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I have received numerous complaints again about a manager making false claims to sign athletes to their management company and/or personally using my name to gain an athlete’s trust to sign or intimidate them into signing with the management company. I am a professional and do not form personal friendships with managers for these very reasons.

Invicta FC is a company that supports and employs the athletes not the managers! NOBODY can get an athlete blackballed from our promotion or stop an athlete from an opportunity to compete in the organization except for the athlete themselves. I know that I have posted about this before, but strongly feel the need to reiterate again how important it is to do your research when hiring a manager to represent you. A manager is employed by the athlete and is a representitve of the athlete and their brand. Please do your research and be cautious when employing someone that will speak on your behalf. When in doubt about a manager contact that mangers past and present signed athletes and do the research! I can not begin to express how important this will be in your career and how doing your research will save you a lot of grief in the end.

I am not only the president/owner of Invicta FC, but most importantly, I am a HUGE advocate for the athlete and the sport. If someone is spreading false information about Invicta FC employment policies and/or aledging that they have a friendship with me that gives them an advantage, or aledging a friendship to intimidate you into signing a management agreement, please contact me imediately.

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Shelby Belfast Jones
If only this was just a single occurrence. It ain't just a Man's world. Bravo Shannon for standing up for those afraid for their future who have been bullied to keep their silence.
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Arron Pegg
soon. we all need to stop covering up this dog/s acts. we keep covering it up and it keeps happening again. sometimes a dog just needs to be taken behind the shed to have it's skull caved flat by a cinder brick. Metaphorically speaking of course.
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Chuckie Giles
I dont get why people won't say said "managers" name so everyone would know to avoid them...its like a disease if anyone has any information to cure this problem people should know...or am i wrong?
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Bec Anne
Not cool at all!!
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Shannon Knapp
Keep messing with my athletes and they are going to find out just how serious I can be. I have had enough! This isn’t just one complaint it is many with documentation/emails to validate this is going on. I have refrained from naming said manager out of professionalism and can only hope that the athletes read this post and protect themselves from falling prey to this BS.
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Manolo El Huracan Hernandez, profile picture
Manolo El Huracan Hernandez
Terrible!
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Matt Meyerson
Management in MMA is a joke. Very few folks operating above board with honesty, integrity and real knowledge of how to put a deal together and keep the athlete's interests a priority.
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Brian Butler-Au
lemme guess... lol
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Brian Butler-Au
On a side note, Matt M., I take my job very seriously and management can play a crucial role for an athlete. However, Shannon nailed it and I am often surprised at how certain "managers" ever get any clients? You can usually see the "cheese" factor a mile away... if it walks like a duck...
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Terence Allen
Shannon, you, Janet, and everyone else at Invicta are doing such a great job in building women's MMA. Unfortunately, there will always be people trying to use someone else's success to build their own because they have neither the will or the smarts to make their own way. Keep up the great work!
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Matt Meyerson
Brian butler-au I manage about 20 top action sports athletes and was in MMA for years. I know about the job, the industry and the folks who run the show....most of the "managers" don't know their ass from their elbows. Being friends, brothers, cousins, etc. does not make someone qualified to manage pro athletes.
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Brian Butler-Au
Matt Meyerson - not here to compare resume's my friend and for the most part I agree with what you say, but to lump it all in and say "management in MMA is a joke", is a broad stroke and not fair to the managers out there that do right by there clients (and have the proper background to do it).
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Eric Holden
.....Addison Sports Management? Just a guess...
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Matt Meyerson
Fair enough but I unfortunately I'm right
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Joseph T. Todoroff II
Spill the beans
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Brian Butler-Au
Matt - your right that a lot of managers are unqualified. In fact while "MMA" is growing, the "business of MMA" is still very green. Like I said, I take a tremendous amount of pride in my job and you are wrong to say that the job as a whole is a joke.
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Eric Holden
@brian manages the lovely and talented Felice, so he def knows what he's talking about
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Matt Meyerson
I didn't mean the job is a joke. My intention was that the majority of people running around saying they are managers are a joke. They give the sport and the profession a bad name.
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Brian Butler-Au
whole heartedly agree!
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Matt Meyerson
For the ones doing it right, posts like this by Shannon give them a wrongful bad name. Good management, in my book, is crucial in all professional sports when dealing with organizations, sponsors and other prospective opportunities.
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Randy Casjens
I'm a huge fan of what you are doing for WMMA and I love the fact that you are doing all that is in your power to help these fantastic athletes achieve their personal goals. Legally I understand the importance of not naming this scumbag as it could put your good works for wmma and Invicta FC in jeopardy. Please keep up the great work and continue to fight the good fight. Much respect to you and your staff.
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Jake Hirsch
Oh Jesus did Pavia come out of retirement? Lmao
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Jake Hirsch
All joking aside Shannon Knapp, I'm glad you step up when so many other promoters step aside when it comes to these tactics. You're doing an amazing job my friend. Keep it up
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Shannon Knapp
Thanks Jake!
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Homer Roberts
Hey ms Shannon would u look into signing a couple awsome ladies Nina Ansaroff and Amberlynn Orr please. love invicta more then strikeforce and current UFC.Doing a great job with these ladies.
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Jenna Harley Socal Bernick
Thank you Shannon for what you do!
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Amy Carter
Thank you for all you do and PLEASE come to Ohio!!
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Krista Bontrager
Bravo Shannon for standing against bullying and for your fighters.
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Chad Sullivan
Invicta is one of the very few promotions in the KC area that I have faith in to do the right thing, treat their fighters right, have good matchups that aren't "setups" etc... Dealing with promoters and promotions worldwide I can also say that Shannon is an above the board type of person and I would put her and her promotion up there in the top few great ones of the sport. Personally, I say out the idiot, I am sure I can throw some names out there and eventually hit it especially if they are in the Midwest. If he is attempting to screw fighters while using your name and your promotion's name, he's a fraudulent bastard...out him.
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Solomon P. Alexander
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I indicate some time ago, some is going on with this Invicta company.
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