PFL NEWS

October 27, 2021

Light heavyweights took center stage at the 2021 PFL World Championship Wednesday evening to close out the preliminary portion of the fight card.  With a card this stacked, two title fights trickled onto the prelims, and No. 1 seed An...

October 27, 2021

It’s time. The title fights are here.  Loik Radzhabov and Raush Manfio took the cage Wednesday evening at the 2021 PFL World Championship for a shot at $1 million and the PFL Lightweight world title.  Would Manfio finish...

October 27, 2021

Longtime UFC veteran Omari Akhmedov entered the PFL SmartCage for the first time Wednesday evening at the 2021 PFL World Championship.  At 9-5-1 in 15 UFC fights, the American Top Team product by way of Dagestan firmly cemented himsel...

October 27, 2021

Julia Budd, one of PFL’s most highly anticipated new signings, made her promotional debut Wednesday evening against Kaitlin Young at the 2021 PFL World Championship.  With Kayla Harrison headlining the event against Taylor Guardado fo...

October 27, 2021

Don Madge and Nathan Williams kicked off the biggest night in PFL history – the 2021 PFL World Championship – in style.  Setting the stage for a night featuring six title fights (and six shots at $1 million as a result) plus the retur...

October 25, 2021

The 2021 PFL Championship is here. Wednesday, Oct. 27, marks the biggest night in MMA, as six fighters w...

October 22, 2021

One week from tonight is fight night for Hawaii’s Ray Cooper III as the reigning PFL welterweight champion will look to make it back-to-back title in Florida.   The Pearl City native who won the $1-million grand prize in 2019 sat out...

October 22, 2021

The 2021 PFL season will come to its conclusion on Oct. 27, with a full lineup of tournament championships in six different weight classes (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN+).   Emerging women's MMA superstar Kayla Harrison (11-0) will headl...

October 14, 2021

PFL 2021 final takes place at Seminole Hard Rock Casino Hollywood, FL on Wednesday, October 27 featuring six championship bouts with $1 million grand prize. In addition, the event is set to see the next MMA fight of two-weight undisputed boxing wo...

October 14, 2021

As the 2021 PFL season wraps up, the men and women set to battle it out for titles are getting ready in Florida. The light heavyweight title matchup between Antonio Carlos Jr. and Marthin Hamlet is an especially exciting bout. Hamlet is an 8-2 fig...

October 14, 2021

Julia Budd, the former Bellator women's featherweight champion, has signed a contract with PFL, the promotion announced Wednesday.   Budd will make her debut Oct. 27 against Kaitlin Young in a lightweight fight on the undercard of PF...

October 1, 2021

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has forged a new partnership with Athletic Sports Group and its subsidiary Fight Globe, which will allow the league to accelerate its global expansion and growth. The multi-year deal will focus on securing pr...

October 1, 2021

The PFL has announced its official lineup for its 2021 Finals on Oct. 27 -- and to no one's surprise, undefeated female lightweight Kayla Harrison will top the bill.   Harrison (11-0) will headline the PFL event oppositie Taylor Guar...

October 1, 2021

The Professional Fighters League has signed an international media-rights representation deal with Athletic Sports Group (ASG), which will help the challenger MMA series find new broadcast partners globally.   

October 1, 2021

After a slew of canceled fights, Don Madge has a new home.   Madge (9-3-1), who signed with the UFC in 2018, managed to step into the octagon just twice before parting ways with the company. The 30-year-old fighter out of South Afric...

October 1, 2021

Jarrah Al-Silawi is set to compete in Professional Fighters League next season, but fans will get a sneak preview of the “Jordanian Lion” next month at the 2021 Season PFL Championships.   A few days ago came the announcement that PF...

September 27, 2021

Six World Title Fights with Six Million Dollars on the Line Live on ESPN2 and Simulcast on ESPN+Kayla Harrison and Taylor Guardado headline PFL World Championship Ma...

September 22, 2021

Jarrah Al-Silawi, former welterweight champion of Brave CF in the Middle East, has signed an exclusive contract with the Professional Fighters League.   Al-Silawi informed ESPN of his move on Thursday. The Jordanian welterweight will...

September 22, 2021

The street Claressa Shields grew up on doesn't appear on any current maps of Flint, Michigan.   It was called Spencer Street. She was brought up there by her grandmother—the most influential figure in her life—and her parents. The di...

September 9, 2021

Ray Cooper III is just one win away from pocketing yet another million-dollar PFL championship.   The PFL went without a season in 2020 before picking back up in 2021 where multiple big-name additions entered the fold. Going forward...