Patricio Pitbull doesn’t like the idea of moving to PFL for two reasons: its format and scoring system. With this, if he is to be asked, moving to PFL is not an option.
Pitbull will be facing Jesus Pinedo in the PFL vs. Bellator Champions event in Riyadh on February 24. There is a possibility of him joining the PFL, but for him, he would rather stay with Bellator and defend his 145-pound belt under that brand. In his recent interview on the Trocação Franca podcast, the fighter explained his reason for choosing to stay in Bellator rather than make the jump to PFL, which now owns the promotion where he is currently signed.
For Pitbull, there are two reasons behind this decision, and the first of them is how the PFL presents its format.
“I know what’s happening now is something huge; Bellator and PFL have merged, but, as a Bellator fan, Bellator feels different,” Pitbull said. “You go to an arena to watch Bellator, you see 25,000 people, you see a long line of fans entering the arena, you see people screaming. At the PFL, what I saw was a studio. It doesn’t excite me to fight on that format…
“I was invited to go to the PFL, and it has great structure. I’ve never seen anything like that. The corners had LEDs, something completely futuristic, but in a small venue, like if it was a TV show. I’m not used to that. I want to wait and see what will happen. I’d rather stay with Bellator.”
Pitbull is also not a fan of the scoring system under PFL. For him, how a PFL fighter advances to the next fight is considered “unfair.”
“If you finish someone in the first round, second, third, that’s [six, five or four] points. If you win a decision, it’s [three] points,” Pitbull continued. “But, let’s say I fight a former world champion and win a three-round war, and someone else knocks out a nobody in the first round; he’s advancing, and I’m not. That confuses me. It’s a clear critic I make about the way PFL does the season. To me, that’s bullsh*t. It’s unfair. It doesn’t make any sense to me because you fight a tough opponent and the other guy fought an easy opponent and got the finish, and you don’t advance because of points. It’s sh*t.”
