Las Vegas — PFL President of Fighting Operations Ray Sefo was generally happy with how the 2023 PFL 3 card went down on Friday — with one exception.
“I thought everybody came to fight. Well, when I say everybody, there was one fight where I thought, ‘I have to have a few words with these two guys,’ and I don’t really want to name them— but I’m like, I pay you guys to fight. It’s called the fight game. And when people tune in, they want to see a fight,” Sefo told Cageside Press and other media outlets following the event. “They don’t want to see guys dancing around in the cage. That was the only fight I was a little bit disappointed about, but outside of that, I felt everybody brought the fight tonight.”
While Sefo didn’t want to name names, there were a handful of fights that went the distance at the 2023 PFL 3 card on Friday — and one, Raush Manfio vs. Alexander Martinez, had the crowd booing at the end of the opening round due to the lack of action.
The excitement level on Friday in Las Vegas was high, however, with a number of big finishes. And there’s no doubt more to come.
During the off-season, the Professional Fighters League signed Jake Paul, the infamous Youtube content creator turned celebrity boxer. Paul has a fight lined up with Nate Diaz in the ring this August; after that, it’ll likely be MMA next for “The Problem Child.”
Asked whether fans will get to see Jake vs. Diaz in MMA, Sefo suggested that “that’s very possible. Jake, he doesn’t post too much of his MMA training, but he does train MMA from time to time. Right now he’s getting ready for that boxing fight, but I think if Jake wins that fight, then he’s got to fight Nate in the PFL cage. That would be wonderful to see.”
Watch the full 2023 PFL 3 post-fight media appearance by Ray Sefo above.
