The shakeup at the Professional Fighters League continues, with the latest PFL exec to make his exit being Ray Sefo.
Cageside Press has confirmed with promotion officials that the now-former President of Fighter Operations has left the company, following an initial report by Uncrowned’s Ariel Helwani.
Sefo was a PFL mainstay and a holdover from the World Series of Fighting (WSOF). A former mixed martial artist and kickboxer himself, Sefo regularly handled post-fight press conferences for the promotion during the organization’s first several years, becoming the public face of the company.
Prior to the news of Sefo’s departure, former PFL CEO Peter Murray also parted ways with the organization. Murry had recently been shifted to the position of PFL International CEO, while John Martin has taken over the role of Chief Executive Officer for the league. The PFL is the brainchild of entrepreneur Donn Davis, and was born out of the ashes of the WSOF after it was acquired by an investment group in 2017.
Both Sefo and Carlos Silva, WSOF CEO, joining the newly formed PFL, though Silva left the company several years back. In November 2023, the PFL announced they had acquired rival Bellator MMA, formerly owned by Viacom and to that point the #2 brand in MMA, behind only the UFC.
