UFC Legend Reportedly Agrees to Sign With GFL
Former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has seemingly signed with the Global Fight League (GFL) ahead of its inaugural draft. In recent weeks and months, the newly created GFL, the latest attempt at making a team format successful in MMA has announced a lengthy list of signings ahead of its launch in 2025, including multiple former champions from the UFC and other promotions.
The organization is still rolling out some notable names. Among its latest run of social media announcements, the GFL posted that it has signed Ferguson. For those unaware, his UFC future has been uncertain after his losing skid reached a record-breaking eight straight setbacks last year.
It’s worth noting that many names announced by the GFL have refuted their signings, insisting that they remain under contract elsewhere. 15 GFL cards are planned up until August, after which two playoff events and one final will take place before the year’s end. The first is set to go down in April.
What are the teams in GFL?
The promotion’s team format will see six city teams, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, São Paulo, London, and Dubai. The teams will select 20 fighters each (two per division) from a pool of over 400 fighters.
Each team has been assigned a prominent coach and team manager. The likes of Ray Longo, Javier Mendez, and Conan Silveira confirmed as trainers and Cain Velasquez, Lyoto Machida, and Thiago Alves as managers.
Among the most notable fighter signings are former UFC champions Luke Rockhold, Tyron Woodley, Fabrício Werdum, Benson Henderson, Anthony Pettis, Frank Mir, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski and Renan Barão. That’s in addition to high-profile veterans like Alexander Gustafsson, Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Aleksei Oleinik, Paige VanZant, Kevin Lee, Thiago Santos, Jeremy Stephens, Hector Lombard and Jimmie Rivera.
That said, a lot of it is yet to be uncovered in the coming weeks and it will be interesting to see where this promotion leads in the future.
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