UFC president Dana White has been heavily criticized by Triller executive Ryan Kavanaugh from holding up Georges St-Pierre.
Once again, UFC boss Dana White is being questioned for the way the promotion handles Georges St-Pierre’s contract.
As it stands, St-Pierre is still in contract with the UFC for two more years despite being officially retired. This has halted GSP from participating in boxing matches. As expected, White is being blamed for all of it.
Sharing his thoughts on the subject, Triller founder Ryan Kavanaugh didn’t hold back and blasted the UFC, specifically White, and referred to the promotion’s business practices as “indentured servitude.”
“Indentured servitude is not allowed in the United States,” Kavanaugh told MMAFighting.com in a recent interview. “Yet Georges St-Pierre, who is officially retired from the UFC and has made it very clear he will never fight in MMA again, isn’t allowed to get into a boxing ring and make probably [one] of the highest paydays that he would get to fight someone he considers to be on his bucket list because Dana White says he can’t. That’s just wrong.”
Kavanaugh also pointed out that should St-Pierre wish to “challenge” the UFC over his contract, there’s a great chance he would win. However, he also admitted that it’s something beyond his scope of work.
“I have so much respect for Georges as a fighter and as a person,” he stressed. “I think he’s a great fighter. I think as a person, he’s just humble and what I’ve gotten to know of him, really easy to work with. Frankly, if he wanted to he could challenge his contract and I’m fairly certain he could win but it’s not something my decision to make. I believe if he wanted to fight with us and he was willing to take on the UFC and let them know he was going to attempt to have his contract deemed non-constitutional, which I believe it would be, but until then there’s nothing we can do.”
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