PFL NEWS

June 21, 2021

The final push to the PFL Playoffs takes place Friday, June 25, as PFL concludes its 2021 Regular Season with PFL 6, 2021, from Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The PFL 6, 2021 fight card focuses on the heavy hitters, with he...

June 17, 2021

Longtime high-level MMA veterans Rory MacDonald and Gleison Tibau closed the PFL 5, 2021 fight card with style Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J.  Ahead of the bout, MacDonald looked to be the clear-cut favorite, as he earned six...

June 17, 2021

On paper, the PFL 5, 2021 Welterweight showdown between Ray Cooper III and Nikolai Aleksakhin represented a clear Fight of the Night favorite.  Cooper is a devastating finisher and stands as PFL’s most decorated knockout artist of all...

June 17, 2021

The 2019 PFL Light Heavyweight World Champion, Emiliano Sordi returned to the cage at PFL 5, 2021 to face dangerous veteran Dan Spohn.  Sordi, who captured the 2019 PFL title with a dominant run of finishes, came into the bout off a u...

June 17, 2021

The PFL 5, 2021 main card kicked off on ESPN2 Thursday evening at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., with a Light Heavyweight scrap between a pair of UFC veterans in Cezar Ferreira and Chris Camozzi.  The two combatants enter...

June 17, 2021

High-profile Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts Antonio Carlos Jr. and Vinny Magalhaes closed the PFL 5, 2021 preliminary card on ESPN+.  While seven points separated the two fighters in the PFL Light Heavyweight standings — Carlos Jr. e...

June 17, 2021

PFL 5, 2021 rolled on Thursday evening on ESPN+ with a Light Heavyweight throwdown between Marthin Hamlet and Cory Hendricks.  Hamlet surprised many in his PFL debut, submitting Dan Spohn with a second-round arm-triangle choke from cl...

June 17, 2021

PFL 5, 2021 featured some Samurai vs. Samurai action on ESPN+,  as “The Brazilian Samurai” Joao Zeferino took on the “Amazonian Samurai” Jason Ponet in a Welterweight showdown.  Zeferino entered the bout on a tear, winning four straig...

June 17, 2021

Magomed Magomedkerimov returned to the PFL cage Thursday evening after a lengthy hiatus to face Curtis Millender.  Despite being undefeated at 8-0 under the PFL banner, Magomedkerimov entered this fight with -1 points in the Welterwei...

June 17, 2021

PFL Light Heavyweights took center stage for the first time Thursday evening at PFL 5, 2021, when Tom Lawlor squared off against Jordan Young.  Previously, Young was scheduled to face Vinny Magalhaes at PFL 2, 2021, but Magalhaes miss...

June 17, 2021

The PFL 5, 2021 fight card kicked off on ESPN+ Thursday evening at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., with a welterweight showdown between Sadibou Sy and Aleksei Kunchenko.  Sy, a Swedish national champion in Muay Thai and ki...

June 16, 2021

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) held the weigh-ins for its fifth event of the 2021 season Wednesday, June 16. The official pre-fight check took place at the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.PFL 5, 2021 features the men’s welte...

June 14, 2021

The push to the PFL Playoffs rolls on Thursday, June 17, with PFL 5, 2021, from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. PFL brings a stacked card to fight fans worldwide, with a welterweight showdown between Rory MacDonald and G...

June 11, 2021

Boxing phenom Claressa Shields made her long-awaited MMA debut Thursday night in the main event of PFL 4, 2021.  Two-time Olympic gold medalist. Three-division champion — currently. Self-proclaimed GWOAT (Greatest Woman of All Time)....

June 11, 2021

Clay Collard found himself in the driver’s seat heading into this PFL 4, 2021 throwdown against 44-fight veteran Joilton Lutterbach. By upsetting former UFC champion Anthony Pettis back at PFL 1, 2021, in April, Collard registered three points in...

June 10, 2021

Bubba Jenkins surprised many during his PFL 1, 2021 matchup against Lance Palmer, dominating the two-time PFL Featherweight king en route to a unanimous-decision victory.  Thursday night at PFL 4, 2021, Jenkins looked to keep the mome...

June 10, 2021

Early PFL Featherweight favorite Brendan Loughnane faced a tough test against Tyler Diamond at PFL 4, 2021 Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J.  After finishing Sheymon Moraes via first-round TKO at PFL 1, 2021, Loughnane catapulte...

June 10, 2021

Interestingly, the scenario for Martinez was equally clear-cut: Win and you’re in.  Schulte dropped his first-round matchup of the 2021 season against Marcin Held back in April, and he needed a big, bounce-back victory to propel himse...

June 10, 2021

Fresh off an impressive victory over Natan Schulte at PFL 1, 2021, Marcin Held looked to keep the momentum rolling against promotional newcomer Olivier Aubin-Mercier. Two well-known names in the Lightweight division, Held vs. Aubin-Mercier promise...

June 10, 2021

PFL vets collided early on the PFL 4, 2021 fight card Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J., as Akhmed Aliev took on Loik Radzhabov in a lightweight showdown.  Aliev, the 2019 PFL runner-up, defeated Mikhail Odintsov via unanimous d...