UFC flyweight contender Ray Borg is reportedly being sued by his now former coach over contract disputes. This could potentially come at a bad time for Borg, as he expected to face Louis Smolka in just under a week at UFC 207.
As much as Borg would not want to come face to face with his former coach Tom Vaughn, it will probably become inevitable as his former teammate Tim Means has been training with Vaughn at the latter's FIT-NHB gym in Albuquerque to prepare for his own fight on the same card. Borg had won several fights in his career as a result of training in FIT-NHB; however, he recently left them to join rivals Jackson-Wink MMA just a few months ago.
It was revealed that in his contract, Borg agreed to give Vaughn and his company Wildbunch Management 20% of his earnings from his fight career. The contract was negotiated and agreed upon just a short time before Borg joined the Jackson-Wink camp.
The contract between Borg and Vaughn's company will run through until August 2019 and begins with his fight in UFC 207 against Smolka. A rather interesting turn of events is how Borg and Smolka's fight was bumped up to the main card after Jessica Andrade had to pull out of her fight, according to KITV. This means that there is potentially more money in it not only for Borg but also for Wildbunch Management.
One of his scheduled fights for last September was scrapped, but he still earned around $18,000 of "show money," as stated by an article in the Albuquerque Journal. Now Vaughn and his company are suing because they reportedly did not receive their 20% cut from this money. Vaughn is also asking for compensation of around $1,100 for attorney's fees.
"Ray Borg is in breach of his fighter contract with Wildbunch Mgmt llc, money is owed, and we intend to collect," Vaughn said to the Albuquerque Journal through e-mail. "Ray can say whatever he wants but that's why contracts are created," they added. Borg has said he has no comment about the lawsuit.