Sabah Homasi happy for fresh start in BKFC, warns fighters about working with PFL: ‘Those guys f*cking suck’
Sabah Homasi desperately needed a fresh start.
Following an ugly breakup with PFL after the company acquired Bellator at the close of 2023, which led to his split with the organization just a few months later, the 36-year-old veteran was largely stuck in limbo. To make matters worse, Homasi was still owed money for medical bills he amassed from his final fight in Bellator in September 2023 with PFL officials putting the responsibility on the former owners at Paramount.
In the end, Homasi was out thousands of dollars and without a place to fight. That finally changed when he inked a deal with BKFC and then scored a second-round knockout in his bare-knuckle fighting debut.
“[The past year] wasn’t the greatest, let’s just say that,” Homasi told MMA Fighting. “We ended on a great note. That’s all that matters. Between PFL acquiring Bellator, which was super shitty and just not fighting for over a year. That was the worst part. Whatever, we’re back on track.
“It was amazing [working with BKFC]. They welcomed me with open arms. I talked a lot with everybody upon arrival and checking in and on fight night, it was the weirdest thing ever, I had no nerves. Before the fight started I got into the ring and I looked at my guys in the corner and I’m like guys, I’m too calm right now. It’s scary how calm I am. I was just in my element. Just comfortable being where I’m at. [BKFC president] Dave Feldman’s a great guy. Met him, chopped it up with him a bit. He’s amazing. I’m looking forward to my future with BKFC. It feels good to be a part of an organization that actually takes care of their fighters. Not like f*cking shitty ass PFL.”
Homasi didn’t bite his tongue when addressing his grievances with the PFL, which he says goes far beyond the money owed to him for medical bills.
Just after PFL closed the deal to acquire Bellator, company co-founder Donn Davis promised “all of them are coming over” in regards to the entire roster remaining under contract following the sale. Homasi scoffed at that statement claiming that dozens of fighters were released shortly after the sale, which included his termination from the promotion.
“I literally called it,” Homasi said. “I told everybody. I said it before it happened. I said this would be the worst thing to happen in MMA today. It f*cking happened. They did a huge disservice to veteran fighters on their roster.
“They cut over 100 people. 100 high level fighters. It’s like where are these guys going to go fight?”
Homasi’s bad experience dealing with PFL officials after the Bellator sale had him offering some unsolicited advice for anyone still with the promotion or those considering a contract offer from the PFL in the future.
“As soon as PFL came into the picture and they acquired Bellator, those guys are a bunch of f*cking jokes,” Homasi said. “They don’t know how to run a f*cking show. I feel like they came into MMA and they wanted to become popular and be around a bunch of fighters, who the f*ck knows. But those guys f*cking suck. They don’t know how to run an MMA organization. They put on shows and there’s no one in the godd*mn stands.
“I did an interview after the fight, I said listen my advice to fighters in PFL or anyone considering signing with PFL, get it while there’s still water in the well because that f*cking well is going to run dry. That’s it.”
As far as the money owed from his medical bills, Homasi has no idea if or when he’ll ever be compensated for those funds but he says for now PFL is still playing the blame game and putting the responsibility back on Bellator’s former owners at Paramount.
“They still owe me like $25,000, maybe more, I’m still waiting on this shit,” Homasi said. “It’s just crazy to me that it’s been over a year. They’re trying to point the finger and say that they’re not responsible for it and all this shit. You say you want to compete with the UFC. The UFC would never do this to any of their fighters.
“They’re trying to say that [Paramount] is responsible. Motherf*ckers, you acquired a company, you purchased a company, now you acquire all of their goddamn debt. Do what’s right on your part. You’re paying guys f*cking millions of dollars. It’s not like you don’t have any f*cking money. Just pay me this little f*cking chump change so I can get this shit off my back. That’s it but they’re pieces of shit. Donn Davis, all those f*cking guys.”
Homasi also addressed recent complaints from some of the top champions in Bellator including Patricio Pitbull and Patchy Mix, who have gone as far as asking for a release from the promotion due to long periods of inactivity.
“That’s because they can’t afford to pay these fighters,” Homasi said. “That’s the thing, you have all these high level guys, you purchase a company without even f*cking knowing what these guys are making and that’s why they made such a big cut. Now you have your f*cking world champions sidelined and now everyone is going public with it and they’re making announcements because they’re f*cking fed up and sick of this shit. You want fighters to renegotiate new deals because you don’t want to pay them the f*cking money on their contract? Get the f*ck out of here.
“Now these fighters aren’t fighting. They’re sidelined because [PFL] doesn’t want to have to pay the f*cking money that they negotiated to fight with. It’s f*cking ridiculous. I’m afraid to see these guys in public because I don’t even know how I’m going to act. These guys are pieces of shit.”
As much animosity as he holds towards PFL, the exact opposite is true when it comes to his new home at BKFC.
Just one fight into his deal with the bare-knuckle promotion and Homasi knows he made the right choice for his career moving forward. He already has a lot of ideas in mind for what he wants to do in 2025 and he’s fully confident that BKFC is going to back him.
“I came to BKFC because I want to fight Mike Perry,” Homasi said. “I feel like this is my sport. I came here for Mike Perry but I also saw they recently signed Brennan Ward. I’m pretty sure we’ve already touched on that subject in the past but I would love to fight Ward in BKFC. Put on a show for the fans.
“Last time I fought him, I had diverticulitis the week before I fought him. I gassed out quickly into the fight. When he first had my back, I looked up at the clock and there was 3:04 on the clock and I was like ‘oh shit.’ My gut was being wrenched and I just felt like shit when I was in there. It’s something I would love to do with Brennan Ward and run it back.”