Shine Fights targets summer return; agrees to pay fighters after commission cancels May 15 event
by Jesse Holland on May 16, 2010 1:27 PM EDT
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"The judge granted the injunction for Don King, and so the Ricardo Mayorga fight was off. However, we were ready to move forward with our show because we felt and we still feel like we have a great card. So we were ready to go put it on and fans were actually in the building from my understanding, and the commissioner ended up calling the fights for reasons I'm not entirely sure of ... I didn't know [the athletic commission] could cancel the show ... I just want to get an understanding from their side of things why they decided to call the event ... The fighters will all be taken care of financially for this fight. This is not going to be a situation where we're going to say 'oh the fight's canceled, nobody's getting paid.' People will be paid, and we're going to look to put on a fight very soon. We're probably looking at June/July/August."
Shine Fights CEO Devin Price reacts to the cancellation of his "Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas" pay-per-view event on May 15, after the courts awarded Don King Productions a last-minute injunction barring "El Matador's" participation in the main event. Price and Co. were prepared to continue with their event and promote "Ninja" Rua into the main event against David Heath; however, the North Carolina Athletic Commission pulled the plug. Was it because Shine defiantly promised to ignore the injunction immediately following the ruling? Or were there other reasons? We'll likely find out on Monday morning. Stay tuned.
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Smh at shine promotions... I feel bad for the fans that bought tickets...
by Drew Nikel on May 16, 2010 1:37 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
i know they wasted a good $5..
For what profit is it to man if he gains the world , and loses his own soul?
- Matthew 16:26
C’mon, man. Don’t turn this into BloodyElbow where everyone tries to be so witty and clever. Yaaawn.
u wrote a comment just to say that, man and i thought i wasted time..
For what profit is it to man if he gains the world , and loses his own soul?
- Matthew 16:26
I wonder if the "A" at the end of Anonymous is for asshole??
Well, that one in the center: he had a flap holster and he was in no itchin' hurry. And the one second from the left: he had scared eyes, he wasn't gonna do nothin'. But that one on the far left: he had crazy eyes. Figured him to make the first move.
Don King was SCURRED
"Wanderlei Silva; hallowed be thy name." - Genesis 50:27
by O damn he got caught on May 16, 2010 3:19 PM EDT reply actions
Im glad to hear that.
DKP put the fighters in a vicarious situation. It’s great that Shine paid them.
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
Hmmmm… I see it as Shine put the fighters in that position and it was only right that they paid the fighters.
No pats on the back for Shine from me.
Just BE.
There's a lot of 'other' stuff that went on
some of the fighters still hadn’t been paid as of 3pm today.
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by Kelvin Hunt on May 16, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with Mattman73 to a point.
But, DKP was more worried about Mayorga’s marketability in boxing. The loss he was destined for would have done alot to tarnish his image. This fight in reality would have helped Mayorga’s image, at least in my eyes. I would have respected him for coming out of his comfort zone and testing himself.
I think if Shine ultimately doesnt pay them, they can forget trying to promote a fight card, and still expect to have any credibility. Devin Price on the surface, appears to be a good guy. I wonder, Kelvin, does Price have any legal rights here?
If Russia attacked Turkey from the rear, Do you think Greece would help?
This is what I was told
The promotion is to have money on hand to pay the fighters….Devin Price was supposedly in Florida for court hearing and he had the money. Other folks from Shine kept saying that Price was en-route to Fayetteville but never really said when he would get there. Once it approached show time for the fights to begin, Price still wasn’t there. So the commission pulled the plug because there was no money on hand to guarantee the fighters would get paid.
Being that we cover North Carolina MMA…I can say that the commission here is always on point and this is a prime example. Now, I don’t know if or when Price ever got to North Carolina. I KNOW he didn’t get there by 11pm last night…which the event would have been near the end for all intents and purposes. So would the fighters have gotten paid had the show gone on? That’s right…so that’s why the commission canceled the entire show.
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Interesting stuff
Sounds like this Price guy and Shine are just as crooked as Don King and the rest of those theiving scumbags. Good on the NCAC for scrapping the event if that’s the case. I hope these guys do get paid regardless and I hope that nobody gets conned by these lot again. I can safely say that I won’t bother buying anything from Shine.
"Kimbo Slice sucks like I've been saying for the last few months, this fucking guy can't fight and he got knocked out in 13 seconds" (Dana White)
"The one thing we know about Kimbo Slice, this guy is a fighter, this guy will come to fight" (Dana White)
btw
I hope to speak with the guy that shut the show down on tomorrow…so stay tuned as we hope to get all the facts out there.
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great coverage…..i had friends who headed down there to see the fights.
you just never know in the fight game….esp. for figthers who turned down other fights, paid for training camp….sponsorship money…..man.
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by theworldsoldestsport on May 17, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
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