PFL co-owner Donn Davis declares the fighters airing complaints about their treatment in the wake of the Bellator acquisition do not represent the bulk.
After PFL obtained the Bellator brandname in December, a constant stream of grievances from some of its fighters endedupbeing public. The most noteworthy and vocal is previous Bellator champ Gegard Mousasi, who stated the PFL brass have cut interaction with his group under what he thinks is the objective to not honor the terms of his Bellator agreement.
Former multi-time Bellator titleholder Douglas Lima hasactually used comparable aggravations, and present Bellator females’s featherweight champ Cris Cyborg hasactually been regularly pressing to cage back in the cage as quickly as possible versus Larissa Pacheco, the two-time PFL females’s featherweight season winner, who has likewise spoke out on social media.
Davis stated he comprehended when PFL overtook Bellator’s operations there would be some unexpected problems, though he “expected more missteps” in the procedure. He made it clear he’s happy with where things stand total with both PFL and Bellator, and included he is actively working to willpower any exceptional concerns with professionalathletes.
“Occasionally we’ll have a fighter whine,” Davis stated on the “Weighing In” podcast with John McCarthy and Josh Thomson. “It’s one of 205 (fighters we obtained from Bellator). You anticipate 5 to 10 percent problems on any offer. You can’t be best. You can be 90 to 95 percent. We’ve had a handful of individuals state, ‘Oh, I dream it went this method, I dream it went that method.’ I’m thrilled. I’m extremely, really proud of how we dealtwith our fighters. How we reward our workers. Most of all, the item. We simply finished our 2nd (Bellator program) in Paris, which was remarkable. We didn’t sit on this for 6 months. We didn’t take a year off. We didn’t lay off 100 fighters. All the things that constantly