Kayla Harrison spent the primary 17 fights of her profession with the PFL, however her defection to the UFC led to a social media put up on Saturday highlighting the one loss she’s ever suffered.
Simply earlier than Harrison defeated Ketlen Vieira at UFC 307, the PFL posted a brief video detailing her determination loss to Larissa Pacheco again in 2022 whereas additionally selling its upcoming pay-per-view occasion on Oct. 19 in Saudi Arabia. Whereas UFC CEO Dana White didn’t really see PFL’s put up about Harrison, he didn’t appear all that shocked by the maneuver.
“I believe whenever you’re dropping as a lot cash as they’re, f*cking go for it,” White stated on the UFC 307 post-fight press convention. “F*cking throw the kitchen sink at it.”
White has hardly ever held his tongue when discussing the PFL however particularly when the upstart promotion decides to take purpose on the UFC.
One other remark that White jumped on when addressing the PFL was a latest comment from co-founder Donn Davis when he acknowledged that the group was spending more cash on the upcoming PPV headlined by Francis Ngannou than the UFC spent producing the latest UFC 306 card at Sphere in Las Vegas.
White famously documented the excessive value to placed on a present there with expenditures reaching greater than $20 million by the point it was all stated and executed.
“This man [Donn Davis] simply got here out lately and stated ‘you realize we’re going to spend more cash than they did on the Sphere.’ That sounds f*cking sensible,” White stated. “What number of tickets are you going to promote? They’re not very vibrant.”
In fact there’s little question that the UFC stays the largest promotion in all of MMA however White couldn’t assist himself when mentioning the monetary shortcomings of his opponents.
That’s why he wasn’t all that shocked by the transfer from PFL on Saturday when it got here to taking purpose at a former star in Harrison, who now calls the UFC residence.
“Pay attention, it’s all honest,” White stated. “They’re drowning. They suck. They’re not good at what they do. I assume you’ll simply maintain attempting something you possibly can to make one thing stick. All good.”
