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With Dana saying they won't be signing Ben Askren and suggesting he instead sign with WSOF....and WSOF's top guys (Sefo & someone else) were guests at the show last night....Zach Arnold dropped this in October
FWIW, Askren is headed to Singapore to train with Evolve (along with his base in Milwaukee), so logic says One FC is more of a likelihood than WSOF.
WSOF is bankrolled by Sig Rogich. Rogich is one of the two or three most powerful political fixers in the state of Nevada. He’s an H.W. Bush style Establishment Republican. He’s not exactly a tea party guy, he’s a big business/crony capitalist/public relations guy with tentacles in Washington D.C. and all over the country.
With Harry Reid fixer Harvey Whittemore off to jail, Rogich’s power is further increased.
Rogich used to be the man at the Nevada State Athletic Commission during Marc Ratner’s tenure. He brings all the pols to the big fights in Vegas still. It is Lorenzo, Rogich, Ratner, and the AG’s office protecting Keith Kizer politically.
Rogich is super-close to the Fertitta empire. He does nothing to piss them off. Hence, whatever moves he makes are basically blessed (officially or not) by UFC. The only purpose of WSOF is to be the stalking horse of Bellator, to do UFC’s bidding. That’s why when fighters like Fitch and Volkmann rant on Twitter about how WSOF treats them so much better than UFC, Dana is laughing his ass off — because WSOF is essentially UFC’s minor league play. The fighters look stupid praising Rogich & Sefo but ripping into Dana.
With Harry Reid fixer Harvey Whittemore off to jail, Rogich’s power is further increased.
Rogich used to be the man at the Nevada State Athletic Commission during Marc Ratner’s tenure. He brings all the pols to the big fights in Vegas still. It is Lorenzo, Rogich, Ratner, and the AG’s office protecting Keith Kizer politically.
Rogich is super-close to the Fertitta empire. He does nothing to piss them off. Hence, whatever moves he makes are basically blessed (officially or not) by UFC. The only purpose of WSOF is to be the stalking horse of Bellator, to do UFC’s bidding. That’s why when fighters like Fitch and Volkmann rant on Twitter about how WSOF treats them so much better than UFC, Dana is laughing his ass off — because WSOF is essentially UFC’s minor league play. The fighters look stupid praising Rogich & Sefo but ripping into Dana.
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