News GFL cities, managers and coaches before the draft

[Koala]

Six teams / franchises:
Miami - Thiago Alves (manager) and Conan Silveira (coach) - I guess it will be mostly ATT fighters, Arlovski, Woodley, Page Van Zandt, Douglas Lima, Romero, JDS or Greg Hardy, Will Brooks
New York - Ray Longo (coach) and manager TBA (Weidman? Edgar?) - Rivera and Moraes are from New York gyms I think
Los Angeles - Wanderlei (manager) and Rafael Cordeiro (coach) - I guess we will have the Kings MMA fighters and some Chute Boxe guys. Let's see if they draft old guys like Werdum or Shogun
Sao Paulo - Lyoto Machida (manager) and Andre Pederneiras (coach, Nova Uniao) - I guess we will have Barao, Brazilians, Ed Soares fighters
London - Luke Barnatt (ex-TUF, manager) and Carl Prince (coach, Manchester Top Team), most likely the Western Europeans will be here
Dubai - Cain Velazquez (manager) and Javier Mendez (coach) - I guess we will have the Russians/USSR fighters, the Arabs, and maybe Rockhold here. I thought Cain couldn't leave the US

Douglas Lima, Chad Mendes, Yoel Romero, Shogun Rua, Duffee, OSP have been added to the draft

 

[skylolow]

I'm pretty sure Cain can't leave the country. He'll probably be jail as his sentencing hearing was pushed to 2025, I'm guessing soon than later. He has severed about 8 months but you got to think his plea deal with is at least 18 months to 3 years or something. If it is on the lower end maybe he'd get house arrest instead for the rest of his time and be able to leave a few hours each day for "work". Hell, Trump might just pardon him.

The teams coach and managers are a little weird as they said if you are drafted you don't have to go and train with them. You'll just be on the team more or less and assume they'd corner you. Maybe your allowed to bring one coach of your own or something, who knows.

 

[Royce Greasy]

They're(GFL) saying they will give the fighters an insurance plan for injuries and a retirement plan along with 50% event specific revenue share, whether they follow through with this remains to be seen but if they do I really believe that fighters would gravitate to them over time.


The weight classes are way way better than current mma imo they've made it hard for the weight cut cheats, LHW is 225lbs and the best is WW at 180lbs that is much better than 170lbs if you remember guys like Johnny Hendricks that kind of weight class would work for him, gonna be interesting to see what comes of this.

 

[Siver!]

I'm pretty sure Cain can't leave the country. He'll probably be jail as his sentencing hearing was pushed to 2025, I'm guessing soon than later. He has severed about 8 months but you got to think his plea deal with is at least 18 months to 3 years or something. If it is on the lower end maybe he'd get house arrest instead for the rest of his time and be able to leave a few hours each day for "work". Hell, Trump might just pardon him.

The teams coach and managers are a little weird as they said if you are drafted you don't have to go and train with them. You'll just be on the team more or less and assume they'd corner you. Maybe your allowed to bring one coach of your own or something, who knows.

He probably isn't the only one...

What a clown show.



It's not gonna go well...

 

[BoxerMaurits]

He probably isn't the only one...

What a clown show.



It's not gonna go well...

You the real Siver?

 

[Siver!]

You the real Siver?

Yessir!

How's everything been? BTW I contacted Dreyga about winning the rankings contest but he doesn't seem to want to cash his chips in haha

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Yessir!

How's everything been? BTW I contacted Dreyga about winning the rankings contest but he doesn't seem to want to cash his chips in haha

I’m great brotha! Living student life in Sweden. How about you?

Also, I was wondering why you deleted your old acc just to come back a couple weeks later, bro

 

[Siver!]

I’m great brotha! Living student life in Sweden. How about you?

Also, I was wondering why you deleted your old acc just to come back a couple weeks later, bro

To be honest I wanted to shake off all the nonsense posting in the War Room and focus on a new job I started around the time.

Have a proper break then come back a bit later with a clear account.

