GFL Draft live … Complete Rosters

[SalvadorAllende]

LMFAO Dillion Danis in there???

 

[Necrocrawler]

Someone should a notable exclusions thread about this


Edit: checking their list, o already some interesting ones like Paul Harris and chris camozzi

 

[STAY GOLD]

I saw a young WW call out Tony. I cringed. That doesn’t need to happen. Tony could legit beat him and no one who’s ambitious should be calling out Tony at this stage in his career. No joke, this draft was sad. Most of the folks drafted shouldn’t be fighting.

 

[Ara tech]

I saw a young WW call out Tony. I cringed. That doesn’t need to happen. Tony could legit beat him and no one who’s ambitious should be calling out Tony at this stage in his career. No joke, this draft was sad. Most of the folks drafted shouldn’t be fighting.

All these retired post prime fighters are signing with GFL for one reason, and that's money.

They are not satisfied with what they made early on, and want to secure the end of their life with as much as they can cash out. Because they could not become promoteurs, managers or coaches.
GFL is the only org right now who is offering XXX XXX numbers per fight to old retired washed up fighers who won't be there in the next 5 years, instead of betting on the youth. The teams system seems awkward, I have a bad feeling about this...

Tony by competing again, only endanger his health as many others.

 

[aerius]

GFL really is the senior's league.

 

[MRT]

It is obviously all about matchups, name power, etc., with enough younger/unknown fighters to hopefully generate some new names.

I'm pessimistic about the team/points aspect of it, but it will ultimately be about the matchups...I doubt many fighters are going to care that they get zero points for being finished and a point for a decision loss. This is not the CJI where there is a million dollars on the line, so people will simply tap lol.

Can we talk about how that must have been the most polarizing analyst panel of all time for some MMA fans??? Brendan Schaub, Robin Black, and Mike Goldberg - LOL

(I thought they did a rather solid job, tbh - and while I don't miss him on broadcasts, Goldie was deservedly getting a lot of love from a number of fighters).

 

[europe1]

MMA really is the right sport to merge with AI

 

[ShoHendoCop]

What if somehow Shogun looked light on his feet Joe?

 

[leto1776]

Combat sport are indiviualistic sport, individual, the team, trainers/coaches always stay in the shadows.

What for future new signed athletes that have already a team of their own, it may not be good for them to join or to be affiliated with one of these team.

Promoting what ? Team success ? That team won, that team lost. You're going to be forced to have some sparring partners, even if they don't match your next opponent, and are you going to be penalize if your partner lose ? Are you going to be penalized if your team doesn't make it ?

Ridiculous. Flawed. Stupid. Maybe yes, maybe not. Cannot judge early on. I just hope GFL become an alternative and a rival to the evil UFC monopoly. They seems to have tons of money, they are overpaying athletes that are retired or washed up but will draw lesser crowd than the money invested for sure.

GOOD FUCKING LUCK = GFL

Who’s alt account are you?

 

[leto1776]

I'm pessimistic about the team/points aspect of it, but it will ultimately be about the matchups...I doubt many fighters are going to care that they get zero points for being finished and a point for a decision loss. This is not the CJI where there is a million dollars on the line, so people will simply tap lol.

You’re ignoring the history where the fighters in IFL loved the team aspect.

 

[Hyden]

Can someone educate me on this? I feel like such a casual. Does this mean the teams will train together?

 

[MilesAbove]

Can someone educate me on this? I feel like such a casual. Does this mean the teams will train together?

Teams are made up of 20 fighters. I heard half are supposed to be from the country of the team (although Dubai seems to just be "sounds vaguely Muslim). Your fight outcomes = points. Tea.s with the most points at the end of an event wins. The other loses. That's pretty much all ya gotta know. It's more a marketing strategy to sell to investors. As a fan.... just watch fights.

 

[GSP_37]

Do the fighters have to move to the city that drafted them?

Wouldn't mind watching Weidman vs Rockhold 2.

 

[Ironheart]

This whole thing is friggin weird

 

[BOXINGLOPEZ]

 

[Koala]

Rashad Evans and Timur Valiev are saying they never signed with the GFL

 

[Bubzeh]

PFL used Jake Paul’s confrontational antics about fighter pay and their million dollar tournaments for marketing whereas GFL are using the team aspect for marketing. Both are tedious. We just want fights.

If anything, they should have just opened a normal org with a separate legends league and let them bang.

I still think the companies are missing out on female atomweight divisions too. Ship the Asian girls over and let’s all enjoy them.

 

[STAY GOLD]

Rashad Evans and Timur Valiev are saying they never signed with the GFL

Valiev denounced them before the draft. It was either laziness or they didn’t care to address it before the draft.

 

[MilesAbove]

Seems like the reason Woodley went first, and Bi got drafted at all, had more to do with handshake agreements prior to the draft than any team wanting them.

 

[MRT]

You’re ignoring the history where the fighters in IFL loved the team aspect.

I'm not saying the fighters won't care about the team aspect (although I suspect many won't)...I just don't think the point system is going to strongly influence fight outcomes. PFL just ditched their point system because...no one cares.