This sort of scumbaggery seems like a natural consequence of the UFCs business model.

-- A UFC manager/agent can increase his earnings by getting bigger money deals or by increasing the volume of the deals being made

-- but the UFC has so much leverage in negotiations, that there is likely only a small amount that any particularly deal can realistically be increased for a fighter

-- So most managers/agent will start concentrating on making a higher volume of deals instead of "wasting time" trying to squeeze more money out of Dana White.

-- Also the UFC will likely start favoring doing business with managers that just want to make alot deal quickly as opposed to anyone that's "wasting time" actually doing their due diligence for their fighters and being tough negotiators

-- this should create a feedback loop where you have a handful of favored managers making the majority of the deals in the UFC and the majority of these deals aren't good for the fighters

-- this model would be very favorable for the UFC due to lower fighter pay, favorable to the manager in terms of making money via high volume and very unfavorable to the individual fighters.

-- A manager might calculate that it would be a good idea to have a few high profile deals where it at least looks like the manager has gotten a good deal... this way the headlines may paint of a picture of that manager doing due diligence when in reality the vast majority of the deals are being in a quick and cheap style.

All of the above may result in the managerial style of Ali.

( i'm not trying to excuse the scumbaggery in all of this.... just trying to propose a simple explanation of how scumbag managers rise to the top, end up managing large number of fighters and the vast majority of fighters end up getting screwed )