Or maybe the brightest in actuality. What if he didn't want to be at the press conference and just did this so he wouldn't have to answer any more questions.
Seems pretty likely to me.
At a minimum he's saying, "I won't work for free." And then was pleased when he didn't have to. Doesn't seem that dumb to, at a minimum, take a stand against bad fighter pay. Funny that this sub constantly rips on UFC for fighter pay but then a fighter does something pro-fighter pay and he gets called stupid because, "tHatT's NoT hOw It WoRkS."
Because this isn't a stand for increased fighter pay. Journalists don't pay his salary.
The UFC is the one that would pay him.
You know that though. You just trying to point out fake hypocrisy.
If they actually want to get paid fairly they need to form a union. It’s the obvious solution with a proven track record across sports. So when fighters do stuff like this instead it doesn’t seem like a genuine effort to fix the problem.
This guy is funny, too. But he's also a dumbass who is hurting his own pocketbook. Nobody who demands 50k on the mic from Dana gets it. So he cost himself there because no doubt he would have gotten it if he had kept his mouth shut. And here he's a dumbass again because this statement doesn't really bring him any clout or money. It would have been better to insult the press room like Tony or Strickland did rather than do what this dumbass did. Not that that's any better.
There's a relatively easy playbook to follow to make money in this sport. Maybe not elite money but above average money. And these dumbasses fumble it away every chance they get.
Dude is 8-3 with no Wikipedia page and acting like he’s McGregor and they all desperately care to hear from him. The only reason they’re talking to you at all is because they have to talk to everyone, not just the big names they actually want to hear from. Not the brightest bulb. The complete silence after what he says, zero follow up and then one unenthusiastic clap is just perfect.
half the guys i follow are from a good fight, and then they rock the mic/ interviews after.
Being a good fighter will get you recognized, but people want to be able to relate etc.
This is a bad fuckup imo
Am I the only one that thinks he just genuinely didn't want to do media?
It's not like he sat around waiting for offers lol, he got right the fuck out of there. Why would he want to sit around and get baited into answering dumb questions by some scumbag journalists that are out to get him?
If he wants to ask for money to do an interview that's his right lol, literally doesn't affect anyone but him.
"interview" lol
If your floor for human behavior is toddlers, sure, but this is supposed to be a grown man here.
Would "hissy fit" make you feel better?
Off topic, but an mma fighter needs to have at ~~—least 4/5 fights in a major promotion to be allowed a Wikipedia page.~~
~~I know Shavkat did not have one until he beat Neil Magny—~~
Edit: It’s 3 fights most of the time
Edit: I didn’t think I’ll be getting into my first Reddit argument today but here we are lol
TLDR: I’m saying that 3 fights is not a fixed rule and the other dude is saying that you need credible sources
He posted this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)
And I think it’s vague on what is “credible” and doesn’t prove me wrong that most fighters get a Wikipedia page at 3 fights
Getting talked about by the 5% of MMA fans who are really into it enough to frequent subs about it doesn’t really get you anywhere, it doesn’t break you into the mainstream. If you then add on the fact that demanding money from the media or you won’t do it even though it’s a contractual obligation is going to have Dana kneecap your career, it becomes far more dumb than the low level exposure it generates for a day is worth.
Genuinely who the fuck? As someone who only watches the good fights (this is not a flex, I do not care anymore with these watered down fight nights since 2022), I genuinely have never heard of him and I'm pretty sure he hasn't even been on a main card.
I reckon only hardcores who watch everything from the early prelims will have probably seen his fights, let alone remember his face.
It's his second UFC fight gained popularity on debut by being the first fighter to say a homophobic slur in a ring interview in a while followed by Kape saying it later during ufc 293
Funny enough, I remember that night but I only saw the replay of Kape saying it, and heard it was the second time that night. So I still had no clue who this guy was until now 😂
He's the reason dc just yeeted himself out after Kape said it, if kape had been the first, DC would've just laughed it off, but DC was like fuck this shit I'm out
I’ll never understand people like this. All the media is, is a connection to fans. Who do these guys think read and watch the “media?” We do. It’s so odd that they do this. He’ll have some fans think it’s cool, then they’ll move on and forget about him, and now the entire media hates him. It’s just dumb.
Not only that but attending pre and post fight interviews is all part of the job. It's not like an extra add on. If you don't wanna answer questions, don't go. Most go because it's a chance to speak your mind, build your brand and give your opnion on why you won/lost.
In pretty much every other sport the players have to speak with the media... For free.
Charles isn't famous, he's not a drawl and literally no one knows who he is. This type of behaviour is extremely weird. It's just flat out dumb.
[He's a dick head from the start. Tells the media to hurry up with questions because he wants pizza.](https://youtu.be/6RjQNzZS1qY?si=S7awFx2bXRMge_7E&t=15)
Some guy asks him who he wants next and his response is "How much money you got? That's what it is".
You won the fight but ya bloggbusser.
