Earlier this week, Shane
Burgos made a somewhat surprising
announcement that he was leaving the UFC to sign with
Professional Fighters League.
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The move comes on the heels of back-to-back triumphs for the Team
Tiger Schulmann representative in UFC competition. However, Burgos
said the PFL’s offer far surpassed that of his former
promotion.
“Last time it was relatively close, that’s why I was like, ‘It’s
not that big of a difference.’ It was a bigger difference [this
time],” Burgos said. “It was a six-figure difference back then what
I was going to get paid from the PFL and I turned that down to stay
with the UFC. Now, it’s obviously bigger than that.”
In an interview with
Yahoo Sports, UFC president Dana White made the rare admission
that the promotion dropped the ball by not resigning Burgos, who
was 8-3 during his tenure with the Las Vegas-based
organization.
“That’s a good question,” White said when asked why Burgos was not
re-signed. “How do I answer that question? Basically, there were
some mistakes that were made here, some s—t that … he should have
still been here.
“I respect him very much and I wish him the best. A hundred percent
[mistakes were made on the UFC side]. A hundred percent. Big
mistakes were made over here.”