So I just felt like, you know I think it was around the 12th of January I decided I don't want to do this anymore, because I don't want to get burned. So then I started training Nick and I kept calling Lloyd and I wasn't getting no contract. And then so he let the other manager go and he hired this other man named Lloyd as the new manager and they met my gym and you know we renegotiated for the purse, and I asked for a contract and they said it was fine. Pierre - I didn't get my percentage on the pay, and I don't know what happened with the mix up with the manager and Nick. 'Well what happened was you know when he fought his last fight - not this one with Anderson Silva, but when he fought George St. Pierre money, Perez was 'pushed aside' and stiffed on his percentage of the payout, which led him to ask for a contract prior to his UFC 183 duties.Īnd it never came (via Submission Radio). You can thank pugilistic trainer Richard Perez for that.īut once the Stockton slugger made it to the big time and started tasting some of that Georges St. Former Strikeforce welterweight champion NIck Diaz, who may or may not be finished as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter following yet another failed drug test - this time at UFC 183 - is lauded as one of the finest boxers to ever throw hands in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