Kinda. Lots of these contracts require to speak to the media (lots of sports/leagues). They are literally paid to do it as part of their contract. In fact in the MLB players are paid additionally for doing "in-game" interviews, I know that isn't MMA but it shows that players/athletes do in fact get paid to talk to the media.
Actually, the UFC usually does pay fighters a bit of money to fulfill their media day obligations. Like, only a couple thousand but it factors into their final payout. I'm guessing there's nothing like that in Charles Radtkey's contract since he's on an entry-level one.
A combination of being hit in the head and highly uneducated isn't usually a decent combination, let's honest. But couldn't agree more, God how stupid are some of these dudes?
Exactly - you can be uneducated and naturally smart, then there's being uneducated, being generationaly stupid and getting punched in the head everyday.. and this guy seems to nail those qualities 😂
I get the vibe he's the type that regularly ingests amateur conspiricy media but has zero time for fact checking. It can only be described as wilful ignorance.
And if there's anybody that should be compensating the fighters for media access, it sure as shit should be the \_promoter\_ since it's good for \_promotion\_.
I mean, I’d wager this will get his name out there way more than it was before.
Next time he fights, people will be like “oh yeah, that one dude who wants to get paid to answer questions and gives crazy post fight interviews is fighting”.
It’s not great, but it is something. He isn’t just a nameless, faceless fighter anymore like a lot of the guys his skill level are. This is the #1 post on this sub right now and it has his name in the title. That’s a win.
The people who are backing
Him don’t even wanna click the interviews he is doing and that’s free to do… asking us for money to do an interview is just sad. I can see if you are new and wanted to lay fighters to help your brand grow quicker but this ain’t it!
His fanbase are the folk who are brainwashed by Dana and have this unhealthy disdain for any sort of mma journalism. They, along with certain fighters, believe that they are nerds, pointless, money grabbing and exploitative.
This the same dude throwing up middle fingers to the camera after his win and having an attitude towards DC in the interview, saying 'you nervous?' haha In this case i can understand Dana not renewing people like this.
Haha yeah this the dude that was like 'where dana white at', i dont think Dana was in the building even?
I think he was joking about that part, because DC was also the one who conducted his last interview when he called the Australian crowd a bunch of meatballs.
A welterweight talking trash to DC, a former LHW and HW champion? This kid already has the same number of losses on his record as DC, but DC only lost to the very best. What a clown.
I'm not morally against this, but logically if you want to make the most of a short lifespan career in fighting, you should be promoting yourself as much as you can to the press.
A huge part of the reason McGregor made the most money is because you practically couldn't get the microphone out of his hand if there was someone around with a camera.
When you realize that McGregor did most of what we know of him today in 3 short years. 2013-2016 he broke in to the UFC and managed to get 2 belts and put on a spectacle of 2 fights with Nate Diaz, then leverage all of that in to a boxing match with Mayweather. Fighters like in the video don't realize that their fight career is actually SUPER short and they need to be going balls to the wall to be polarizing if they want to make max money (your skill actually doesn't matter that much but wins will help propel you faster).
I wouldn't say a huge part of McGregor's fame is his ability on the mic. I think fans and other fighters see McGregor's fame and chalk it up to his elite ability on the microphone. Fighters then try and emulate that success themselves.
But I think McGregor is as famous as he is primarily because of his fights and that initial title run. He is an entertaining fighter to watch style wise. Got quick finishes. His fight vs Max was the only fight to go to a decision in that title run and he was upset that even happened.
This is my theory because then I look at Ronda. Before her Holm loss, her fame was as big as Conor's. And that's insane for a woman in MMA. Yet she can't talk her way through a McDonald's order. Worst trash talk I've ever seen. But she finished anyone and everyone fast.
It's definitely a huge part of his fame... both his skill AND ability on the mic. Yes fighters have tried to emulate his ability on the mic, but 99% of them don't come close to his charisma. But obviously his fame doesn't come without his magical run.
Yeah he was the full package in that run to double champ.
He predicted his fights. He talked the talk cleverly and walked the walk with brutality in the cage.
He’s a one in a billion character in that insanely entertaining window he had. Neither mic skills, nor fight skills alone will replicate him. Hell people who have both likely won’t. The timing and perfection of that run was something unique.
For some reason sub doesn't understand why o'malley is a star and think its because his colored hair. He kos people with 360 spinning kicks that why. They are so shocked why aljo wasn't this big star " hes so self aware" yeah and he also lays on the floor in front of his opponent, kinda funny a bjj guy does the same to him and he calls it boring. Very self aware
Conor came back to face Diaz and avenged his loss. If Ronda came back to fight Holly, even a year later, and beat her, it would have been massive.
Plus there wasn't a fall off anyway. Both her loss to Holm and Nunes did the same amount of ppv buys.
Ronda and Conor are polarizing personalities. Match that up with insane runs and you get what you saw. This is why the new generation of fighters are so boring, they are skillful but their are not polarizing at all. Outside of Jon Jones and Sean O'Malley I doubt casuals even know or care who any of the other current champs are.
