Heavyweight Renan Ferreira called the matchmaking in PFL “very shady” and claims the promotion favors rival Fabricio Werdum.
Ferreira picked up the most attention-grabbing take of his profession when he accomplished Werdum with strikes in a expansive upset at PFL 3 supreme month, but the results of the contest was overturned to a No Contest. The Sleek Jersey Athletic Management Board dominated that Ferreira had tapped out to a submission are trying from Werdum moments before the carry out came about. Ferreira stays adamant that he beneath no cases tapped, but video evidence looked as if it would be inconclusive both way. Regardless, the results of the fight was overturned, which implies Ferreira gets one point as an different of six in the PFL heavyweight bracket. Werdum also gets one point because of the overturned consequence.
There was talk about of an instantaneous rematch because of the controversy, but the fight isn’t occurring next as Werdum was booked to fight Brandon Sayles as an different, while Ferreira fights the defending PFL heavyweight champion Ali Isaev. In a divulge from Group Renan Ferreira, the Brazilian and his camp blasted PFL’s matchmaking and wondered the Sleek Jersey athletic commission for its determination to overturn the results of the fight so rapid.
“All this is terribly shady. Ray Sefo suggested my management team that the Werdum rematch was the fight that made sense to support out next. PFL had social media posts asking of us if they wished to gaze it and they also stated yes. Now we uncover on social media I’m going via the supreme champion while Werdum faces Sayles,” Ferreira stated in a written divulge to BJPenn.com.
“I salvage it attention-grabbing how all this is going on. First, we non-public them interviewing Werdum after our fight but they didn’t interview me. They handiest confirmed the replay in sluggish motion that made it seem I tapped. After that, the Commission changed the results of our fight over the weekend in a determination so rapidly alternative of us non-public wondered their route of. What’s their requirements? We abolish no longer non-public any thought how the matchmaking works right here but some things gaze form of fishy.”
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Though Ferreira obviously wants to fetch his rematch with Werdum, the Brazilian is now would possibly be occupied with Isaev, who’s a tricky fight in his non-public proper. The undefeated champion has been operating via all people in his direction but Ferreira is calling to drag off every other upset and fetch the carry out, this time knowing. Nevertheless he made it trudge that his desire is to fight Werdum next.
“Isaev is a actually correct fighter and I knew we would unsuitable paths in the rupture. I’ll be ready for him and I’m gonna lag in there to support out him so I pass on in the match. They obtained’t be in a bunch to guard Werdum without end. I’d be embarrassed to be in his place at the least the sh*t he stated after our fight. I’d be calling PFL to abolish the rematch happen. Nevertheless he is aware of he’d fetch accomplished again, he doesn’t desire the rest to support out with me,” Ferreira stated.
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