News John Martin new PFL CEO

[David Street]

PFL announces John Martin new CEO - ‘Incredibly excited about the future’

With the PFL gearing up for its 2025 World Tournament finals, which are scheduled to take place in a few months, the promotion announced today that John Martin has been hired as the new CEO.

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Great news!! Maybe Donn will keep quiet now.
John Martin has been hired as the new CEO.

Martin brings a wealth of experience, having served as Chairman and CEO of Turner LLC from 2014 to 2018, where he grew annual revenue to $13 billion and operating income to nearly $5 billion. He managed a broad portfolio, including TNT, TBS, CNN, and Turner Sports. Previously, as CFO of Time Warner Inc., he oversaw Warner Bros., HBO, and Time Warner Cable, where he advocated for UFC’s cable distribution, recognizing MMA’s potential.

The biggest positive of this new hire is that Martin is a huge fan of mixed martial arts (MMA) and has a background in it, having earned a black belt in karate and a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

 

[SuspectChin]

Too little too late. While it's great that they're appointing someone who actually follows and is knowledgeable of the sport of mma, Davis has practically damaged any goodwill the campany had/has beyond repair. Never understood why they won't have Ray Sefo as their primary speaker/promoter.

 

[MMAddict21]

None of this matters when casuals absolutely do not care about MMA that isn’t the UFC.

 

[AimedWithV]

None of this matters when casuals absolutely do not care about MMA that isn’t the UFC.

I don't know if you noticed, but the last non-UFC company that folded - Bellator - did it after existing almost 20 years.
And the status quo in the MMA world lasted almost a decade.
Hell, Rizin exists more time than Pride did.

Companies that "casuals don't care about" exist and provide

 

[skylolow]

Be interesting to see how much say he really has in the product at the end of the day that the fans get to see or if he is more of behind the scenes guy and is dealing more on the business side like getting better media deals.

 

[David Street]

PFL needs to focus outside USA where they can grow. This guy can help in USA but not sure he is right for Africa, Europe, MENA...

 

[STAY GOLD]

PFL needs to focus outside USA where they can grow. This guy can help in USA but not sure he is right for Africa, Europe, MENA...

They have different people running each international brand. Dan Hardy is in charge of PFL Europe.

 

[David Street]

They have different people running each international brand. Dan Hardy is in charge of PFL Europe.

Then Martin will be very useful if they lose ESPN. Otherwise he will look to be a waste of a lot of money, his resume makes him look expensive.

 

[TheBrownRanger]

If they change one thing, please get rid of those uniforms!

 

[AimedWithV]

They have different people running each international brand. Dan Hardy is in charge of PFL Europe.

Dan Hardy is just a recruiter of talent/matchmaker. He's not a manager