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Roy left the UFC to sign with the Yanhuang Competition not only because Wu Li offered more money, but also because of such resentment.
Besides that, what also concerned Dana White was Roy’s claim that if he had the chance to challenge for a championship, he could definitely win it, which he said all too easily!
The Hua Country audience, unfamiliar with the situation, might really believe that Roy could win the championship. If a person who could win a UFC championship failed to do so at the Yanhuang Competition, wouldn’t it seem as though the UFC’s level was inferior to the Yanhuang Competition?
Dana White did not know whether these words came from Roy himself or if Wu Li had prompted Roy to say them, but he knew for sure Wu Li would not let this opportunity slip by.
Indeed, interview videos of other UFC fighters who had been poached came out online that same day.
In the videos, reporters asked why these individuals chose to leave the UFC to compete in Hua Country.
"I didn’t really want to come, but what Wu Li offered was just too much..."
Of course, such words would never be publicly spoken. With Roy as a model, these former UFC fighters touted themselves as unrecognized talents, as if they could certainly win a UFC championship if only given the chance.
As a result, netizens naturally began to follow these people’s matches, as they might be ’champion level’ fighters from the UFC. Everyone was eager to know how far these individuals could go in the Yanhuang Competition and whether the Hua Country fighters stood a chance against them.
On July 30th, the Yanhuang Technique quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals.
The highly followed former UFC fighters did fairly well; of the twenty slots available in the semifinals across five weight classes, former UFC fighters took five and former ONE fighters took three, demonstrating the mettle of these international fighters.