Sabah Homasi desperately wanted a recent begin.
Following an unpleasant breakup with PFL after the corporate acquired Bellator on the shut of 2023, which led to his break up with the group only a few months later, the 36-year-old veteran was largely caught in limbo. To make issues worse, Homasi was nonetheless owed cash for medical payments he amassed from his last struggle in Bellator in September 2023 with PFL officers placing the duty on the previous homeowners at Paramount.
Ultimately, Homasi was out 1000’s of {dollars} and with no place to struggle. That lastly modified when he inked a take care of BKFC after which scored a second-round knockout in his bare-knuckle combating debut.
“[The past year] wasn’t the best, let’s simply say that,” Homasi informed MMA Preventing. “We ended on an awesome observe. That’s all that issues. Between PFL buying Bellator, which was tremendous shitty and simply not combating for over a yr. That was the worst half. No matter, we’re again on monitor.
“It was wonderful [working with BKFC]. They welcomed me with open arms. I talked rather a lot with everyone upon arrival and checking in and on struggle night time, it was the weirdest factor ever, I had no nerves. Earlier than the struggle began I acquired into the ring and I checked out my guys within the nook and I’m like guys, I’m too calm proper now. It’s scary how calm I’m. I used to be simply in my aspect. Simply comfy being the place I’m at. [BKFC president] Dave Feldman’s an awesome man. Met him, chopped it up with him a bit. He’s wonderful. I’m trying ahead to my future with BKFC. It feels good to be part of a company that truly takes care of their fighters. Not like f*cking shitty ass PFL.”
Homasi didn’t chunk his tongue when addressing his grievances with the PFL, which he says goes far past the cash owed to him for medical payments.
Simply after PFL closed the deal to accumulate Bellator, firm co-founder Donn Davis promised “all of them are coming over” regarding the whole roster remaining underneath contract following the sale. Homasi scoffed at that assertion claiming that dozens of fighters have been launched shortly after the sale, which included his termination from the promotion.
“I actually known as it,” Homasi mentioned. “I informed everyone. I mentioned it earlier than it occurred. I mentioned this might be the worst factor to occur in MMA at the moment. It f*cking occurred. They did an enormous disservice to veteran fighters on their roster.
“They reduce over 100 individuals. 100 excessive stage fighters. It’s like the place are these guys going to go struggle?”
Homasi’s unhealthy expertise coping with PFL officers after the Bellator sale had him providing some unsolicited recommendation for anybody nonetheless with the promotion or these contemplating a contract supply from the PFL sooner or later.
“As quickly as PFL got here into the image they usually acquired Bellator, these guys are a bunch of f*cking jokes,” Homasi mentioned. “They don’t know how one can run a f*cking present. I really feel like they got here into MMA they usually wished to change into widespread and be round a bunch of fighters, who the f*ck is aware of. However these guys f*cking suck. They don’t know how one can run an MMA group. They placed on exhibits and there’s nobody within the godd*mn stands.
“I did an interview after the struggle, I mentioned hear my recommendation to fighters in PFL or anybody contemplating signing with PFL, get it whereas there’s nonetheless water within the properly as a result of that f*cking properly goes to run dry. That’s it.”
So far as the cash owed from his medical payments, Homasi has no concept if or when he’ll ever be compensated for these funds however he says for now PFL remains to be enjoying the blame recreation and placing the duty again on Bellator’s former homeowners at Paramount.
“They nonetheless owe me like $25,000, perhaps extra, I’m nonetheless ready on this shit,” Homasi mentioned. “It’s simply loopy to me that it’s been over a yr. They’re making an attempt to level the finger and say that they’re not liable for it and all this shit. You say you need to compete with the UFC. The UFC would by no means do that to any of their fighters.
“They’re making an attempt to say that [Paramount] is accountable. Motherf*ckers, you acquired an organization, you bought an organization, now you purchase all of their goddamn debt. Do what’s proper in your half. You’re paying guys f*cking hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. It’s not such as you don’t have any f*cking cash. Simply pay me this little f*cking chump change so I can get this shit off my again. That’s it however they’re items of shit. Donn Davis, all these f*cking guys.”
Homasi additionally addressed current complaints from among the prime champions in Bellator together with Patricio Pitbull and Patchy Combine, who’ve gone so far as asking for a launch from the promotion as a consequence of lengthy durations of inactivity.
“That’s as a result of they’ll’t afford to pay these fighters,” Homasi mentioned. “That’s the factor, you could have all these excessive stage guys, you buy an organization with out even f*cking understanding what these guys are making and that’s why they made such an enormous reduce. Now you could have your f*cking world champions sidelined and now everybody goes public with it they usually’re making bulletins as a result of they’re f*cking fed up and sick of this shit. You need fighters to renegotiate new offers since you don’t need to pay them the f*cking cash on their contract? Get the f*ck out of right here.
“Now these fighters aren’t combating. They’re sidelined as a result of [PFL] doesn’t need to need to pay the f*cking cash that they negotiated to struggle with. It’s f*cking ridiculous. I’m afraid to see these guys in public as a result of I don’t even know the way I’m going to behave. These guys are items of shit.”
As a lot animosity as he holds in direction of PFL, the precise reverse is true in terms of his new dwelling at BKFC.
Only one struggle into his take care of the bare-knuckle promotion and Homasi is aware of he made the precise selection for his profession shifting ahead. He already has numerous concepts in thoughts for what he desires to do in 2025 and he’s absolutely assured that BKFC goes to again him.
“I got here to BKFC as a result of I need to struggle Mike Perry,” Homasi mentioned. “I really feel like that is my sport. I got here right here for Mike Perry however I additionally noticed they lately signed Brennan Ward. I’m fairly certain we’ve already touched on that topic previously however I might like to struggle Ward in BKFC. Placed on a present for the followers.
“Final time I fought him, I had diverticulitis the week earlier than I fought him. I gassed out shortly into the struggle. When he first had my again, I seemed up on the clock and there was 3:04 on the clock and I used to be like ‘oh shit.’ My intestine was being wrenched and I simply felt like shit once I was in there. It’s one thing I might like to do with Brennan Ward and run it again.”