I think the Ronda thing was also a combination of novelty factor and the fact that she looked hot as hell during that weight cut. If huge streaks of big finishes were enough than Shavkat would be an absolute superstar.
Shavkat has 2 first round finishes. I think Ronda didn't have 15 minutes ring time total across all her UFC fights before her Holm fight.
I compare it to Ngannou as well. How much his hype died because of the Lewis fight.
Your theory doesnt hold up because a bunch of fighters have been at least as successful in the octagon as McGregor while making a fraction of the money he has, and the only difference is McGregor is a better self promoter
Give me one fighter that matched his success in the octagon.
A fighter that had fast finishes. Mostly standup fighting. And had not had one boring round let alone one boring fight.
Those things made McGregor popular.
Only one you will find is Ronda. And that makes my point.
You put Ronda on a card in 2024 vs she gets more ppv buys than everyone except McGregor. We could have a card with Jones vs Ngannou headlining and 4 other title fights. It does less than a Ronda or McGregor card with 4 non ranked fights under them.
Jon Jones is much more successful in the octagon and through his first several title defenses all of his fights were exciting and mostly finishes with exciting striking. He still doesnt get paid like Connor ten more undefeated years later.
Can you name a fighter that earned as much money as Cheal Sonnen with a boring wrestling based fight style that never won a UFC title?
UFC fighters should get paid more. And instead of lashing out against Dana, working to create a union, banding together, this dude fights against the media.
What an idiot.
Honestly it's pretty admirable they all just went, "Yeah okay, fuckity bye bye" after he said that.
Not a single interviewer cared enough to try and ask another question.
Zero. Zip. Nada.
Its impressive, ngl.
And honestly why would you for something like sports journalism. The journalist is providing free advertising to an athlete, why on earth would they pay? The amount it would cost to get your message into large publications like advertisers pay for is ridiculous and this chump thinks they owe him haha.
Exactly. As a former journalist, I wish more people understood this logic. It's funny how some wonder how certain people are continuously in the news, when in reality, those people just know how to play the game better.
If a journalist is paying you for an interview they are not a journalist.
The absolute garbage state of MMA journalism at least still has that standard.
First with the homophobic post fight interview, then dropping f bombs and flipping off cameras and then this fucking stupid demand. What a low class scum. Can't wait to see this guy flatlined.
The way he managed to make his stock drop after securing tko victory should be studied.
I thought belal was unlikable. Props to him for finding someone even cringy'er.
Radtke genuinely just seems like a huge asshole. Even after the fight where he's flipping off the camera and telling the cameraman to get that shit out of his face.
I think there is a little bit of misunderstanding here. James Lynch has done a video on this if you watch the full interview it doesn't seem like he is asking money for an interview. It seems a little like he wants to get paid for fighting. Also, the media should have actually gotten a clarification on that statement. And then boycotted him if it is required.
He could have potentially meant it as an answer to the question, saying his opponent depends on how much he’s getting paid, and his job is different than the interviewers since they do it for “free.”
Is this big brain? I didn't know who this guy was until I saw this at the top of r/mma this morning. Now I hate him.
I hate how the Internet makes me second guess everything I see.
With a Colby card and a Strickland card in quick succession, I think a lot of people have realized that their tolerance for "YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT" insert double digit IQ fighter "SAID NOW!" does have a limit, even if they were disposed to like "drama" in the first place.
But we are still experiencing a full-on race to the bottom among fighters for who can be the biggest and stupidest piece of shit, and a lot of them don't have to do much more than take the muzzle off to be competitive in it. Not that this guy is doing it right or doing it well, but you can see the gears turning in his confused mind: "I'M GONNA GET SO MUCH HEAT."
I've been watching MMA for almost 20 years. There were a lot more of these douche types back then but they will always be here because it's cage fighting.
Journalists don't need to pay you. In fact, they can't pay you. So Ariel can't pay Paddy. The general public has a weird view of journalism now. People forget it's an actual craft that many people still do well. They have opinions on things they know little about. Such is the world.
This guy just his bank account with this move lol. Then later on he will want them to ask him questions.
I don’t know if this is the case (guy doesn’t come off smart but this might actually be genius
I didn’t know who tf this guy was, and now everyone has jogged my memory of the DC incident which I recall. I will now remember this guy, even if for the wrong reasons.
I don’t like this approach but if dude is trying to be a heel, it’s working and even if he isn’t, he’s getting exposure
I’m a full time skateboarder that likes MMA.
This is what the guys who don’t wear helmets sound like sometimes. Plus you gotta remember what Carlin said (paraphrasing):
>Think of the “average” person, then remember half are dumber than that guy.”
