{"id":396573,"date":"2026-01-08T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396573\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:53:10","slug":"pfl-issues-statement-on-leadership-change-departure-of-former-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396573\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL issues statement on leadership change, departure of former CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Professional Fighters League (PFL) recently parted ways with former CEO Peter Murray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Murray was replaced by new CEO John Martin back in July and moved to CEO of PFL International. In addition, longtime MMA reporter, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/2009271115156205985?s=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ariel Helwani<\/a>, was \u201ctold the company very recently laid off several long-time employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">From the promotion\u2019s official statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201dAs founding CEO of PFL, Peter played an integral role over the last eight years in the league\u2019s growth and evolution, helping to strengthen the organization\u2019s business operations, expand its global footprint, and establish PFL as a force in the sport of MMA. His leadership and commitment were instrumental during a period of significant development for the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201c\u2018PFL would not be here today without Pete Murray\u2019s relentless entrepreneurship and selfless leadership,\u2019 stated Donn Davis, PFL founder and chairman. \u2018He has been my trusted and valued partner building the company and I look forward to his continued support.\u2018 Peter\u2019s impact will remain part of the sport and PFL\u2019s foundation as the organization continues to build toward the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professional Fighters League (PFL) recently parted ways with former CEO Peter Murray. Murray was replaced by new CEO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,8810,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-396573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-professional-fighters-league-pfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}