Shane Burgos wrote out a pros and cons list determining whether he should depart from the UFC when PFL came to him with a mind-boggling contract offer in free agency.
When he had done his assessment of the situation and thought about the logical next step for his career, he said it was really not much of a decision at all. Burgos (15-3) knew he needed to jump ship, because contracts like the one PFL put in front of him don’t come around often in this sport.
“I’m going to be making a stupid amount of money,” Burgos told MMA Junkie Radio. “The money was too good for me to pass up. I couldn’t say no to that money. I’ve got kids I’ve got to feed. The first time I did the free agency thing they gave me an offer, and it was a great offer the first time. In my head I was thinking, ‘I’m a UFC fighter.’ At the time I wasn’t a prize fighter. This time coming around, I’m a little bit older now. I’m 31 and I’m like, ‘I’m a prize fighter.’ That’s a prize.
