UFC women’s bantamweight fighter Leslie Smith is no longer connected to the Professional Fighters Association. This, after the said organization leaked some names on its fighter board to the media, despite promising confidentiality.
The UFC fighter initially announced this decision on social media, posting a lengthy open letter about the topic.
Smith discussed it further with MMA Fighting, saying that said she spoke to co-founder Jeff Borris last week to make her intentions known. She only did so after a few weeks of mulling it over.
"I didn't want to do it immediately, because I know the media and the UFC and really everybody else who have been following along have been laughing at us about the lack of unity in an effort to try and unify people," Smith told MMA Fighting.