Golden Glory has finally released a statement regarding the release of Valentijn Overeem, John Olav Einemo and Marloes Coenen from co-founder Bas Boon.
The Dutch promotion and management company had been noticeably silent on the topic since the cuts were made in the wake of Alistair Overeem’s removal from the Strikeforce Grand Prix and the organisation itself.
Co-founder of Golden Glory Bas Boon released this statement through Fighters Only magazine:
‘I understand this from a business point of few, but some companies can’t effort to pay 100K or more to an organisation. And some fighters getting 5 or 10K in sponsorship is were they actually can make some good money.
‘We just wanted the things as they were before, but it was far from what it was before. The payment was done how the UFC wanted and again we agreed and did the same as in Vancouver, so that matter was solved , so I do not understand why Dana [White, owner of UFC] claims we did not agree.
‘We did not have a choice and never said we would not fight in the future or that we would refuse to work like this in the future Maybe there is a miscommunication and Dana was not well informed that the direct payment issue was solved and no longer an issue, as I myself have been in and out hospital for two weeks because of heath issues (the reason why this press release is so late).
‘Anyway we regret the response from Zuffa and the releases, but it is their company and they can do what they want, we would like to keep working in the future with the UFC and with this statement I clearly say that direct payment to any of our fighter was not a problem and will not be a problem in the future.”
Boon did mention, however, that it could still be possible for Zuffa to cut an exclusive deal with Overeem.
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