Donn Davis, the founder of the Professional Fighters League (PFL), is stepping down from his role with immediate effect.
In the latest of a series of sweeping changes at boardroom level within the organization, Davis is set to leave his position. He posted the following statement on his LinkedIn account:
Dear PFL Community: From the moment I founded Professional Fighters League 8 years ago, it has been my life.
My vision was to create an innovative and premium MMA company as the valuable alternative for those that want it or need it.
We started with nothing - except universal skepticism. Against all odds we succeeded. Now PFL is the clear #2 MMA company worldwide and the only other premium product.
0 fighters to 80 of the top 300 world-ranked fighters under exclusive contract. 0 live events to 24 per year on 4 continents. 0 distribution to 190 countries with 20 major media partners. 0 viewers to 2 million average linear and streaming global viewers per event. 0 social media followers to 30 million active across all platforms.
TODAY I’M STEPPING DOWN AS CHAIRMAN OF PFL.
I care deeply about each employee, value highly every investor, respect greatly our fighters, and appreciate sincerely all fans who supported this company - I gave you everything I’ve got.
Together we built from scratch an entire global sports league. PFL’s fighter roster, product quality, worldwide footprint, and market position has never existed in MMA outside of UFC. I’m confident this incredible foundation should lead to great future success.
PFL changed the great sport of MMA for the better - meaningful innovations, unique global expansion, fighter empowerment - and the company is just getting started.
I’ve loved fighting to build PFL. What Do You Fight For?
Donn Davis
Founder - Professional Fighters League (PFL)
