Mark Kerr
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm going to because I wanted up the ante.
I wanted to like raise the standard.
Especially when I went to Japan.
It's like, you know, press conference.
I couldn't afford it, but I was in a $1,000 Calvin Klein suit that I had put on a charge card.
But I wanted to change the narrative.
I wanted to be a professional.
Because if I was a professional and treated like a professional, I could ask for pay like a professional.
Not like some dude that was just scraped off a bar stool and thrown into a ring.
So, oh boy, this is so I signed a three fight tournament deal with the UFC.
I did 14 and 15 and I still had one tournament obligation on the contract.
So after 15, the Japanese had seen enough footage and I got contacted by Pride.
They're like, hey, we want to fly you over.
We want to we want to have you as a key piece to build this organization.
So they fly me first class over first class hotel.