PFL scored a jackpot with Francis Ngannou

[Tyler Durden]

that's simply not true, a lot of people want to watch his next fight. Ngannou is one of the biggest stars in MMA right now.

People say this after EVERY Ngannou fight... but yet...

 

[leto1776]

Did they? PFL was never mentioned during the broadcast of the fight, so they gained nothing directly from the fight. Also, the fight absolutely BOMBED! Nobody bought that crap.

So not only did PFL not gain any real clout directly from the fight, they aquired a guy who can’t sell

 

[skylolow]

On a side note PFL is an awful organization despite what anyone thinks of Bellator its better than PFL by quite a bit, the only thing they have going for them is Ngannou who probably is only in it to fight boxing and will face whatever unknown guy PFL has at HW just to honor the contract.

There's no doubt Bellator puts out the better product.

But what the PFL has that Bellator doesn't is a vision of the future and are willing to take whatever chances to get there. Bellator has plugged along for years with little fan fair and did absolutely nothing to change that. Now does any of this matter in the end for the number 2 org in MMA, who knows. But at least there is new player in town that is willing to spend money and seem to have a clear vision of where they want to be and taking steps to do that(its not just talk like so many other orgs).

 

[TorontoTO]

There's no doubt Bellator puts out the better product.

But what the PFL has that Bellator doesn't is a vision of the future and are willing to take whatever chances to get there. Bellator has plugged along for years with little fan fair and did absolutely nothing to change that. Now does any of this matter in the end for the number 2 org in MMA, who knows. But at least there is new player in town that is willing to spend money and seem to have a clear vision of where they want to be and taking steps to do that(its not just talk like so many other orgs).

I think the issue is that the PFL vision is flawed and not that interesting. This is basically like a Silicon Valley startup trying to make something old sound new, innovative, and interesting. I would much rather someone spend money on changing the Bellator structure instead of PFL getting it so they can have even more unwatchable events.

 

[Royce Greasy]

I think the issue is that the PFL vision is flawed and not that interesting. This is basically like a Silicon Valley startup trying to make something old sound new, innovative, and interesting. I would much rather someone spend money on changing the Bellator structure instead of PFL getting it so they can have even more unwatchable events.

That is so true what you stated, yes all PFL will accomplish is a more terrible effort although I personally enjoyed Bellator despite what others say this move by PFL has disaster written all over it because its not like they are gonna change anything about the way they sign fighters or put on events so its not that hard to see that it will be a failure, if their product sucks now I
highly doubt gonna improve much at all.