News Gegard Mousasi frustrated by 'radio silence' from PFL, feeling pressured to 'take a pay cut'

[TorontoTO]

Mousasi said his management is activity trying to get answers from the PFL in the most professional way possible. Taking his gripes public is not his preferred method, but the 38-year-old, who would be ready to jump into a training camp immediately, thinks voicing his frustrations through the media is the only move left at this point.
“The problem is my manager tried to contact them and they don’t even respond,” Mousasi said. “There’s no effort to promote or get me a fight. It’s radio silence with them. People think I’m retired. They’re trying to be No. 2 organization in the world, but I think at least what they can do is tell me what their plans are with me.

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[Hellowhosthat]

I'd tell Donn Davis how stupid this is on Twitter if he hadn't blocked me.

 

[TorontoTO]

I'd tell Donn Davis how stupid this is on Twitter if he hadn't blocked me.

Lol he blocked you? He posts cringe and delusions most of the time so you aren't missing much

 

[Koala]

 

[TorontoTO]

We went years without anyone really complaining under Coker and 6 months in with PFL and we have tons of fighters complaining

 

[KeeSmyth]

We went years without anyone really complaining under Coker and 6 months in with PFL and we have tons of fighters complaining

Coker had his flaws with promoting the product but he must be the most loved/respected MMA guy out there with the fighters

 

[MMALOPEZ]

PFL is a shit show … it doesn’t matter how much the Saudi’s invested and how much money of investors they have … it’s a wrongly ran company … Bellator is already a lot worse than before .. and PFL will continue burning money for a few more years with no direction whatsoever… delusional people like Davis think they are competing with the ufc and that is killing them

 

[TorontoTO]

Coker had his flaws with promoting the product but he must be the most loved/respected MMA guy out there with the fighters

Hearing that Bellator only had 20 employees when it was sold, I don’t really know how much you could have expected from him since Viacom obviously didn’t want to spend anything

 

[skylolow]

Won't shock me if Gegard was on one of those oddball deals like Coker signed Dan Henderson to back in the Strikforce days. Either way Gegard is probably making a solid 250K to 350K a fight.

It's hard for any of these org outside the UFC to pay guys like Gergard 250K-500K to fight when they aren't the champ or drawing very well. Plus on top of it he is at that age of riding off in the sunset. Some would say he is already there.

This is a hard puzzle for the PFL to figure out. You talk about wanting to compete and are opening to talk to any fighter seriously in free agency regardless of status. But how do you make money off guys that demand the salary of a Gegard and you have events that fighter salary costs you 1.8M before you do anything. It's hard hump to get over and it's what usually kills those orgs in the end.

I know PFL loves the tournament format and 1M prize. But maybe they should do more like 2 or 3 weight classes a year and rotate instead committing to like 7 or whatever yearly and utilizing that money saved to put on larger costing events to keep and get fighters in the Gergard status.

 

[TorontoTO]

Won't shock me if Gegard was on one of those oddball deals like Coker signed Dan Henderson to back in the Strikforce days. Either way Gegard is probably making a solid 250K to 350K a fight.

It's hard for any of these org outside the UFC to pay guys like Gergard 250K-500K to fight when they aren't the champ or drawing very well. Plus on top of it he is at that age of riding off in the sunset. Some would say he is already there.

This is a hard puzzle for the PFL to figure out. You talk about wanting to compete and are opening to talk to any fighter seriously in free agency regardless of status. But how do you make money off guys that demand the salary of a Gegard and you have events that fighter salary costs you 1.8M before you do anything. It's hard hump to get over and it's what usually kills those orgs in the end.

I know PFL loves the tournament format and 1M prize. But maybe they should do more like 2 or 3 weight classes a year and rotate instead committing to like 7 or whatever yearly and utilizing that money saved to put on larger costing events to keep and get fighters in the Gergard status.

I had the same idea with rotating weight classes, give the guys a break and instead of having the stupid regular season, just take the top 8 ranked guys

 

[CC27]

not surprised, some of those guys got good contracts at Bellator and now are old and losing and Mousasi is one of them. Either honor the deal or release him but to hold him only to not pay him is shitty.

 

[DC23]

Unfortunate for him. PFL are stupid.

As much as I thought their shows were pathetic, I do miss Bellator.

 

[MMAddict21]

I wonder how long the Saudi’s invest for before they give up on this shit show. I’m guessing they’re out by 2026.

 

[SuspectChin]

I wonder how long the Saudi’s invest for before they give up on this shit show. I’m guessing they’re out by 2026.

They pulled the rug from under Embracer last year (after Saints Row 2022 bombed), so a year sounds about right.

 

[TorontoTO]

 

[MMAddict21]

PFL is going to see all this bad press from former Bellator fighters, pay them what their contract states, and then go bankrupt lmao

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

 

[KeeSmyth]

if they dont want to pay then just let bellator die

 

[skylolow]

If they can't justify his price at this point in his career and where the PFL see's itself heading then let him go.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

@tehMoose look what they're doing to your boy.