Stephane Patry resigns as president from TKO in Canada

by Sean McManus on Oct 31, 2008 12:01 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

Stephane Patry -- the founder of Canada’s original and most successful professional mixed martial arts organization -- has resigned his position as president of TKO Championship Fighting.

Patry was instrumental in bringing 44 shows to the Montreal region under the banner. However, according to a report on Sportsnet.ca, the Montreal native has decided to call it quits and will pursue new challenges.

Here’s a snip:

"I've been involved in promoting a sport and producing shows for close to nine years…it was a good time for me to step down. I think I accomplished a lot of things in and for the sport. I decided I want to focus on other things."

TKO is renowned for grooming the careers of stars such as UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, recent number one UFC middleweight contender Patrick Cote, Mark Hominick, David Loiseau and Sam Stout, among others.

Patry will continue to manage a stable of approximately seven professional fighters, which includes Cote.

Here is what he had to say about continuing with this side of the business:

"I will stay involved with the sport as a manager and also continue my work in television as a TV analyst."

No replacement has yet been named and TKO’s December 5 show has subsequently been cancelled.

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she must’ve screwed up some where behind closed doors! haha.
and again…. FIRST!!!!!

by boardRIDER on Oct 31, 2008 12:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

sorry about that first comment…
she/he… no matter. more like a mahu! hahaha.

by boardRIDER on Oct 31, 2008 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

THIRD

She sounds hot, I bet she can raise a few “bars” for the show.

by MandrillFromManilla on Oct 31, 2008 12:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lmao….research dudes….its a hairy french man

by BigPelly on Oct 31, 2008 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hairy? could be. he doesn’t have any on his head though. in that case, how do you know he’s hairy????

by JB on Oct 31, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw him at the gym in a tank ….good enuf ??

by BigPelly on Nov 2, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats pretty lame that you just read the headline and post a comment. Stephane is a guy and is leaving the company with no bad incedents. It helps to read the article instead of race to post first.

by Cogito Ergo Sum on Oct 31, 2008 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

^^^agreed…wow.

by Seamus on Oct 31, 2008 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Another newb outs himeself. Anyone who’s been around MMA even a few years should know who Stephane Patry is.

by ToeLock on Oct 31, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

w/e – some french dude with a girl name – bye bye

by Anger Jack on Oct 31, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this coming from a guy names ‘anger jack’ caught between beligerance and breakfast cereal…and an english dude with a sad name ….bye bye

by BigPelly on Oct 31, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stephane is a really common name for guys here in Quebec… He did a really great job and i was really looking forward to see the next event… fking sucks