Tim Means Doesn’t Thinks Georges St-Pierre’s Union Efforts Are For The Fighters

In an interview with Bloody Elbow, Tim Means expressed doubt that Georges St-Pierre’s efforts to get a fighters’ union going are actually for the fighters. Here are highlights:

On fighting Alex Oliveira at UFC 207 and Oliveira replacing him at UFC Fight Night 83: “I don’t think he should have been the dude to fill in for me. I don’t really know what the reason is for that, but I have to find a way to not like the guy, so I’m just making things up here, I guess.”

On training for the fight: “I’ve sparred hard maybe two or three times in the build up to this fight. I really enjoy the flow sparring, giving different looks, keeping the speed but controlling the power.”

On the people involved with the MMAAA: “You see a lot of disgruntled guys on the MMAAA. That Rebney guy has always been at the throat of the UFC and now he’s representing the talent? It’s a strange twist for me and it’s one that I don’t understand. Tim Kennedy’s been pissed at the UFC forever. T.J. Dillashaw was pissed off about not having his title fight. Cain I can understand, he’s getting to the end of his career, he didn’t say much, but there’s a reason he’s up there, and I understood why Donald Cerrone was up there. Gastelum didn’t make weight, he didn’t get his bonus money, I understood him being upset. Georges St-Pierre, come on man, really? The dude didn’t get the contract he didn’t like and suddenly he’s doing it for the fighters? Come on man, I think we need to read between those lines a little bit more. The way I’m looking at it, this whole thing, it’s more for some of those guys’ personal interests and their own vendettas they have with the UFC.”