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.
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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.
Metamoris went from hero to zero pretty quick. Oh well, long live EBI and anyone else who treats their grapplers with respect.
I thought they took Dillon Danis.
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.
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