Tyrone Spong explains why he didn’t settle for UFC supply
“At the moment, I had an excellent contact and conferences with the UFC, with Dana White,” Spong advised MMA Fighting. “I like what Dana’s doing. I believe by far he’s the very best promoter in fight sports activities. However at the moment I used to be the person on the town, and I had many choices, which is a blessing and a curse on the identical time as a result of it makes you indecisive.
“I used to be combating MMA, boxing, kickboxing, all collectively,” Spong added. “I believe if you wish to go into the UFC, you need to solely deal with that. One, as a result of the extent of competitors. And two, I didn’t need that at the moment as a result of I had these different nice choices, objectives and achievements. And if you signal there, you’re caught on that contract. At the moment, the cash and being caught there was not value it for me. However like I mentioned, if it makes {dollars}, it is sensible, and the problem is true, why not?”
Apparently, it wasn’t a typical newbie contract Spong was supplied both — however he nonetheless mentioned no.
He doesn’t remorse it, essentially. Nonetheless, he understandably wonders what might need been.
“It was not a bulls**t supply,” Spong mentioned. “I gained’t go into particulars, but it surely was not a nasty supply. By no means. It was not unhealthy, however like I mentioned, I had so many choices the place I might do extra and had extra challenges and cement my legacy in fight sports activities basically that I opted to not take it at the moment.
“Do I remorse it? What ifs don’t rely. It occurred. I didn’t do it at the moment. For those who go and assume, what if I had finished it? For those who have a look at sure guys, and the successes that they’ve whereas I do know that, as a fighter you’re assured, the place I do know that I might beat these guys. Possibly I made the improper resolution, perhaps not. Who is aware of? We’ll by no means know.”
Tyrone Spong, now 39, will problem Sam Alvey for the Karate Fight heavyweight belt on Might 2.
