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Mousasi has resorted to brazenly voicing his points with the
Skilled Fighters League after a number of makes an attempt to contact
the promotion have been allegedly ignored.
Mousasi revealed that he hasn’t been contacted by PFL because the
Bellator
MMA acquisition in November 2023. The previous Bellator
middleweight champ believes folks already think about him retired and
clarified that he’s in search of a struggle.
“I don’t get any information from the PFL or Bellator. Folks suppose I’m
retired really. That’s why this interview saying that I’m ready
for a struggle. I’ve a contract with them however it looks like they
don’t really feel obligated [to honor] the contract,” Mousasi instructed
MMAjunkie.com.
Mousasi hasn’t fought since a unanimous determination loss to Fabian
Edwards at
Bellator 296 in Might 2023 that put him on a two-fight droop.
“The Dreamcatcher” claims that any try and contact the PFL since
the merger has been met with full radio silence. Nevertheless, his
final opponent Edwards has since competed twice, most lately on
the
Bellator Champions Collection Belfast card in February. Mousasi
believes the snub from PFL is to try to coerce him into taking a
pay reduce.
“I knew there could be the promote, after that there was no
communication. We tried to contact PFL to get extra data
about what’s happening, what they wanna do subsequent however it looks like
they’re ignoring us,” he stated. “I speak to Mike [Kogan], I instructed him,
‘Not less than give me data what you guys need to do with me.’
They preserve me on ice let’s say, they really feel like I’m getting paid too
a lot, they don’t wanna give me the fights that they owe me. However I
know from different fighters that make the identical, they fought already,
there’s no effort from them… Perhaps [they]put stress on me to take
a paycut however why would I try this.
“I do know my rights, at the least what’s within the contract, so I’m ready
for them simply to reply and provides me a struggle. It’s my technique to ship a
message to them as a result of it’s troublesome to get them on the telephone. I
need to go to media. It’s like UFC slicing fighters, they discover out
on Sherdog.”
In his 60-fight professional profession spanning over twenty years, Mousasi has
fought in lots of main MMA promotions. Whereas the Dutch veteran is aware of
that each promotion has its professionals and cons, he believes this
“ex-girlfriend” habits from the PFL is the worst he has seen.
“Each promotion has its personal factor. UFC would give me each three
4 months a struggle however they wouldn’t pay me sufficient. Bellator, they
paid me extra however I’d struggle lots much less, now with PFL, they don’t
even give me a struggle. That is the worst I believe, they don’t even
speak to you. It’s like an ex-girlfriend or one thing.”
