC’s lack of desire to put any effort into promoting us." 大力鼠觉得FW之所以关注度这麽低不是因为单纯没人想看矮个子们对战 而是UFC根本就没有好好宣传这个量级 就连先前他追平蜘蛛10 title defenses的纪录时 官方竟然等了好几天才发了两篇文章提到这项创举 很明显他们根本对这个量级没兴趣 "With me, the UFC chooses not to market the best fighter in the world and arguably the greatest fighter of all time. I can’t think of any other sports organization in the world that has the best player in the sport where the league, or the organization, doesn’t market that player to their loyal fan base to sell more of their product. Look at my track record for showing up to fights. Look at my track record of finishing fights. Look at my track record of getting fight night bonuses. Ask yourself if you think that if the UFC decided to truly put marketing dollars behind me that they couldn’t sell me or my fights." 大力鼠深信以他的成就绝对有行销的空间 但UFC就是不想把时间花在他身上 "Cody Garbradt injured his back and TJ Dillashaw said he wanted to fight me. Dana told me he wanted me to fight TJ, which I disagreed with for multiple reasons. First, TJ has never fought at flyweight and is unlikely to make the weight, which would then eliminate the possibility of breaking the title defense record. Second, they have already told me that a fight between Cody and I wouldn’t be sellable, so fighting TJ would have no monetary upside. Third, TJ is not a flyweight or a current champion in another weight class and was KO’ed by the flyweight whom I beat twice already. Last, Ray Borg and I already agreed to the fight, which UFC tyrannically demanded, while denying me any future PPV points." 大力鼠给出了拒绝TJ一战的四个理由: 1. TJ生涯从未在FW出战过 能成功减重的机率微乎其微 如果TJ不幸减重失败 大力鼠还因此失去破title defense的机会 2. 官方都说和Cody一战卖不了PPV了 凭甚麽和TJ打就可以? 3. TJ不仅不在FW 现在也不是任何一个量级的冠军 而且还被一个他击败过两次的John Dodson给KO过 到底凭甚麽有资格和他打? 4. UFC先前霸道地要求他出战Ray Borg不得有异议 而且还不保证他之後有PPV机会 现在又再次强行逼他出战TJ 未免也太不近人情 "After telling Dana my reasons, Dana angrily told me that I am fighting TJ, once again, with no other option or say in my career, and against the plans we had previously laid out. He went on further to say that if I didn’t take the fight against TJ, and drop Borg as the opponent, he would get rid of the entire flyweight division. He said, this is for TJ and I’m taking away TJ’s opportunity. That fact that he feels that what I should do in my career is for TJ, tells where his priority lies." Dana胁迫大力鼠如果不接受与TJ一战 他会直接砍掉整个FW division "We ended by disagreeing and left it there. The next day, Dana went to the media and announced that I was fighting TJ Dillashaw, in an obvious attempt to bully me in the media and tarnish my reputation. I posted a short statement letting people know that I had not agreed to the TJ fight, but had already agreed to fight Ray Borg, as demanded by UFC. Dana put up an interview stating that it was “insane” that I didn’t want to fight TJ, that “he makes the matches and that is the match he is making,” and, “You tell me why DJ doesn’t want to fight TJ,” trying to make it as though I am scared or ducking TJ Dillashaw." 这边提到Dana利用媒体界对他进行舆论霸凌 营造出他'惧战'的形象 "We told him that since it was guaranteed by TJ and UFC was demanding and putting me in a bad circumstance, then it is fair that if TJ didn’t make weight, the fight would be off and I would still get my guarantee, plus TJ’s guaranteed pay. Mick said that Ray would be on the card and he could fill in if TJ didn’t make weight. We said, oh, then which one do I train for? I thought TJ guaranteed he was making weight. Is it a world championship with the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter on earth, or an amateur tournament where I don’t know who I’m fighting until I get there. Obviously there was no guarantee and they just wanted to push me to do something that they knew wasn ’t a good choice for my career." 大力鼠提到如果真的要和TJ打 而且官方一直向他保证TJ可以减到125lb 那如果TJ减重失败 他应该要拿到他自己和TJ那份出场费 不然他的牺牲不就毫无意义了? 结果官方说Ray Borg可以当备胎 如果这种情况发生他可以随时递补 大力鼠觉得莫名其妙 那他到底要针对谁做训练阿?而且这样不就代表他们根本不敢保证TJ能成功减重吗? "This is typical of the unfulfilled promises and bullying that has gone on through my UFC career." 帮大力鼠QQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 大力鼠在UFC被亏待也不是一两天的事了 不少人觉得是因为在这个量级缺少能与大力鼠匹敌的选手 况且也不容易找到体重如此轻的男性选手 分母本来就小 能出现顶尖选手的机率当然也低 FW量级的top contenders大力鼠几乎都打过了 好几次的选手都是应挤出来的 (Ian McCall*2, Joseph Benavidez*2, John Dodson*2, Henry Cejudo*1, etc) 此外这个量级也没有太多话题可以炒作 稍重一点的BW量级 还可以炒一下Dominick Cruz/TJ Dillashaw <---> Team Alpha Male 而且光是Dominick Cruz或是TJ Dillashaw本身都有比较多故事可以讲 更重一点的量级就不更不用说了 即便一堆老面孔打来打去观众也还是会买单 相较之下 拥有无数成就的大力鼠反而几乎没有讨论热度 而且大力鼠本身又不喜欢trash talk 观众连想看你输的动力都没有 顶多偶尔上网查一查看看大力鼠又成功扞卫腰带几次了 观众对选手们讨论度低 → 没人想花费看比赛 → 官方没钱赚 → 官方不愿花心力宣传 ↑ │ └────────────────────────────┘ 恶性循环下FW的存在度就更低了 UFC觉得大力鼠不能为他们创造收益 凹你也只是刚好而已 以前大力鼠似乎也自知没本钱和UFC讨价还价 所有委屈也只能往肚里吞 但一切的不满似乎终於在这次事件之後爆发出来了 大力鼠是不是UFC最被亏待的冠军呢?这赛事安排合理吗?以及FW的未来到底在哪里? 大家讨论看看吧~ --

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