What's the story on Mafra dropping out?

[Jack Hanley]

Why did Marcelo Mafra drop out of EBI?

Also, super cool that Javi jumped in!

[Gray]

Unsure, he did a superfight in Vegas on Friday which I thought was odd

[Brandon Mccaghren]

I'd like to hear the story on this.

[Royce Kim]

http://www.jiujitsutimes.com/blog/di...-good-for-bjj/

A buddy of mine did a write up about it.

[Aiseop]

This makes sense now. Garry Tonon was put up to face Joe Lauzon when the M6 card was released this morning. Now it's making sense. Good for Garry. This sub-only stream is to nascent to start taking whacks at everyone else with exclusivity deals.

[Fraser Taylor]

"Garry Tonon was offered an exclusive deal with Metamoris from Ralek Gracie that also included dropping out of EBI 3. Garry declined to accept the deal."


Another reason why Garry is awesome.

[Ryan Boor]

Wow that's dirty of Ralek if that's true.

[sampadilla]

"Garry Tonon was offered an exclusive deal with Metamoris from Ralek Gracie that also included dropping out of EBI 3. Garry declined to accept the deal."


Another reason why Garry is awesome.

+1

[sampadilla]

"Ralek is playing hardball and spending money on exclusivity deals on athletes that aren’t going to draw more viewers to Metamoris. Instead of focusing on trying to shut down and hurt competition, he should be focused on growing BJJ into the mainstream and improving his current Metamoris product through better production and pay-per-view experience for the customers. By cutting the legs out from EBI by encouraging talent to withdraw at the last minute is petty."

+1

[Royce Kim]

Garry did say he turned down an exclusivity deal in the JRE.