Comments on: Mikey Burnett Sues TufGuy Productions

By: Leif Wright

Leif Wright — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:12:18 +0000

I know Mikey quite well. His jittery eyes are caused by childhood epilepsy, and his speech is sometimes difficult to understand because of a speech impediment. The person who said he can’t think straight couldn’t be more mistaken. Mikey is both intelligent and funny, and the running into the wall thing was clearly funny. It also clearly didn’t injure his neck.
You’ll never catch Mikey defending himself from attacks like those saying he’s dumb or money hungry, but everyone — and i mean everyone — who knows him would vehemently dispute both.

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TUF drama teaser - Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:36:32 +0000

[...] of TUF. As a side note, it no longer surprises me that Mikey Burnett thought he would be able to run through a wall at the TUF house. That’s some flimsy ****. From the unreleased clips on the DVD: “Hey [...]

By: kungfumaster222

kungfumaster222 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:04:32 +0000

you know about 98% of the fighters are screwed out of their business cause they know nothing about business only about fighting here is a guy that got hurt on their show and they refuse to help out.He’s not only standing up for himself but alot of other srcewed people in this organisation.I don’t know what your job is but it sounds like your a greeter or someone sitting behind a desk.These guys train for over 40 hours a week at that level they get at first fight around 2500 to win 5 a year you do the math!

By: kungfumaster222

kungfumaster222 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:58:01 +0000

if someone does something on my propertie i am responsible for that person,now ask a group of fighters to live in a house with ego testosterone,no tv,no phone and what do you expect?I also heard it was broken in practice from a slam.Bottom line ufc pays these fighters less than minimum wage they should be ashameed of themselves for not taking care of there fighters better the guy was hurt regardlees of how on their show,They refuse to help he is still walking around with a broken neck.I don’t know about all of you guys but I’m sure a few of you pay to watch the fighters,very small portion of that mopney goes to them.God bless all even you thoughtless non-caring people.

By: MMAKansas

MMAKansas — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:57:05 +0000

Perhaps he should get a desk job or be a greeter at walmart.. he did sign a waiver you know.. lol

By: R.J. St.Croix

R.J. St.Croix — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:34:22 +0000

this one is a hard one for me to pick a side in, i hate anytime someone is suing someone else and feels like there just looking for easy money.

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:30:14 +0000

ya bro, its tough getting your brains beat out and having nothing to show for it.. it be nice if they paid his bills just out of compassion.. but its a business ofcourse and a cutthroat one at that…

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:28:37 +0000

Doc, they may very well be liable for his injuries, even if it WAS from running into the wall. I think theyre responsible for ANYTHING that happens to those guys during the course of the show. Like in this past season when they removed the railing from the stairs, dam i was nervous about that man, ive done alot of work on scaffolds and even WITH caution and protective gear alot can happen.

Now if one of those guys broke their neck stumbling off the edge in a drunken stupor, do you think the UFC would be liable? I think they definately would and it would probably have been the end of the TUF show. Thankfully that didnt happen…

Mikey has injuries and he doesnt have the money.. where will that money come from? the only place he can think of is the UFC, i feel sorry for that guy but hes not gonna win this suit..

By: Dr J

Dr J — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:26:43 +0000

I think what really happened is this (based on other interviews I’ve heard with Burnett about it).

He got injured on the show and AIG didn’t pay his medical insurance claim and he has been battling with them for over a year to pay for his bills. If they are not paying his insurance claim, they obviously feel they are not ‘at fault’ for his injuries, which is basically the point of my post.

I feel bad for Burnett as well. He has some serious injuries and he gave it a shot at a comeback but the injuries were just too much for him. I feel bad that any fighter cannot pay for medical bills as a result of doing what they love, fighting.

By: bvrasp

bvrasp — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:21:09 +0000

I think its kind of sad personally.. Since we first saw him on the show, he didnt look right man. He could talk right, he couldnt think right, and the way his eyes darted around the whole time really concerned me and kind of made me dizzy too during closeups..

If hes filing a suit now, then clearly the statute of limitations isnt up, but i still think the timing is a big factor and ultimately will be the deciding factor. Its too late Mikey, why wait all this time before persuing this?

Like Dr. J said, how can you determine what caused the injuries? the fighting and training on the show? the antics on the show? fighting and training after the show? some brawl in a bar somewhere? who knows!

in a previous Season, Kerry Schall came to TUF knowing his knees were for sht and he reinjured himself got his bills paid for and left the show. So its not as if they dont live up to their responsibilities when it comes to medical liability involving “fighting and training” on TUF show.