Nah, i don't think so. If you keep the count going people are going to assimilate to WSOF with more frequency/ease and therefore think PFL is also somewhat shady, while if you reset it more fans will treat it like a new promotion, and there's no problem with that, new orgs with "new" formats generate more interest. Let's agree to disagree in that regard.
No, i don't think so. Specially considering they have a new TV deal and are streaming on FB, many of PFL fans are completely new to the org. Myself included.
No, new fans because it feels like a completely different org. New format, fighters & TV deal.
didn't Khasiev refused to accept sponsorship from Nike, or something like that, because of the brand stance on homosexuals? doesn't feel like a smart business decision IMO
What on earth are you smoking?
Never said it is, but the FEELING while watching PFL is of a new, fresh and innovative org. Not of a "continuation of WSOF", which was a C level meh org.
Actually, I remember Khasiev said that they are not doing co-promotion events because of their bad experience co-promoting with M-1.That's because you didn't pay attention because I never said that. I said anyone can ACCUSE Khasiev of it when it becomes politically convenient. Like what happened with Ziyavuddin. He was close to President Medvedyev but now Medvedev isn't as prominent and his allies are being selectively targeted.
Having links to Kadyrov doesn't mean they shouldn't change the last A. There's already a damn A in the first part of the name.ACA name sucks. It's an accounting firm or a medical clinic of some sorts.
M-1 and ACB merger was proposed by me when it became public that they were suffering financial issues. M-1 and ACB were the top orgs and by combining they would have a solid roster and become a powerhouse because M-1 has it's accounting and management in order, their decision making is far more financially sound.
That was me speaking from a rational POV and an MMA POV. Nothign to do with regional politics and cliques. I still don't believe there would be any hang up between an M-1 and ACB merger back then, because Khasiev is a businessman and so are the guys behind M-1. If it was just PR then ACB would have merged with WFCA ages ago instead of operating separately.
Finkelshtein who heads M-1 also heads WMMAA, and both orgs have heavy Caucasus fighters and cooperation. There's Russian MMA Union events behind held in North Caucasus every year. Khasiev being Chechen doesn't mean he's automatically disqualified from partnerships. It's WFCA that was politically aligned.
As far as I can remember he didn't have anything to say about it if I'm not mistaken he said that Ossetians are Jews from Iran and something along the lines that they are not native people of Caucasus.
So Fedor is Ukrainian because he was born there, Smolyakov is Belarusian and Sosnovskiy is Ukrainian. Ok, but I mean people often considers/calls them Russian Heavyweights.
Multiple nationality is a thing, you know..
As far as I can remember this guy wasn't able to show any proof that Abus holds Russian citizenship.
He wasn't born in Russia? If that's the case i don't see how you can say he's not Russian