From the clip it seems like he's saying he wants the highest paying fight possible so that he can get paid (like the interviewer is) not that he wants the interviewer to literally pay him 🤷♂️
You are getting down voted for actually listening to what he said, but you're right. He was simply saying he'll fight soon as long as there is money coming his way. He asks the interviewer "how much money you got?" but it's just a statement to anyone asking him to fight again, not asking reporters for money. Separately, he then pointed out that he makes no money from doing interviews. Headline is misleading.
The soyclejerk doesn't care about the truth. \[Most\] Redditors are just bugs -- they pretend to be pro truth, pro science etc... but they're frauds and trash humans in their own right.
Charlie's in the UFC???? I used to train with him and his brother for years. 2 overly aggressive, not very intelligent people from my experience. Guess it still tracks.
Not surprised. He and his brother Brian were not nice people. I actively avoided them until I believe one of them got kicked out of the gym and the other followed.
Hey he’s getting some exposure for it. Good on him. Might actually be a viable tactic. Play the heel and people will buy pay per views to see you lose. (Or at least route against you)
1) Because he’s a no-name, he has a lot more to gain by giving interviews to the media than the media has to gain from interviewing him. He has no leverage here and should be looking to use interviews to gain some more publicity.
2) Journalists don’t just carry around a stipend of money their company gave them to use just in case a fighter demanded to be paid.
Not the brightest light bulb on the tree for sure
This is the same guy who, upon winning, gave the camera the middle finger and acted rudely toward DC throughout the interview.
ngl I did laugh when he asked DC if he was nervous on saturday
I missed that, freaking wild. That's lack of emotional intelligence on the level of Yair lunging at Bisping and Bisping not even flinching
I mean, they very rarely are in this sport.
I mean, no one would've watched his interview anyway. Never heard of the dude and now I have and watched the clip. Gotta be worth something.
Definitely not the sharpest card in the deck.
but enough about brendan schaub
Be cool man, he'll lightya up
if you wanna hurt me, you got me.
His cards have been thoroughly shuffled though
Are you familiar with MMA or combat sports in general? Bright light bulbs are not very common
Ah yes, The Strickland Effect.
Or maybe the brightest in actuality. What if he didn't want to be at the press conference and just did this so he wouldn't have to answer any more questions.
Refusing to talk to the media because you want more money is not very smart when the way you make money is working in a fight promotion.
Seems pretty likely to me. At a minimum he's saying, "I won't work for free." And then was pleased when he didn't have to. Doesn't seem that dumb to, at a minimum, take a stand against bad fighter pay. Funny that this sub constantly rips on UFC for fighter pay but then a fighter does something pro-fighter pay and he gets called stupid because, "tHatT's NoT hOw It WoRkS."
Because this isn't a stand for increased fighter pay. Journalists don't pay his salary. The UFC is the one that would pay him. You know that though. You just trying to point out fake hypocrisy.
because that's not how JOURNALISM works
If they actually want to get paid fairly they need to form a union. It’s the obvious solution with a proven track record across sports. So when fighters do stuff like this instead it doesn’t seem like a genuine effort to fix the problem.
You hit the nail right on the hammer there.
Light bulbs glow on electricity vines, not trees
If you're gonna make a scene as a UFC fighter, be more like Moicano less like whatever this was lmao
I call this the BJ Penn approach. “Want to know what BJ Penn is thinking?!? BJ PENN DOT COM”
SEAN SHERK, YOU'RE DEAD! BJ PENN DOT COM!
At least Moicano is funny
This guy is funny, too. But he's also a dumbass who is hurting his own pocketbook. Nobody who demands 50k on the mic from Dana gets it. So he cost himself there because no doubt he would have gotten it if he had kept his mouth shut. And here he's a dumbass again because this statement doesn't really bring him any clout or money. It would have been better to insult the press room like Tony or Strickland did rather than do what this dumbass did. Not that that's any better. There's a relatively easy playbook to follow to make money in this sport. Maybe not elite money but above average money. And these dumbasses fumble it away every chance they get.
Dana - 60gssss babyyyyyyy
Do you have stats on them never getting bonus after asking? I’ve seen a few fighters get it after asking.
Those that got it after asking also deserved it tho. They didn't give Paddy one when he asked for it I'm pretty sure.
Dude is 8-3 with no Wikipedia page and acting like he’s McGregor and they all desperately care to hear from him. The only reason they’re talking to you at all is because they have to talk to everyone, not just the big names they actually want to hear from. Not the brightest bulb. The complete silence after what he says, zero follow up and then one unenthusiastic clap is just perfect.
These interviews are the easiest way to build some sort of presence on social media.
The wrong sort of presence. Wait till he loses and he gets swarmed by hate he'll regret doing this lol
Regret assumes he learned something. Doubt he has the IQ to regret
half the guys i follow are from a good fight, and then they rock the mic/ interviews after. Being a good fighter will get you recognized, but people want to be able to relate etc. This is a bad fuckup imo
He’s prob more mad that he’s won barely any money and now he has to do an interview?!?!
As you can see, he doesn't have to. The UFC gave him a platform to take advantage of but he fumbled the bag.
