I’ve heard a couple weird things from a person I trust.
He’s got a white nationalist group from Ukraine giving him a whole lot of money. He was supposedly introduced to them by President Awesome of Karate Combat.
He’s told people that he may very well unass the US after the tournament’s over because the IRS is incredibly interested in him.
The ADCC did some back room deals to take care of their people prior to the event this weekend.
Craig Jones went over to The Ukraine to borrow more money to get things off the ground (we can verify that he was there via his social media).
I am confused. What is the issue with the origin of the money? Was it funds for the war? Why would the IRS be interested unless the winners or Craig fail to pay taxes.
The stream last night had 150k on YouTube, which is pretty good for BJJ. There was A LOT of promotion for that event, and it looks like they spent A LOT of money. They gave away a car to a fan, I think a Kia or something, but still! Definitely seemed to have some serious bankrolling behind it.
Why would a group like that be funding a BJJ tournament though? What’s in it for them?