Former UFC light-weight Marc Diakiese is among the newest fighters to make the change over from the UFC to the Skilled Fighters League (PFL).
He leaves behind a seven-year stint within the promotion, a run that noticed him compete 15 instances contained in the Octagon.
His PFL signing was introduced on the current PFL Europe occasion in Newcastle and his debut struggle has already been made official.
“Bonecrusher” will compete in a battle of Brit strikers when he faces Tim Wilde in London on September 14 in his Bellator Champions Sequence debut.
Diakiese has now spoken extra about his resolution to make the change in an effort to begin what he sees as a brand new chapter for his profession.
Marc Diakiese Says Lack Of Exercise Led To Him Leaving UFC, Becoming a member of PFL
Diakiese spoke about his departure from the UFC in a current interview with InsideFighting, throughout which he made it clear that he didn’t wish to say the improper factor or give the improper impression.
For him, the choice grew to become a simple one over time due to two principal components, one from each side.
Diakiese was changing into pissed off with how lengthy he was having to attend earlier than receiving fights, and after his win over Kauê Fernandes final November, he was even ready to be minimize by the promotion.
He detailed how this rising frustration and want to be energetic meant that he felt like he was being “let out” when the whole lot was finalized with the PFL.
“Recent begin. For me, individuals see it totally different, however for me, it’s really a aid. I can really deal with sure issues that I wish to deal with, as in my profession, so it’s an ideal spot for me and I’m actually blissful the place I’m,” Diakiese stated. “There was a pair points with myself earlier than leaving, so I’m simply blissful that I’ve been given a spot the place I can carry out as a result of I’m 31. Like I stated, I wish to be busy, energetic, placed on a present. Not only one win and wait six months. For me, I can’t be doing that.
“It would come out improper but it surely was similar to, I don’t wish to wait, I don’t wish to wait round. It have been like okay, I had a struggle in Brazil, after that I obtained given one other struggle in Vegas but it surely was one other five-week discover, it was too brief for me and I hoped for one thing (in) Europe. Then they stated July, so I used to be ready for that, however then for some motive I obtained nothing from them on the July card. So I’m going to attend round and simply hold ready. I wish to be energetic.”
The opposite facet to the coin was that though he hoped to be stored extra energetic within the UFC, he was coming round to the concept of signing with the PFL after attending occasions and chatting with fighters on the roster.
As he has beforehand said, Francis Ngannou performed a job within the transfer, which solely made the choice simpler as soon as it grew to become time for him to make the decision.
“Simply the best way they handled me as a fighter and like, yeah, I’m positive I’ve been chatting with Francis Ngannou for fairly some time and he spoke to me like I used to be a youthful brother and talked to me possibly like six months in the past, eight months in the past. You realize while you’ve come again to it and also you simply give it some thought and also you’re like, ‘Is it proper? Is it not?’ However when it got here, it was the simplest resolution, like, ‘Yeah okay, I don’t wish to signal with anyone else however PFL.’”