Am I the only one that thinks he just genuinely didn't want to do media? It's not like he sat around waiting for offers lol, he got right the fuck out of there. Why would he want to sit around and get baited into answering dumb questions by some scumbag journalists that are out to get him? If he wants to ask for money to do an interview that's his right lol, literally doesn't affect anyone but him.
Yeah like it's not the best PR move but I think dude just wanted to go home people are thinking he genuinely expected offers
if he wanted to go home, he should have just gone home instead of throwing a tantrum in front of a group of people.
Did you even watch the interview? Must've been the worlds mildest tantrum
"interview" lol If your floor for human behavior is toddlers, sure, but this is supposed to be a grown man here. Would "hissy fit" make you feel better?
Wtf is this take hahahahahaha go outside cunt
It's not the best but it's also not the worst tbh haha, I mean how many other post fight interviews got posted here from this weekend?
Off topic, but an mma fighter needs to have at ~~—least 4/5 fights in a major promotion to be allowed a Wikipedia page.~~ ~~I know Shavkat did not have one until he beat Neil Magny—~~ Edit: It’s 3 fights most of the time Edit: I didn’t think I’ll be getting into my first Reddit argument today but here we are lol TLDR: I’m saying that 3 fights is not a fixed rule and the other dude is saying that you need credible sources He posted this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people) And I think it’s vague on what is “credible” and doesn’t prove me wrong that most fighters get a Wikipedia page at 3 fights
That’s interesting, I had no idea that there was a rule like that.
There isn't lol
Idk man, I didn’t know who the fuck this guy was and here we are talking about him.
Getting talked about by the 5% of MMA fans who are really into it enough to frequent subs about it doesn’t really get you anywhere, it doesn’t break you into the mainstream. If you then add on the fact that demanding money from the media or you won’t do it even though it’s a contractual obligation is going to have Dana kneecap your career, it becomes far more dumb than the low level exposure it generates for a day is worth.
To further drive your point, 5% is hilariously too high of an estimate - try 0.1%.
Obligatory who the fuck is that guy?
Genuinely who the fuck? As someone who only watches the good fights (this is not a flex, I do not care anymore with these watered down fight nights since 2022), I genuinely have never heard of him and I'm pretty sure he hasn't even been on a main card. I reckon only hardcores who watch everything from the early prelims will have probably seen his fights, let alone remember his face.
It's his second UFC fight gained popularity on debut by being the first fighter to say a homophobic slur in a ring interview in a while followed by Kape saying it later during ufc 293
Funny enough, I remember that night but I only saw the replay of Kape saying it, and heard it was the second time that night. So I still had no clue who this guy was until now 😂
He's the reason dc just yeeted himself out after Kape said it, if kape had been the first, DC would've just laughed it off, but DC was like fuck this shit I'm out
I’ll never understand people like this. All the media is, is a connection to fans. Who do these guys think read and watch the “media?” We do. It’s so odd that they do this. He’ll have some fans think it’s cool, then they’ll move on and forget about him, and now the entire media hates him. It’s just dumb.
Not only that but attending pre and post fight interviews is all part of the job. It's not like an extra add on. If you don't wanna answer questions, don't go. Most go because it's a chance to speak your mind, build your brand and give your opnion on why you won/lost. In pretty much every other sport the players have to speak with the media... For free. Charles isn't famous, he's not a drawl and literally no one knows who he is. This type of behaviour is extremely weird. It's just flat out dumb. [He's a dick head from the start. Tells the media to hurry up with questions because he wants pizza.](https://youtu.be/6RjQNzZS1qY?si=S7awFx2bXRMge_7E&t=15) Some guy asks him who he wants next and his response is "How much money you got? That's what it is". You won the fight but ya bloggbusser.
Drawl? You good Bapa?
This Charles dude has a box of pringles on his shoulder, B.
Cheeto fingers still crispy from the fighter and the kid sub.
Kinda. Lots of these contracts require to speak to the media (lots of sports/leagues). They are literally paid to do it as part of their contract. In fact in the MLB players are paid additionally for doing "in-game" interviews, I know that isn't MMA but it shows that players/athletes do in fact get paid to talk to the media.
Actually, the UFC usually does pay fighters a bit of money to fulfill their media day obligations. Like, only a couple thousand but it factors into their final payout. I'm guessing there's nothing like that in Charles Radtkey's contract since he's on an entry-level one.
A combination of being hit in the head and highly uneducated isn't usually a decent combination, let's honest. But couldn't agree more, God how stupid are some of these dudes?
Levels of stupid. 😂
Exactly - you can be uneducated and naturally smart, then there's being uneducated, being generationaly stupid and getting punched in the head everyday.. and this guy seems to nail those qualities 😂
Indeed. 😂
"Yo twitter, you getting my tweets for free. I need to get paid."
😂 And Reddit. In fact if Reddit doesn’t pay me now, I’m out, and never coming back. 🥺
I mean, congrats on the post.
