PFL NEWS

November 29, 2024

A former Olympic wrestler for Tunisia, Slim Trabelsi began his MMA career in March 2019, quickly racking up wins and a regional heavyweight title. Trabelsi, a wrestling specialist, has continued to work on his striking, picking up four wins via fi...

November 29, 2024

A familiar and popular face amongst PFL fans, Gabriel Braga steps up on short notice to fill in for former PFL Featherweight Champion Jesus Pinedo. Braga won his first 12 professional fights, including a win during the 2023 PFL Challenger Series a...

November 29, 2024

Prior to his professional MMA career, Asael Adjoudj was highly successful in various martial arts disciplines. He is a second-degree black belt in Shotokan karate, a three-time kickboxing world champion, and he holds a combined 28-3 record within...

November 29, 2024

Costello van Steenis started his career with six wins in seven fights, capturing a regional middleweight title in 2017. That same year, he signed with Bellator, where he’s amassed a 7-2 record since – including a win over recent title challenger F...

October 19, 2024

Francis Ngannou, considered the lineal heavyweight champion in MMA, has a powerful story that saw him flee Cameroon to pursue a career in boxing. Fernand Lopez, however, convinced him to give MMA a try. That decision proved to be worthwhile, as he...

October 19, 2024

Cris Cyborg is considered one of the greatest women’s MMA fighters of all time, and it shows in her accomplishments. Cyborg is the only fighter to win women’s featherweight gold in four major MMA promotions, and she holds victories over the likes...

October 19, 2024

Ever since signing with Bellator in 2019, Johnny Eblen has risen up to become arguably the best Middleweight fighter in the sport today. Eblen, a qualifier for the NCAA tournament in wrestling in 2015, is known for using his abilities to bring pre...

October 19, 2024

A wrestling specialist, Husein Kadimagomaev went 12-0 as an amateur fighter, which included winning a Shooto European amateur tournament championship. Turning pro in 2018, Kadimagomaev has impressed on the regional scene, winning 11 of 12 fights t...

October 19, 2024

The son of Antonio McKee, A.J. McKee went on to become arguably Bellator’s biggest homegrown talent from the time he made his MMA debut in 2015. It culminated in McKee winning 18 straight fights, including a win over Patricio Pitbull to win the Be...

October 19, 2024

Tonight marks Raufeon Stots’ first time competing in a PFL cage. A two-time NCAA Division II Wrestling Champion, Stots was a rising prospect to start his career, being trained under Jens Pulver. Stots made his way over to Bellator and continued to...

October 19, 2024

Makkasharip Zaynukov trains at Eagles MMA Academy, alongside some of the most notable names in MMA, including Khabib Nurmagomedov, Usman Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev. Zaynukov has won 15 of his 19 fights thus far as a pro, with seven of those...

October 19, 2024

At just 20 years old, Ibragim Ibragimov has already left a mark on the MMA scene with a perfect 7-0 record, including six wins via a finish. Ibragimov, who has earned regional lightweight gold, hones his craft at Manchester Top Team as he continue...

October 19, 2024

Tariq Ismail is a very technical striker, who has shown an ability to endure and compete for a full 15 minutes in the cage. Ismail, a product of Bazooka Kickboxing & MMA, is 8-1 and has won back-to-back fights since his first pro loss. Ismail...

August 24, 2024

Brendan Loughnane has made a name for himself in MMA’s featherweight scene and especially the PFL since his arrival to the promotion in 2019. After reaching the PFL Semifinals in 2021, Loughnane ended up capping a memorable 2022 by finishing Bubba...

August 24, 2024

After an impressive time on the regional circuit, including a championship win, Magomed Umalatov made his way to the PFL in 2021 and won a pair of showcase fights. Umalatov followed that up with four combined wins during the 2022 and 2023 seasons,...

August 23, 2024

Gabriel Braga grew up in Rio de Janeiro and started his martial arts journey in Muay Thai, moving on to MMA and impressing with consistent wins. Braga’s 2023 saw him compete in the PFL Challenger Series and go on to compete in the PFL Regular Seas...

August 23, 2024

Shamil Musaev has yet to taste defeat in MMA, as an amateur or pro, and it led him to this major moment as the No. 1 seed in this year’s PFL Welterweight Playoffs. Musaev put up plenty of highlights while competing for MMA promotions across Europe...

August 23, 2024

Ray Cooper III has left an indelible mark in the PFL, currently holding the PFL record for most finishes (10) and most knockouts (8) in his tenure that stretches back to the original PFL season in 2018. Cooper has made the PFL Welterweight Champio...

August 23, 2024

Tyler Diamond, one of the more entertaining and popular fighters in the PFL’s Featherweight roster, wrestled at North Dakota State before transitioning to MMA full-time, gaining his grappling base. A Team Alpha Male product, Diamond won regional f...

August 23, 2024

Jesse Stirn fought in the PFL’s season format three years ago, losing to Sheymon Moraes during the 2021 regular season and falling to Anthony Dizy later that year. Stirn is a striking expert who has finishes in seven of his sixteen victories, and...