Taila Santos’ next fight may be coming outside the Octagon rather than inside it.
Recently reported by O Município de Blumenau and followed up on by MMA Fighting, the last Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Flyweight title challenger is being faced with accusations of having not paid two former coaches, one of which was also her manager, after her three last fights.
Among the names accusing Santos is former head coach and manager, Marcelo Brigadeiro, who is also known for training the likes of top Strawweight contender, Marina Rodriguez. Brigadeiro claims that he never received his coach and manager percentages following Santos’ bouts against Roxanne Modafferi, Joanne Wood, and Valentina Shevchenko. Santos left Brigadeiro’s gym over one year ago and he intends on filing a lawsuit against the Flyweight.
Marcio Malko also coached alongside Brigadeiro for these previous three bouts. In his case, he’s already filed a lawsuit but is only claiming he wasn’t paid after the Shevchenko title fight that took place at UFC 285 in June 2022. Per MMA Fighting, Malko’s lawsuit asks for 20 percent of Santos’ pay. From the Shevchenko bout, Santos’ received a flat purse of $150,000, and $32,000 from the “Athlete Outfitting Policy,” which would result in a total of $36,400 for Malko.
The suit filed by Malko consists of 297 pages along with a letter attributed to Santos and her team. Santos alleges the deal she was under was “abusive” — which she also claimed as the case with...
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