Douglas Lima joins Gegard Mousasi as Bellator fighters to blast PFL
In a latest tweet, Lima accused the PFL of deliberately sidelining him.
Final man I beat is combating for the belt now. Stable win Costello nice job. I’m on the sidelines for a yr now, what heard was my purse was too “excessive” and PFL didn’t need to pay and honor my final battle on my contract.👎👎 so yeaaa @BellatorMMA @PFLMMA
— Douglas Lima (@PhenomLima) Might 17, 2024
“Final man I beat is combating for the belt now,” Lima tweeted Friday after watching Bellator Champions Sequence Paris. “Stable win Costello nice job. I’m on the sidelines for a yr now, what heard was my purse was too “excessive” and PFL didn’t need to pay and honor my final battle on my contract. So yeaaa.”
BJPenn.com reached out to PFL and Bellator for remark following Lima’s tweet. Longtime matchmaker Mike Kogan issued the next assertion in response:
“Douglas has had an incredible profession and been on the prime of the sport for a few years,” Kogan advised BJPenn.com. “He’s now going to maneuver as much as 185-pounds and needs to take another run on the title. We’re blissful to make that occur. You will notice him within the Bellator cage quickly.”
As of this writing, Lima hasn’t commented additional on his state of affairs, though he’s more likely to return to combating later in 2024.
Lima is likely one of the most completed fighters in Bellator historical past. He’s a three-time Bellator welterweight champion, incomes title wins towards Rory MacDonald, Andrey Koreshkov, and Rick Hawn.
For the reason that launch of the Bellator Champions Sequence, the PFL/Bellator merger has been largely profitable, though there are nonetheless some hiccups to beat. Lima’s state of affairs is an instance of these pace bumps because the historic promotional buy.