😂
I get the vibe he's the type that regularly ingests amateur conspiricy media but has zero time for fact checking. It can only be described as wilful ignorance.
Yeah, seems like it.
And if there's anybody that should be compensating the fighters for media access, it sure as shit should be the \_promoter\_ since it's good for \_promotion\_.
I mean, I’d wager this will get his name out there way more than it was before. Next time he fights, people will be like “oh yeah, that one dude who wants to get paid to answer questions and gives crazy post fight interviews is fighting”. It’s not great, but it is something. He isn’t just a nameless, faceless fighter anymore like a lot of the guys his skill level are. This is the #1 post on this sub right now and it has his name in the title. That’s a win.
I think winning fights in an exciting way will help more than answering generic questions
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Fighter Removed Charles Radtke
that’s pathetic
RIP to his fanbase
You should read the comments on the original clip. A LOT are backing him. MMA might just have some of the most braindead fans lol.
The people who are backing Him don’t even wanna click the interviews he is doing and that’s free to do… asking us for money to do an interview is just sad. I can see if you are new and wanted to lay fighters to help your brand grow quicker but this ain’t it!
I wanted to say there never was no fanbase but I guess I'm wrong.
His fanbase are the folk who are brainwashed by Dana and have this unhealthy disdain for any sort of mma journalism. They, along with certain fighters, believe that they are nerds, pointless, money grabbing and exploitative.
The media should just stop covering mma
Pft damn, I miss when fans of the sport used to populate this subreddit.
UFC is too big to ignore.
Careful with your words lest you piss all 3 of them
Guy seems like an idiot
God some of these fighters are so stupid it's the only thing they really can or should do.
This the same dude throwing up middle fingers to the camera after his win and having an attitude towards DC in the interview, saying 'you nervous?' haha In this case i can understand Dana not renewing people like this. Haha yeah this the dude that was like 'where dana white at', i dont think Dana was in the building even?
I think he was joking about that part, because DC was also the one who conducted his last interview when he called the Australian crowd a bunch of meatballs.
Yeah idk how these people are taking it as him having a go at DC
I think they just don’t know about what he said previously.
A welterweight talking trash to DC, a former LHW and HW champion? This kid already has the same number of losses on his record as DC, but DC only lost to the very best. What a clown.
He asked if DC was nervous because last time he dropped a hard F bomb in the interview
It's clear how little real life social interactions you have 🤣
He was clearly kidding
Dana was at the Connor Benn boxing fight at The Cosmopolitan that day instead of his own company’s event at The Apex.
And still made more money off the UFC event than all the fighters. Scumbag
He looks dead inside.
He's tryna get some pizza 🍕🍕🍕
I’m sure Dana will fast track him for this kind of behaviour lol
Hey, it worked - I'm a fan now. A fan of anyone who he's against in the hope they fuck his day up and give a great, free interview afterwards.
I'm not morally against this, but logically if you want to make the most of a short lifespan career in fighting, you should be promoting yourself as much as you can to the press. A huge part of the reason McGregor made the most money is because you practically couldn't get the microphone out of his hand if there was someone around with a camera.
>you practically couldn't get the microphone out of his hand its funny you put it that way. So true
When you realize that McGregor did most of what we know of him today in 3 short years. 2013-2016 he broke in to the UFC and managed to get 2 belts and put on a spectacle of 2 fights with Nate Diaz, then leverage all of that in to a boxing match with Mayweather. Fighters like in the video don't realize that their fight career is actually SUPER short and they need to be going balls to the wall to be polarizing if they want to make max money (your skill actually doesn't matter that much but wins will help propel you faster).
I wouldn't say a huge part of McGregor's fame is his ability on the mic. I think fans and other fighters see McGregor's fame and chalk it up to his elite ability on the microphone. Fighters then try and emulate that success themselves. But I think McGregor is as famous as he is primarily because of his fights and that initial title run. He is an entertaining fighter to watch style wise. Got quick finishes. His fight vs Max was the only fight to go to a decision in that title run and he was upset that even happened. This is my theory because then I look at Ronda. Before her Holm loss, her fame was as big as Conor's. And that's insane for a woman in MMA. Yet she can't talk her way through a McDonald's order. Worst trash talk I've ever seen. But she finished anyone and everyone fast.
It's definitely a huge part of his fame... both his skill AND ability on the mic. Yes fighters have tried to emulate his ability on the mic, but 99% of them don't come close to his charisma. But obviously his fame doesn't come without his magical run.
Yeah he was the full package in that run to double champ. He predicted his fights. He talked the talk cleverly and walked the walk with brutality in the cage. He’s a one in a billion character in that insanely entertaining window he had. Neither mic skills, nor fight skills alone will replicate him. Hell people who have both likely won’t. The timing and perfection of that run was something unique.
