Manager furious about controversial PFL suspensions: “Distasteful”

PFL suspensions (Raush Manfio). Photo via YouTube

PFL recently suspended longtime friends and teammates Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio after their lackluster fight at PFL 6 this past Friday night.

The controversial suspension has been debated since, and in a recent statement, Manfio’s manager Brian Butler gave his thoughts on the situation.

“To make a subjective decision like this from a promoter that stakes its claim in fighter advocacy is just a bad look, in my opinion,” Butler told MMA Fighting. “Judges make bad calls all the time with less repercussion. Raush and Natan are best friends and have been exclusive training partners for each other for years. Natan is the godfather of Raush’s daughter. To say they know each other’s styles, tricks and techniques inside and out is a gross understatement.”

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PFL suspensions “distasteful and unnecessary”

In the manager’s eyes, his fighter was penalized despite doing nothing wrong. In fact, he claimed that lackluster performances is a part of the fight business and that the PFL suspensions were unnecessarily harsh.

“Situations like bad style matchups and lackluster fights happen in this sport all the time but the unique thing about the PFL and the ‘tournament/point format’ is that it would sort itself out on its own in the end. Our client got half his pay and zero points to move forward in the tournament. This is distasteful and unnecessary,” Butler said.

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