Donn Davis PFL Founder
PFL co-founder Donn Davis, admittedly, had a tough 2024 operating the promotion.
Don’t take our phrase for it. Take his.
Donn Davis took to LinkedIn to open up about PFL’s struggles in 2024. #PFL pic.twitter.com/EuzMiIO452
“Building companies is really hard with many setbacks, filled with uncertainty and pain, requiring creativity and perseverance,” Davis started his submit on LinkedIn.
“Most social media posts celebrate the triumphs of success, and I had great time last week doing that PFL post! This post is opposite…this post celebrates survivial…We all took hard punches in 2024 and are still here to fight. We all had bad things happen…and survived!”
PFL took some tough pictures this 12 months with canceled occasions, fighters leaving, fighters complaining publicly about lack of fights, and occasions falling effectively wanting expectations.
Davis didn’t go into nice element on any of his 5 factors, however did checklist a number of the more durable issues that PFL endured in 2024.
“1 Quite a few potential new buyers wasted hundreds of hours of our time, and time is so valuable.
2 Large new advertiser agreed to deal and was in remaining contract, however new administration stopped deal.
3 Some Bellator star fighters complained on social media about not combating sufficient, however PFL makes greatest general choices contemplating ALL our fighters.
4 We’re rising so quick with our new worldwide leagues that prices in some areas are too excessive.
5 Main new initiative and enlargement is delayed a 12 months by certainly one of our companions, by means of no fault of PFL.”
A few of these sound like admissions that issues actually didn’t go very effectively in any respect for PFL in 2024. Shedding out on an enormous advertiser, and coping with excessive prices of working abroad, might have been a number of the components as to why PFL/Bellator canceled some occasions in 2024, though Davis doesn’t state this himself.
Bellator fighters did certainly take to social media to specific their frustrations with lack of fights that they have been promised.
Alternatively you could possibly say that is probably only a means for Davis to place blame on different components for a few of these points. Saying potential buyers “wasted thousands of hours of our time” and a brand new initiative and enlargement was delayed “through no fault of PFL” actually makes it sound that means.
All that being mentioned it’s the teachings he realized in 2024 which have him sounding fairly constructive because the promotion enters 2025.
“Like all entrepreneurial corporations when confronted with points . . . PFL battled, navigated, solved, improved.
PFL enters 2025 in our BEST POSITION EVER!
Do NOT let others foil you, hold you down, cease you.
To ALL entrepreneurs – you survived – declare victory!”
