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Just as the title says. The championship fights are set so we pretty much know what's going to happen the rest of the year. What changes you bring to PFL? I'd say:
- Go after big names - The PFL needs to try their hand at securing far bigger names if they want to be successful. The biggest names this season were Shields, Brooks, and Rashid Magomedov at a very distant third. Definitely won't cut it for ratings. Go after guys like Vitor Belfort and Frank Mir for one-offs, or at least attempt to outbid the UFC for top 10 well-known talents like Mousasi and Alvarez.
Put homegrown talent like Cooper, Harrison, and Palmer on those undercards.
However, in order to bring these kinds of guys in, they'll definitely have to pay those 1M dollar prizes to the tournament winners in order to be viewed as a reputable organization.
- Get rid of the boring, mediocre fighters - WSOF attracted a ton of boring fighters due to Bellator/ONE not willing to take them and in-part due to them being sort of a high-level feeder to the UFC. Will Brooks, Brandon Halsey, and Jake Shields don't really fit in this category as they have name value and have been champions in other major orgs.
If they got rid of boring prospect killers like Santos, Rosholt, and Doomsday, I wouldn't miss them too much. They were incredibly average show-killers in the UFC and they're average show-killers now.
- Co-Promote - WSOF/PFL has had no problem letting fighters fight in other orgs temporarily in the past. Why not do it officially? Send one or two fighters with fan-friendly styles to RIZIN NYE and get some buzz about their own NYE event.
Bringing in other fighters from RIZIN and Bellator to fight in the tournaments would also help get some eyes on the product. RIZIN and Bellator, to my knowledge are the most co-promotion friendly major orgs. Honestly, why the hell not?
- Go after big names - The PFL needs to try their hand at securing far bigger names if they want to be successful. The biggest names this season were Shields, Brooks, and Rashid Magomedov at a very distant third. Definitely won't cut it for ratings. Go after guys like Vitor Belfort and Frank Mir for one-offs, or at least attempt to outbid the UFC for top 10 well-known talents like Mousasi and Alvarez.
Put homegrown talent like Cooper, Harrison, and Palmer on those undercards.
However, in order to bring these kinds of guys in, they'll definitely have to pay those 1M dollar prizes to the tournament winners in order to be viewed as a reputable organization.
- Get rid of the boring, mediocre fighters - WSOF attracted a ton of boring fighters due to Bellator/ONE not willing to take them and in-part due to them being sort of a high-level feeder to the UFC. Will Brooks, Brandon Halsey, and Jake Shields don't really fit in this category as they have name value and have been champions in other major orgs.
If they got rid of boring prospect killers like Santos, Rosholt, and Doomsday, I wouldn't miss them too much. They were incredibly average show-killers in the UFC and they're average show-killers now.
- Co-Promote - WSOF/PFL has had no problem letting fighters fight in other orgs temporarily in the past. Why not do it officially? Send one or two fighters with fan-friendly styles to RIZIN NYE and get some buzz about their own NYE event.
Bringing in other fighters from RIZIN and Bellator to fight in the tournaments would also help get some eyes on the product. RIZIN and Bellator, to my knowledge are the most co-promotion friendly major orgs. Honestly, why the hell not?