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So it looks to me as if they gave him "takeover access" for a day or so..and boy did he..not only did he get his exposure, then at the end he decided to tell his story. I mean, who's silly enough to screw someone over then give then their Instagram password and stuff?? For a sec I thought they got hacked, nope, they announced he was gonna be taking over their page. Hahaha. :-)
haha nice.
Wow I love it!
LMAO. Funny enough, Vinny recently posted on his FB account talking bout "I got paid." And I love Vinny for his BJJ and I get he wants to remain diplomatic so that possible future payments are on time, but cmon. Call a spade a spade. Ralek is not good at much besides jiu jitsu. As a businessman he sucks and it seems that he also sucks as a person.
I don't even like AJ. But I appreciate what he's doing here.
Don't forget accomplished recording artist ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by David Rosado
Ralek is about as smart as a coffee mug.
AJ has an incentive to promote Polaris, a competitor to your promotion......and he's also a KNOWN online troll (see his antics with Keenan Cornelius or his voice for FloGrappling commentary as two of many examples)...AND you haven't paid him.
Yet you STILL give him access to your social media account?!! Why?!!
Out of a dozen dumb moves, this may top the list for metamoris.
3 hours later and I'm still laughing.
This made my night
You reap what you sow. Karma's a smart bitch and when they went after EBI by taking Mafra and trying to take Tonon, that was the end. Good riddance, Metamoris. I'm happy EBI and Polaris are holding fort.
I'm sorry, I don't exactly remember sowing knees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiseop
Metamoris went from hero to zero pretty quick. Oh well, long live EBI and anyone else who treats their grapplers with respect.
Checkmate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diogo Trigo
I thought they took Dillon Danis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiseop
Keenan went on his FB to defend Ralek, but I'm like, dude, you're only talking nice because YOU got paid. And you only got paid because Ralek was throwing around investor money. But without that investor money, you see how he really is. Screwing people over and using all sorts of dirty tactics.
I believe Mafra was the one that pulled out day of EBI 3 because of RalekQuote:
Originally Posted by David Rosado
yup, he poached Dillion a week or two before if my memory serves me correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
Yes, Danis was prior to EBI 3. He tried Tonon too, and got Mafra the day of the event. Javi Vasquez drove in from his academy at like 2 hours notice and filled in nicely. Much respect to Javi and Rose Gracie.
Ralek responds with typical douchbaggery:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAgBV0ZqfTM/
The copy paste made the formatting all into a wall of text so I broke it into paragraphs, but they paragraphs' structure doesn't match what you'll see on instagram.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralek on Instagram
It just shows how a major core component, arguably THE most important component of being successful in business, is relationships. Keep people happy. Keep good standing. Throw a guy a refund if he asked for it and you couldn't deliver on something. Be gracious with other fight promoters or school owners. Pay your fighters on time, even if it means a loss on the books. Keep that bridge intact.
Whatever side of the story you're on, poaching another guys athletes doesn't sit well with a silent majority. Instantly, there lies a group of fellow jiu jitsu practitioners that don't have your back anymore. I more like to observe, but the vitriol that he's received from 10p since the Danis story has been palpable and noticeable, through the forums and through my interactions with 10p people.
Something I notice about life; if people like you, think highly of you, they'll look for every reason to justify your actions in a time of wrongdoing. They'll do what they can to soften the blow in their own minds of the wrongdoing of your actions. It's amazing how people who got your back will look the other way and JUST HOW FAR they'll look the other way. If people dislike you, they'll look for every opportunity to discredit you. They'll look for ways to burn you. Any joke you tell, even if it's the most HILARIOUS joke in the world, having professional comedians rolling on their backs laughing, won't be funny to them. Humans are amazing like that. Every action you take becomes scrutinized under their eye. They look for anything and everything they can to justify why what you said or what you did is the lamest thing in the world. Some may call it the evil eye.
Maintain critical relationships. What's more is someone mentioning that Ralek allowed a guy he hadn't paid yet to take over the instagram account. Common sense. If you haven't taken the steps to maintain a good professional-working relationship, the guy you give your instagram password to MIGHT jUst use that platform against you. And how many people rush to your defense in such a situation? Depends. How've you treated'em?
:eek: #lessons
In jiujitsu you win, or you learn. I think Ralek is learning a lot at the moment...
somehow i doubt that he's learning shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by brianspinaltap
Ralek made a video response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBYmZsUjSFE
I'm not going to click on it, but I assume it links to the videoclip of Rapper Ra-Leg G's hit tune, "G in a Gi"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Thomas
https://www.jiujitsutimes.com/gettin...-with-lawsuit/
From this article it now seems they have used their contacts in the FBI to investigate AJ? This seems like huge investigative conflict of interest to me.
that was a total domination! As real as it gets! Well, combat sports specialists put their safety on the line to give fans what they paid for, and promoters their revenue. you can't just screw them financially. I wonder how much money is involved, though as I was always confused as to how much metamoris athletes are being paid.
I don't see how they have a case if they gave AJ the password for a take over
It's my belief that they'd take legal action over the defamatory aspect of it, though Ralek said that an apology of sorts would suffice. I agree that they're wasting their time if they're going off the Instagram "Takeover".Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
"Defamation" is a tricky word though. Metamoris has the burden of proof to show that AJ acted recklessly in denigrating the image of the organization. Stating facts is not defamation. Attacking a man's integrity however begins to straddle the line. I'm not going to quote AJ here, but it has to be beyond a reasonable doubt.
There was a podcast awhile back Eddie was on, can't remember which one, where Eddie kinda randomly put on G in a gi and started singing along, anyone have that clip? Because man, that was hilarious.
LOL yeah. I happily get Ralek rolled then listen to the whole song.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diogo Trigo