"Same thing happened with Doumbe" - Fans react as Salahdine Parnasse's manager claims UFC's offer was '20 to 30' times lower than KSW's

Salahdine Parnasse was said to have been offered a far more lucrative deal from the powerhouse Polish promotion KSW as compared to an offer made by the UFC. In a translated post by way of a retweet from @RNCSport, Al Zullino shed light on those reported offers fielded to Parnasse per the fighter's manager.

Parnasse is represented by Stephane Chaufourier and the fighter was said to have been looking at a binary of options whereby he'd continue in KSW or sign with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Via an RMC Sport exclusive, it turned out that a reportedly stark difference in money offers was the eventual deciding factor in where "Atch" was looking to have his fighter sign on board.

Zullino, via his X account @phre, posted the retweeted translation which stated,

"Salahdine Parnasse's manager states that the UFC offer "was between 20 and 30 times less" than the KSW's one."

Reddit users commented in droves from this X post that migrated to r/MMA on this reported Parnasse contractual situation. References included shouting out PFL star Cedric Doumbe as well as the massive successes of KSW.

@DIABOLUS777 said:

"Same thing happened with Doumbe..."

@gardenofstorms stated:

"KSW is pretty successful in Poland. Some people are exclusively KSW watchers."

[Images Courtesy: @r/MMA thread on Reddit]

Check a Reddit post of the reported Parnasse offers from KSW and UFC below:

Salahdine Parnasse’s manager states UFC offer was “between 20 and 30 times lower” than KSW’s offer byu/Loganbaker2147 inMMA

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Salahdine Parnasse and his KSW profile

Salahdine Parnasse debuted with the promotion at KSW 41 in December 2017 and has carved out a massive path for himself.

The 26-year-old began his run in the company by winning his first five fights straight and capturing the interim featherweight belt in the process. He had his spotless record snapped in the organization, as well as within MMA overall when he lost to Daniel Torres for the lineal featherweight belt at KSW 58.

Parnasse would best Filip Pejic then rematch Daniel Torres where he evened up the series to become the new KSW featherweight champion. Would then go on to notch multiple featherweight title defenses and also capture interim gold at lightweight in the subsequent years.

Parnasse would then show his tremendous temerity by moving up two weight classes after defending his featherweight belt to try to become the company's welterweight champion as well.

Alas, the native of France would fall short in this bold pursuit versus Adrian Bartosinski at KSW 89 via unanimous decision.

Parnasse rebounded in a big way and cemented himself as a two-division lineal champion concurrently. He earned a first-round knockout over Valeriu Mircea at KSW 93 to become the lineal lightweight champion while still being their featherweight titleholder.