The news broke on Monday that the Professional Fighters League (PFL) had acquired Bellator MMA, including the roster and staff. Second-ranked Bellator bantamweight Rafeon Stots (20-2) reacted to the news on Tuesday.
The PFL doesn’t have a bantamweight division, but Stots is hoping that the division will become a priority for the new owners.
“I heard it along with you guys. As far as my thoughts, I was surprised. I’m happy, the PFL is doing a lot of good things, so I’m excited. I feel like this opens a lot of opportunities for everybody involved. I’m just excited. I don’t know what that means, but I’m excited,” Stots told James Lynch on Cris Cyborg’s YouTube Channel.
“It sounds like business as usually, and it sounds like PFL had a bantamweight tournament. It just wasn’t like a million-dollar tournament. Bantamweight is a pretty stacked division across the world, across promotions, so I would be surprised if we weren’t a big factor in the sale, or big factor in plans going forward, so I’m excited. At the end of my speech at the end of my fight (at Bellator 301), I wanted to thank everybody at Bellator because I didn’t know if I was going to see any of the production team, or the staff…