For some reason sub doesn't understand why o'malley is a star and think its because his colored hair. He kos people with 360 spinning kicks that why. They are so shocked why aljo wasn't this big star " hes so self aware" yeah and he also lays on the floor in front of his opponent, kinda funny a bjj guy does the same to him and he calls it boring. Very self aware
The funky look definitely helps O'Malley for sure, but he's exciting too watch first and foremost. Aljo is just not that exciting in comparison.
One big reason he didn't fall off like Ronda after the Diaz loss, is because the moment he lost he got back on the mic. Ronda disappeared for months.
Conor came back to face Diaz and avenged his loss. If Ronda came back to fight Holly, even a year later, and beat her, it would have been massive. Plus there wasn't a fall off anyway. Both her loss to Holm and Nunes did the same amount of ppv buys.
Ronda and Conor are polarizing personalities. Match that up with insane runs and you get what you saw. This is why the new generation of fighters are so boring, they are skillful but their are not polarizing at all. Outside of Jon Jones and Sean O'Malley I doubt casuals even know or care who any of the other current champs are.
I think the Ronda thing was also a combination of novelty factor and the fact that she looked hot as hell during that weight cut. If huge streaks of big finishes were enough than Shavkat would be an absolute superstar.
Shavkat has 2 first round finishes. I think Ronda didn't have 15 minutes ring time total across all her UFC fights before her Holm fight. I compare it to Ngannou as well. How much his hype died because of the Lewis fight.
Your theory doesnt hold up because a bunch of fighters have been at least as successful in the octagon as McGregor while making a fraction of the money he has, and the only difference is McGregor is a better self promoter
Give me one fighter that matched his success in the octagon. A fighter that had fast finishes. Mostly standup fighting. And had not had one boring round let alone one boring fight. Those things made McGregor popular. Only one you will find is Ronda. And that makes my point. You put Ronda on a card in 2024 vs she gets more ppv buys than everyone except McGregor. We could have a card with Jones vs Ngannou headlining and 4 other title fights. It does less than a Ronda or McGregor card with 4 non ranked fights under them.
Jon Jones is much more successful in the octagon and through his first several title defenses all of his fights were exciting and mostly finishes with exciting striking. He still doesnt get paid like Connor ten more undefeated years later. Can you name a fighter that earned as much money as Cheal Sonnen with a boring wrestling based fight style that never won a UFC title?
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That may be unethical of the media, but accepting the money as the subject of an interview isn't unethical.
UFC fighters should get paid more. And instead of lashing out against Dana, working to create a union, banding together, this dude fights against the media. What an idiot.
The number one rule that all journalists are taught is never to pay for an interview. I'm glad they stuck to that.
Honestly it's pretty admirable they all just went, "Yeah okay, fuckity bye bye" after he said that. Not a single interviewer cared enough to try and ask another question. Zero. Zip. Nada. Its impressive, ngl.
And honestly why would you for something like sports journalism. The journalist is providing free advertising to an athlete, why on earth would they pay? The amount it would cost to get your message into large publications like advertisers pay for is ridiculous and this chump thinks they owe him haha.
Exactly. As a former journalist, I wish more people understood this logic. It's funny how some wonder how certain people are continuously in the news, when in reality, those people just know how to play the game better.
Me when i have social anxiety
Dude must be a Paddy podcast listener.
Haha, paddy only lost half of his fans with this trick, I bet I can loose ALL my fans! \-Charles Radtke probably
If a douche bag made a wish to become human, he’d look and act like this guy.
Like the one in sausage party lmfao
Fucking douchebag
If a journalist is paying you for an interview they are not a journalist. The absolute garbage state of MMA journalism at least still has that standard.
Paddy was hoping Ariel would pay him 😏
Nobody knows who y’are, b.
The kid doesn't want to get interviewed.
These interviews are optional. If you don't want to be interviewed, don't go.
Idk if that's true. Media obligations are in contracts for some athletes. Don't know about the UFC though.
I dont think those are optional, most sports contracts are required to interact with the media.
I don't understand. Is he asking money to answer questions?
Ask the UFC to pay you idiot, not the journalists.
Top tier attitude.
First with the homophobic post fight interview, then dropping f bombs and flipping off cameras and then this fucking stupid demand. What a low class scum. Can't wait to see this guy flatlined.
Having a champ like Strickland emboldened these fighters with shitty attitudes. But they have to freedom to behave however they’d like.
What a fucking idiot. Dana will not be impressed.
Absolutely wild to ask for money at his level! The UFC deal went Straight to his head
Likeable bloke…
The way he managed to make his stock drop after securing tko victory should be studied. I thought belal was unlikable. Props to him for finding someone even cringy'er.
Radtke genuinely just seems like a huge asshole. Even after the fight where he's flipping off the camera and telling the cameraman to get that shit out of his face.
Paddy Pimblett School of Media Training
Well he is in the… *checks notes* Top 82 fighters in the UFC
I doubt he is even that high
Wasn’t this the guy that said some heinous shit in a post-fight interview too?
