News No More Millions: PFL Cuts Tournament Winner Prize

[WoozyFailGuy]

In PFL, you will from now on be a half million dollar champion. Looks like they were tired of guys winning two tournaments and retiring or the Saudi money is drying up.


PFL contracts state that fighters are payed $20k/$20k show in + $500k bonus for winning the tournament.

 

[Dorkman]

Gotta make cuts to afford what they promised francis.

 

[Gabe]

“The Richest Night in Combat Sports”

This is probably the most smooth sailing Dana has ever had, he has virtually no competition in a few months.

 

[Aurelian]

Damn Francis killed them

 

[markg171]

Thanks Francis

 

[Cooliox]

Why is Ngannou catching flak?

He's the only reason people even watch PFL.

Without him, this thread would have been moved from the heavies instantly

 

[TriangleMonkey]

These other promotion that claim “they gonna do it right” just fail one after another

How long ya’ll got till GFL goes under? LoL

 

[KID Yamamoto]

This org is watched seemingly less than Bellator. Only exception is when like Doumbe fights. Francis will be one and done with them.

 

[HHJ]

Fuck that is horrible

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

How could Franci$, a true fighter for all fighters, allow this to happen?!

 

[markys00]

Francis averaged out the pot lololol

 

[vinnie245]

If you are an MMA promotion your best bet in staying afloat is staying regional, every promotion that isnt the UFC that tried to expand outside of their main territory ends up bleeding money and going out of business within a couple years.
Also doesnt help buying other promotions and giving fighters rediculous contracts when the only thing even keeping you around is fucking Saudi money, maybe have a more solid foundation first before making moves like that.
Donn Davis is a complete moron and needs to be fired, even if it ends up being Scott fucking Coker again it would be an upgrade...

 

[MRT]

I though the original one million represented a fighter's total earnings for all fights if they won the tourney, rather than it being a one million bonus...?

So the actual 'champ bonus' depended on what a particular fighter's show/win money was for all fights leading to the tourney win, because it was essentially a 'top up' to one million total.

What it seems now is they have done away with that and a fighter will get whatever their particular show/win money is, per your contract, plus a specified champ bonus (500k in what this person has seen, which may or may not be the same in every contract).

 

[asdf122345]

ouch. PFL is done.

 

[theincognito]

Sounds like they are switching the focus to a more regular format and the tournament will become a background thing rather than the focal point of the promotion.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Why is Ngannou catching flak?

He's the only reason people even watch PFL.

Without him, this thread would have been moved from the heavies instantly

He’s only fought once for PonziFightLeague

I’d rather watch Dakota fights



Also PFL is dying

 

[ElLunico]

Never understood how these other orgs make money. I've never watched a PFL card. Don't even know how or where to watch it. Nobody I know MMA or sports fans watch PFL.

I watched maybe 1 or 2 Bellator cards when they were on.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

The pay structure never made sense to me from day one. We are talking pre Francis here. I've always wondered how much these events generated. Did PFL make enough to break even each event or what.

They really should stick to their Lane instead of trying get greedy.

The hardest thing in combat sports is obtaining valuable assets (fighters) and then trying to keep them under contract.

 

[Doctor Grudge]

The hardest thing in combat sports is obtaining valuable assets (fighters) and then trying to keep them under contract.

That isn't even close to the hardest thing. Fighters are just the things fans care about, they hardly mean anything in terms of money. Hence why the UFC can under pay their fighters.

 

[svmr_db]

Why do PFL threads always end up in UFC Discussion?