Donn Davis PFL Founder
PFL co-founder Donn Davis, admittedly, had a tough 2024 operating the promotion.
Don’t take our phrase for it. Take his.
Donn Davis took to LinkedIn to open up about PFL’s struggles in 2024. #PFL pic.twitter.com/EuzMiIO452
“Building companies is really hard with many setbacks, filled with uncertainty and pain, requiring creativity and perseverance,” Davis started his submit on LinkedIn.
“Most social media posts celebrate the triumphs of success, and I had great time last week doing that PFL post! This post is opposite…this post celebrates survivial…We all took hard punches in 2024 and are still here to fight. We all had bad things happen…and survived!”
PFL took some tough pictures this yr with canceled occasions, fighters leaving, fighters complaining publicly about lack of fights, and occasions falling properly in need of expectations.
Davis didn’t go into nice element on any of his 5 factors, however did checklist a few of the harder issues that PFL endured in 2024.
“1 Quite a few potential new traders wasted hundreds of hours of our time, and time is so valuable.
2 Massive new advertiser agreed to deal and was in closing contract, however new administration stopped deal.
3 Some Bellator star fighters complained on social media about not combating sufficient, however PFL makes greatest general selections contemplating ALL our fighters.
4 We’re rising so quick with our new worldwide leagues that prices in some areas are too excessive.
5 Main new initiative and enlargement is delayed a yr by considered one of our companions, by means of no fault of PFL.”
A few of these sound like admissions that issues actually didn’t go very properly in any respect for PFL in 2024. Dropping out on a giant advertiser, and coping with excessive prices of working abroad, might have been a few of the components as to why PFL/Bellator canceled some occasions in 2024, though Davis doesn’t state this himself.
Bellator fighters did certainly take to social media to precise their frustrations with lack of fights that they had been promised.
Then again you may say that is presumably only a means for Davis to place blame on different components for a few of these points. Saying potential traders “wasted thousands of hours of our time” and a brand new initiative and enlargement was delayed “through no fault of PFL” actually makes it sound that means.
All that being stated it’s the teachings he discovered in 2024 which have him sounding fairly optimistic because the promotion enters 2025.
“Like all entrepreneurial corporations when confronted with points . . . PFL battled, navigated, solved, improved.
PFL enters 2025 in our BEST POSITION EVER!
Do NOT let others foil you, preserve you down, cease you.
To ALL entrepreneurs – you survived – declare victory!”
