Donn Davis — founding father of Skilled Fighters League (PFL) — was proud to boast the “huge” metric numbers that final weekend’s “Battle of the Giants” pay-per-view (PPV) occasion — which featured the explosive debut of Francis Ngannou — produced for the promotion.
Previous to the occasion, Davis proclaimed that the landmark occasion can be larger than Final Combating Championship’s (UFC) occasion at The Sphere with UFC 306, which value the promotion over $16 million to stage. Whereas “Battle of the Giants” did handle to do effectively, UFC CEO, Dana White, has a message for Davis, going full Will Smith on him throughout a latest Energy Slap press convention.
“Initially, the PFL ought to hold the UFC out of their mouth. They will’t even take care of Energy Slap. Energy Slap destroys PFL. And it’s bizarre you ask me that query as a result of I simply occur to have some papers right here,” he mentioned earlier than rattling off some numbers of his personal that he simply occurred to have close by in relation to Energy Slap 9, which went down earlier immediately in Abu Dhabi.
“Powerslap has 19.2 million followers, PFL has 10 million. Video views: PFL combat week did 326 million, Energy Slap 8 did 690 million. PFL combat week Instagram views, 76 million. For Energy Slap 9, simply the week of, they’d 68 million on Energy Slap, and we hadn’t even had a combat but. PFL’s reel with Francis and Ronaldo did 14 million views. Energy Slap’s Instagram reel with contender Isaih has 22 million views. And that was a re-post of an outdated combat. The re-post of an outdated combat beat Francis and Ronaldo,” he proclaimed.
“I can hold occurring for a fucking month right here. After which if you wish to get in on what he mentioned concerning the UFC, I’ve a laundry checklist right here. However let me simply begin with this: UFC Vegas 84 on the Apex beat them. So pay attention, I perceive and I like the stuff that he mentioned…he appears like Kamala (Harris). He talks loads however says nothing, and I’d hate to be one among that man’s traders,” he added.
“However that man shouldn’t even point out the UFC. He’s not even in Energy Slap’s…then immediately he was speaking about how ‘there’s every kind of mixture packages and stuff how this works.’ He doesn’t beat Energy Slap in income. He doesn’t beat Energy Slap in ticket gross sales. He doesn’t beat Energy Slap in sponsorship. He doesn’t beat Energy Slap in something, not to mention the UFC.”
Will Smith, Dana White, slapping, all of it goes hand-in-hand…actually and figuratively.
It’s not fairly often that White goes after PFL, however the outspoken CEO of the largest combined martial arts (MMA) promotion on the earth had time immediately, and he got here out with full pressure and numbers to again it up.
Your transfer, PFL.
