Free finally, free no less than. Patricio Pitbull is free finally. And he’s received just a few parting phrases for the PFL and its high star, Francis Ngannou.
“[PFL] is cutting a bunch of fighters and forcing others to take pay cuts of up to 70%,” Pitbull posted on X. “No respect for fighter contracts and what they’ve completed… The self-called fighters first group can be altering its contracts so it’s virtually unattainable for fighters to be free brokers and to depart on free company.
“Also tying down fighters payments for many years and taking away all their leverage… The self-called co-leader in MMA is ghosting some fighters/ managers and leaving them with no answers while the owner makes silly and disrespectful posts on social media.”
Patricio Pitbull requires Ngannou’s assist in constructing a fighter’s union
Pitbull additionally took purpose at Ngannou, who signed a ground-breaking take care of the PFL in mid-2023 making him one of many highest paid fighters in all of combined martial arts. ‘The Predator’ was additionally added to the promotion’s world advisory board to advocate for the most effective curiosity of each fighter on the roster.
Whereas Pitbull has been granted his outright launch from the PFL, Pitbull later famous that the promotion nonetheless retains matching rights, that means that the PFL may match any supply he receives from a rival promotion, thus re-signing him.