There appears to be trouble behind the scenes for some of Professional Fighters League’s (PFL) new additions.
PFL made waves throughout mixed martial arts (MMA) to close out its 2023 campaign with the big acquisition of longtime promotional staple Bellator. The move bolstered PFL in essentially every category and the effects of that have been seen in 2024.
However, one place it hasn’t (yet) benefitted is financially, according to former Bellator Middleweight champion, Gegard Mousasi.
“I want to fight, but a little bit difficult with PFL. They don’t honor the contracts. We’ll see,” Mousasi said on JAXXON PODCAST. “They think I get paid too much. When they took over the contract, Bellator fighters make more than the PFL guys so they’re trying to cut the — maybe put pressure, a little bit of politics. Let me not fight for a year then they can come and say, ‘Hey, take half. Stuff like that.
“When they took over, they wanted all the Top 10 fighters, that’s what they said,” he continued. “I think Bellator fighters are also the better fighters, but Bellator fighters also get paid more than the PFL guys. So now, they have to cut because they’re not making a lot of money.”
Shocking.
Fuck PFL,
They have no problem handing out 7-8 million to nobodies for winning a bum tournament, but are too cheap to pay Moose prob 100-200k a fight?..
Assholes