{"id":46805,"date":"2022-08-16T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/is-shane-burgos-no-brainer-decision-to-ditch-ufc-for-pfl-a-sign-of-things-to-come\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T08:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:01:48","slug":"is-shane-burgos-no-brainer-decision-to-ditch-ufc-for-pfl-a-sign-of-things-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/is-shane-burgos-no-brainer-decision-to-ditch-ufc-for-pfl-a-sign-of-things-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Shane Burgos’ ‘no-brainer’ decision to ditch UFC for PFL a sign of things to come?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an interview with GQ last week, UFC president Dana White remained adamant that fighters under his promotional banner will continue to earn what they earn as long he’s running the show.<\/p>\n

“It’s never gonna happen while I’m here, believe me. These guys get paid what they’re supposed to get paid,” White replied when asked why the issue of fighter pay keeps being brought up. “They eat what they kill. They get a percentage of the pay-per-view buys and the money is spread out amongst all the fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n

White then offered a “simple solution” to those who don’t believe fighters get paid enough: “Go start your own MMA organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC’s No. 14-ranked featherweight Shane Burgos seems to have found an even better solution. On Monday, Burgos told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani on \u201cThe MMA Hour\u201d that he’ll be leaving the UFC to join the PFL.<\/p>\n

In his last fight, Burgos improved his record to 15-3 after earning a majority decision over Charles Jourdain at UFC Long Island on July 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the last fight of my deal,\u201d Burgos said. \u201cI said after the fight that I wanted to test free agency, test the waters. I know what I am worth. I wanted to see what everyone else thought I was worth. So I went out there, I tested the free agency market and I’m excited to announce that I’m signing with the PFL.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not an easy decision. It was an offer I couldn’t turn (down). I’ve got two daughters, I’ve got to go back home, I’ve got to look at them in the face and be like, ‘It was worth it when it’s all said and done in this sport.’ With this deal I feel like that will secure that. Not taking anything away from my UFC career \u2026 the UFC gave me the platform to be able to be in this position right now and secure the deal that I just secured with the PFL.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Burgos admitted it wasn’t an easy choice to leave the biggest MMA promotion in the world, he said financially it was a \u201cno-brainer\u201d after talking to his family about the significant raise the PFL was offering.<\/p>\n