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    https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/...y-silva-werdum
    A new player has entered the MMA landscape, and it has arrived with some big names.

    Wednesday, Global Fight League (GFL) announced its official launch will come in the opening weeks of 2025. The GFL concept differs from that of UFC and PFL.

    While it has a league format and playoffs, it is also team-based and has a draft. There will be six franchises (names and cities to follow). The draft is scheduled for Jan. 24, with an inaugural event to follow in April.

    Who’s fighting?
    Co-founder Darren Owen revealed on “The Ariel Helwani Show” on Wednesday that the promotion has over 300 fighters under contract. Not all fighters will be drafted.


    Seeing people I thought were retired for good on that list is crazy. Frank Mir?!

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    I do wonder whether all the old guys are kind of a red herring to get people interested in the draft, then only a few get picked. Otherwise some money mark is just going to haemorrhage money. Imagine a card like this, in 2025:

    Rockhold vs. Mousasi
    Henderson vs. Woodley
    Werdum vs. Mir
    Pettis vs. Kevin Lee
    Arlovski vs. Dos Santos
    Wanderlei Silva(!) vs. Lombard
    Gustafsson vs. Carvalho
    Barao vs. Rivera
    Palhares vs. Trinaldo
    Moraes vs. Palmer

    I'd watch. But unless they've got a good TV deal it wouldn't last a year. Those guys will want to get paid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fanny Batter View Post
    I do wonder whether all the old guys are kind of a red herring to get people interested in the draft, then only a few get picked. Otherwise some money mark is just going to haemorrhage money. Imagine a card like this, in 2025:

    Rockhold vs. Mousasi
    Henderson vs. Woodley
    Werdum vs. Mir
    Pettis vs. Kevin Lee
    Arlovski vs. Dos Santos
    Wanderlei Silva(!) vs. Lombard
    Gustafsson vs. Carvalho
    Barao vs. Rivera
    Palhares vs. Trinaldo
    Moraes vs. Palmer

    I'd watch. But unless they've got a good TV deal it wouldn't last a year. Those guys will want to get paid.
    They're going to have to prove themselves and not just be another "We're not like the UFC we will pay our fighters fairly!" experiment.

    It's one of those things where I need to see how it all plays out and it probably would need at least 2-3 "seasons" or whatever to be fully realized. Is Tony Khan behind this or something? And who wants Paul Harris on their roster?

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