John Martin as PFL CEO Could Be What MMA Deserves

John Martin has scored what he calls his “Dream Role” as the New PFL CEO

In 2017, the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) was restructured/ rebranded as the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Donn Davis founded the company, and Peter Murray was appointed the CEO.

Titles say a lot about who is running things, but actions say a lot too.

Davis is the founder. The product has a lot of great fighters, but it’s been hard to get on board with the PFL, especially after the COVID pandemic, when they paused their season format because of the difficulty of putting on events at the time.

With the sports business finally able to resume normally, the PFL came back full swing, with multiple versions of itself in other parts of the globe. Franchises, properties, whatever they’ve been called, are good and bad because it can be confusing. When fans want someone to answer questions about it, they haven’t had someone they can relate to who gives answers they can accept.

While Davis is the founder, when you hear that he doesn’t watch the sport , it’s hard to listen to much else after that.

That’s not to say Davis is bad at what he does.

The PFL would be done if he were, or never even started, like the GFL.