Actually I came back much earlier than expected because I wanted to check in on the Rankings Game and I also wanted to make sure my gift voucher donation to Arqueto had worked because the format had changed a bit. So yeah, earlier than expected, but wanted to make sure everyone got what was promised

 

[STAY GOLD]

He probably isn't the only one...

What a clown show.



It's not gonna go well...

They announced more fighters who they didn’t sign and they announced the wrong nationalities for some fighters.

 

[Siver!]

They announced more fighters who they didn’t sign and they announced the wrong nationalities for some fighters.

My very tiny Twitter timeline is flooded with stories about GFL announcing signings they either haven't actually signed or who are contracted elsewhere.

So strange.

Then GFL's official account has been arguing with MMA Twitter fans for weeks and weeks.

None of the fighters seem to be guaranteed anything by the contracts they're supposedly signing, and GFL are even saying that the older fighters they've signed may never actually fight for them... it all depends on the draft...

... I'll be honest. I don't get it.

 

[STAY GOLD]

My very tiny Twitter timeline is flooded with stories about GFL announcing signings they either haven't actually signed or who are contracted elsewhere.

So strange.

Then GFL's official account has been arguing with MMA Twitter fans for weeks and weeks.

None of the fighters seem to be guaranteed anything by the contracts they're supposedly signing, and GFL are even saying that the older fighters they've signed may never actually fight for them... it all depends on the draft...

... I'll be honest. I don't get it.

Yeah. I’ve been saying that for a while. I’ve seen contracts. They stipulate not everyone they signed will be guaranteed fights. Only the ones who get drafted are guaranteed fights.

 

[TheBrownRanger]

He probably isn't the only one...

What a clown show.



It's not gonna go well...

That's not even an official GFL Twitter source...

 

[Koala]

That's not even an official GFL Twitter source...

It's on their IG account
They signed all the free agents not named Pitbull for their draft

 

[Hellowhosthat]

It's on their IG account
They signed all the free agents not named Pitbull for their draft

I'm working on a list now lol

 

[Bubzeh]

Yessir!

How's everything been? BTW I contacted Dreyga about winning the rankings contest but he doesn't seem to want to cash his chips in haha

Got destroyed in the war room on a daily basis, rage quit, deleted the main account, cried in a corner for a while and now back under a new account.

Never seen anything like it wow…

 

[leto1776]

Yeah. I’ve been saying that for a while. I’ve seen contracts. They stipulate not everyone they signed will be guaranteed fights. Only the ones who get drafted are guaranteed fights.

Never expect mma fans to understand how something related to team sports (eg, a draft) works

 

[STAY GOLD]

That's not even an official GFL Twitter source...

They are just posting what was posted by GFL on their IG. They announced a lot of names for the draft that they hadn’t signed and several of the fighters they announced are coming out and saying they are not signed.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Never expect mma fans to understand how something related to team sports (eg, a draft) works

Plus a lot of Sherbros aren't American. Us Euros don't have drafts.

 

[MilesAbove]

According to my source, Schaffel signed but then signed with another org. According to the GFL contract they're allowed to do that... so it's weird he didn't just say "Hey, I was signed but got an assured contract, so I'm no longer available doe the draft."

I talked to Misyala's manager as well, and he served time already so afaik isn't under any restriction to be signed for a draft. Given who is on the list in his class I doubt he was ever considered.

 

[Siver!]

According to my source, Schaffel signed but then signed with another org. According to the GFL contract they're allowed to do that... so it's weird he didn't just say "Hey, I was signed but got an assured contract, so I'm no longer available doe the draft."

I talked to Misyala's manager as well, and he served time already so afaik isn't under any restriction to be signed for a draft. Given who is on the list in his class I doubt he was ever considered.View attachment 1080223

"Served his sentence"?

That's the shortest 7 year term in history!

TBF I've also read he is free in Poland, so I've no idea what the story is.

Most recent names to be scratched: Andreas Michailidis, who is with OKTAGON, Tariq Ismail, who never signed and restated he is with PFL, and Stephen Costello who said he never signed any contract and GFL just announced it - putting a title fight in Aus in jeopardy!

Truly bizarre stuff. As strange as having an honest-to-God stalker on Sherdog (not you lol).