Gordon Ryan lays out elaborate conditions for Nick Rodriguez, Craig Jones fights
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Gordon Ryan is open to rematches with Nick Rodriguez and Craig Jones... under his terms.
If the Brazilian jiu-jitsu star is ever to share the mats with “Nicky Rod” or Jones again, it will apparently be under Ryan rules as he outlined the circumstances under which he’d face his rivals again in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday.
Following an impressive showing at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational earlier this month, Rodriguez called for a fight with Ryan with $2 million on the line, and Ryan has issued a response via Instagram.
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I will say this once and only once. To nicky fraud and can’t win a comp craig- since you both have my [eggplant emoji] in your mouth 24/7, I have a few proposals for you. We either do 2 matches on 1 night, both of you either put up 500k or 1 million each, and I’ll put up 1-2 million, depending. We both compete in the same night,and winners take all. If one of you is too [cat emoji] to accept, I’ll face one of you for 1m vs 1m, which I think is comical seeing as the fact that NF is gonna have to pay roughly 350k I taxes. I know pea brain has never made 7 figures in his life, but after taxes, you have around 650k left, maybe 700 if you’re lucky. After putting at least 20% down on your million dollar house, I would absolutely be willing to bet you don’t have 300-350k cash on hand laying around to put into escrow, which means you’ll have to secure a sponsor to front you that money, and seeing as I’ve beaten you both a total of 5x, including 4 Submissions, good luck on that.
Matches will not be left up to judges, will have minimal ref interference, and thus will be no time limit, submission only. Athletes will also be required to wear long sleeve rash guards and spats (with a no roll up rule) since 4 people have already accused you of grease (mason, pena, me, yuri).
Competition will take place when I’m healthy, if I’m healthy and on a date and platform I decide. Until then, keep dreaming you’ll ever be anywhere near my level after beating guys who can’t make it out of the 1st day at ADCC. If you don’t respond here or publicly, I take this as a no, and I will not respond after this unless I get a clear yes or no to this response. I’m not negotiating.
I am the king, you follow my rules, or you shut up. And before you bet your new found “wealth”, make sure you’re not gonna default on an irs payment and end up in jail or homeless, because only one of us has a million to blow, and we all know who that is ;). This is mostly a message to NF, bec we all know Craig’s the ultimate can crusher and wants absolutely nothing to do with any kind of physical confrontation with me. Well, at least craig will be at the academy helping you prepare for the camp just like he did for cgi and adcc... oh wait...
To summarize Ryan’s demands, he suggested that Rodriguez and Jones face him on the same night, with both men possibly putting up $1 million each. The bouts would then be submission only (no judges and no time limit), with the competitors required to wear long-sleeve rash guards and spats.
He added that the bouts will only take place when he is fully healthy and on a date of his choosing. Should his rivals not respond to him in the post or elsewhere publicly, he will consider that a rejection of his proposal.
“I’m not negotiating,” Ryan wrote. “I am the king, you follow my rules, or you shut up.”
Ryan has previously defeated Rodriguez by submission and holds multiple submission wins over Jones. Highlights of those performances were included in Ryan’s post alongside his caption.
Jones replied in the post’s comments section, though not in a way that Ryan is likely to appreciate.
“I literally insult you and your PDF file wife everyday,” Jones wrote. “It should be on sight not when you’re healthy. I’ll wager the video I possess to your one million. If I win it goes to charity.”
Rodriguez is yet to respond to Ryan’s comments.
