UFC President Dana White believes the newly formed MMAAA has already "made a crucial error by aligning itself" with former Bellator Chair & CEO Bjorn Rebney, according to Brett Okamoto of ESPN.com. The group is "seeking a higher revenue share for UFC athletes, as well as pension plans and health care, among other actions." White "questioned the association's decision to include Rebney as an 'advisor' to its board of five fighters." White: "The one thing they did wrong in the whole thing is get involved with a guy named Bjorn Rebney. As adults, there's a lot of bad people who try to get into our pockets. He's one of them." Okamoto notes Rebney has "accused the UFC and its current ownership" at WME-IMG of sharing only 8% of the company's revenue with its athletes. The UFC has "always been a private company, which protects its financial records." White, however, "denied Rebney's claims" of an 8% revenue split (ESPN.com, 12/7). Rebney yesterday said, "WME-IMG and UFC today -- that conglomerate -- they're bullies. And it may not be with their hands, but it's with their money and it's with their power and it's with their influence" (ESPN.com, 12/6).