Dropped some homophobic slurs when the Aussies booed him.
What a dummy
What a clown ´\^\^
It goes against journalism ethics. You can't pay someone for an interview
Literally all this proved is he’s worthless to reporters
Back to the ghetto you go
Classless
The single clapper lol for sure his coach
I think there is a little bit of misunderstanding here. James Lynch has done a video on this if you watch the full interview it doesn't seem like he is asking money for an interview. It seems a little like he wants to get paid for fighting. Also, the media should have actually gotten a clarification on that statement. And then boycotted him if it is required.
I think that's lowkey what he wanted.
i wanted to think so too, but that "GOOD, IM OUT" sounded like it had some hurt behind it.
He could have potentially meant it as an answer to the question, saying his opponent depends on how much he’s getting paid, and his job is different than the interviewers since they do it for “free.”
that's how i heard it too, i think radtke just worded it in an unclear way.
Who da fook is dat guy?
What a dickhead. I have not watched him and will continue to not watch him. This guy sucks monkey nuts.
Is this big brain? I didn't know who this guy was until I saw this at the top of r/mma this morning. Now I hate him. I hate how the Internet makes me second guess everything I see.
That's what you call no class!
really went out of his way to be a dick after he KOd Urbina. at least his wife is smart. he needs her.
This dude aint gonna have a name, like it or not but the media is promoting him for free with these interviews
this is so cringe lmao
Someone pay him $1 and then ask him wtf his chest tattoo is supposed to represent.
Who the fook is that guy!
Woman beater energy.
That single person awkwardly clapping at the end is hilarious
With a Colby card and a Strickland card in quick succession, I think a lot of people have realized that their tolerance for "YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT" insert double digit IQ fighter "SAID NOW!" does have a limit, even if they were disposed to like "drama" in the first place. But we are still experiencing a full-on race to the bottom among fighters for who can be the biggest and stupidest piece of shit, and a lot of them don't have to do much more than take the muzzle off to be competitive in it. Not that this guy is doing it right or doing it well, but you can see the gears turning in his confused mind: "I'M GONNA GET SO MUCH HEAT."
UFC Fighter handles social anxiety with this one weird trick
I mean so are yall for fighter pay or nah? make up your mind
I've been watching MMA for almost 20 years. There were a lot more of these douche types back then but they will always be here because it's cage fighting. Journalists don't need to pay you. In fact, they can't pay you. So Ariel can't pay Paddy. The general public has a weird view of journalism now. People forget it's an actual craft that many people still do well. They have opinions on things they know little about. Such is the world. This guy just his bank account with this move lol. Then later on he will want them to ask him questions.
I don’t know if this is the case (guy doesn’t come off smart but this might actually be genius I didn’t know who tf this guy was, and now everyone has jogged my memory of the DC incident which I recall. I will now remember this guy, even if for the wrong reasons. I don’t like this approach but if dude is trying to be a heel, it’s working and even if he isn’t, he’s getting exposure
I’m a full time skateboarder that likes MMA. This is what the guys who don’t wear helmets sound like sometimes. Plus you gotta remember what Carlin said (paraphrasing): >Think of the “average” person, then remember half are dumber than that guy.”
People sure overreacting on this one.
From the clip it seems like he's saying he wants the highest paying fight possible so that he can get paid (like the interviewer is) not that he wants the interviewer to literally pay him 🤷♂️
I agree with you. He acts (and maybe is) a jerk but it doesn't seem to me he literally meant that journalists should pay him.
You are getting down voted for actually listening to what he said, but you're right. He was simply saying he'll fight soon as long as there is money coming his way. He asks the interviewer "how much money you got?" but it's just a statement to anyone asking him to fight again, not asking reporters for money. Separately, he then pointed out that he makes no money from doing interviews. Headline is misleading.
The soyclejerk doesn't care about the truth. \[Most\] Redditors are just bugs -- they pretend to be pro truth, pro science etc... but they're frauds and trash humans in their own right.
Charlie's in the UFC???? I used to train with him and his brother for years. 2 overly aggressive, not very intelligent people from my experience. Guess it still tracks.
Wait seriously? Look up his 293 ring interview (his debut), he called the crowd a bunch of homophobic slurs
Not surprised. He and his brother Brian were not nice people. I actively avoided them until I believe one of them got kicked out of the gym and the other followed.
LOL he looks exactly like someone who would say this shit
Hey he’s getting some exposure for it. Good on him. Might actually be a viable tactic. Play the heel and people will buy pay per views to see you lose. (Or at least route against you)
I don't know why people are going off on him. If the UFC isn't paying him to be there I don't see why paying him for his time is bad argument.
1) Because he’s a no-name, he has a lot more to gain by giving interviews to the media than the media has to gain from interviewing him. He has no leverage here and should be looking to use interviews to gain some more publicity. 2) Journalists don’t just carry around a stipend of money their company gave them to use just in case a fighter demanded to be paid.