UFC lightweight veteran Bobby “King” Green opened up about a painful ordeal during a recent press conference, revealing that a former girlfriend walked out of his new home with an estimated $300,000 worth of jewelry.
Green first brought it up almost in passing, mid-thought, while answering a question about his motivation heading into his fight with Jeremy Stevens.
“I just lost $300,000 in jewelry, so I got to make up and get some more money,” he said. “I’m hot right now, bro. Like, I really been through a lot right now lately. It’s been a real dark path.”
When a reporter circled back and asked him to expand on the jewelry comment, Green laid out exactly what happened.
He said, “I had an ex-girlfriend and she was basically kidding me up saying, ‘Oh, somebody d*ed.’ And she needed some money to help her and stuff. I help people. I take care of people, bro. So, I let her come by, you know, gave her a little money and stuff, trying to help her out. And I left to go to practice. I came back. I left my jewelry in the house.”
Green noted the timing made the situation especially frustrating. He had only recently moved into a new property.
“I just bought a new house. I’m in the house like maybe a week, you know? So, I’m barely just getting stuff put in,” he said. “And I left my jewelry box in there. Normally I keep it in my car because I know I’m with some crazy people, you know. And she took everything. Took everything.”
The emotional toll was significant. Green said he could not rest for nearly a week afterward.
He said, “Bro, I couldn’t sleep for like five days driving around looking for my stuff. Like, it’s been dark, bro. It’s been real dark. But it comes with this, you know?”
Asked directly whether he needed his performance bonus at the upcoming event as a result, Green did not hesitate.
“Yeah. And then run it back again. I still need all that and some more,” he said. “I’m that mad. I’m that pissed. I need that and more. So, I plan on going back to work right after this. Come back and do another one.”
Green, who has earned nine post-bout bonuses across his UFC tenure, said the loss is part of a stretch of personal difficulty, describing people around him taking advantage of his financial success as a strip club owner and fighter.
“Everybody that come near me, I got to feel like, what are you here for? Because they think you got some money. People play with you a certain way. I feel like a giant cookie and everybody wants a bite,” he stated.
