Fickett told to Stick it
Drew Fickett has been relieved of his obligation to fight Ryan Ford on July 25th for the MFC welterweight title. The details pretty much resemble a lot of he said-she said type jabber. Apparently, Fickett was in violation of his MFC contract when he agreed to a Strikeforce fight that would take place within five weeks of his match-up with Ford.
MFC owner and president Marc Pavelich learned about Fickett’s actions and responded with an irate voicemail which Fickett just recently made public. Fickett released the voicemail that contained numerous F-bombs as well as a few personal threats from Pavelich. Evidently, Pavelich was rather unhappy with Fickett and vowed that he would never fight in the MFC.
Pavelich was able to nullify Fickett’s fight with Strikeforce, but remains adamant about not letting Fickett square off with Ford on July 25th. There is an age old adage that states any publicity is good publicity. With MFC trying to find it’s way onto the mma map, Pavelich has the opportunity to cash in on these headlines. Perhaps his ego might have been hurt by Fickett, although failing to cash in on this kind of publicity will hurt his pocket even more.
So who really got the last laugh in this petty battle of words? Fickett is without a July pay day and Pavelich is without one of the more captivating bouts on his upcoming card. Before the fight even took place, MFC fans were treated to a war, only it was a war of words. And in the world of mixed martial arts, a war like that simply won’t do.
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