Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou offered some insight into why he chose to sign with the Professional Fighters League over other promotions that were aggressively courting the heavy hitter.
After a …read more
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The Professional Fighters League is heading back to pay-per-view for the second straight year with a loaded card that will …read more
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Kayla Harrison will make her return on PFL’s championship crowning night – at featherweight.
Harrison (15-1) meets Julia Budd (17-6) in a non-tournament, 145-pound bout Nov. 24 at 2023 PFL Championships, …read more
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Every champion in MMA history started out somewhere.
For those who make it to the highest stage, the journey begins long before they strap on UFC, Bellator or PFL gloves. Modern-era …read more
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Nate Diaz has denounced a potential MMA fight against Jake Paul in the PFL, telling the YouTuber turned boxer to …read more
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Rematch …read more
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Dana White doesn’t see any value in buying out Bellator.
Over the last year, rumors have been swirling that Bellator was interviewing potential buyers with the biggest name being the …read more
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LAS VEGAS – Dana White can’t fathom some of the monetary decisions PFL has made in recent months and are reportedly looking at in the future.
Following DWCS 61 on Tuesday, …read more
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Dana White never seems to sweat his competition, and he won’t be losing any sleep over reports …read more
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The PFL has a lot of ambitious plans moving into 2024 but none bigger than a $100 million investment made …read more
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With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from August 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner …read more
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Celebration …read more
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Sale …read more
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Investment …read more
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Some of the PFL’s biggest fights will head to the Middle East next year as part of a deal struck by the promotion and SRJ Sports Investments, a company launched …read more
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As part of what sources said was a more than $100 million investment into the mixed martial arts company, the PFL will launch a regional league in the Middle East …read more
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After pumping money into both golf and football, Saudi Arabia is getting into the mixed martial arts business with the PFL.
SRJ Sports Investments, a vehicle spawned by Saudi Arabia’s …read more
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The PFL has partnered with SRJ Sports Investments — a new branch founded under the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund …read more
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Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts, with a new special start time …read more
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Meet the 2023 PFL finalists, including three potential repeat $1 million winners
The PFL wrapped up its third set of playoff events Wednesday in New York, and now the finals are …read more
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All six $1 million finals now are set for the PFL’s 2023 season after Wednesday’s playoff wrap in New York.
Semifinal fights were held at welterweight and lightweight at The Theater …read more
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Clay Collard outslugged Shane Burgos in a thrilling unanimous-decision victory Friday night to advance to his first PFL championship matchd …read more
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The PFL hosted the last of its playoff events before heading to Washington D.C. in November.
Clay Collard vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier for the lightweight PFL final
For the lightweights, 2022 champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. …read more
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Olivier Aubin-Mercier is heading back to the PFL finals.
In the co-main event of 2023 PFL Playoffs 3, Aubin-Mercier (20-5) stopped Bruno Miranda with heavy ground and pound to punch his …read more
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The Season 5 finals are set in the PFL lightweight and welterweight tournaments as Clay Collard takes on Olivier Aubin-Mercier in the 155-pound finals while Magomed Magomedkerimov faces Sadibou Sy …read more
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MMA Fighting has PFL 9 results for the Collard vs. Burgos fight card from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In the main event, Clay Collard will …read more
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Sadibou Sy couldn’t have picked a better time to hit the prime of his career.
When he first joined the PFL back in 2018, Sy …read more
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Stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready. Aubin-Mercier’s readiness has kept him undefeated for two years as he eyes another PFL title. …read more
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The 2023 Professional Fighters League Playoff semifinals wrap up on Wednesday in New York City at PFL 9. The undercard airs live on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the …read more
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PFL 9 takes place at the Theater at Madison Square Garden and is headlined by a lightweight bout between Clay Collard and Shane Burgos. The two me will be fighting …read more
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Carlos Leal has stacked the deck against himself in his quest for his first PFL championship.
The welterweight contender missed …read more
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Carlos Leal Miranda will be facing an uphill climb if he is to advance to the Professional Fighters League Championships in November. …read more
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Carlos Leal weighed in one pound over the welterweight limit for his PFL semifinal against Sadibou Sy on Wednesday, but the fight will still be held as scheduled. …read more
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Super middleweight boxing champion Savannah Marshall has signed a multi-year contract with Professional Fighters League. …read more
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Savannah Marshall is bringing her punching prowess to the PFL.
The league announced Tuesday via a press release …read more
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The PFL continues to make an impact in the women’s boxing world by adding another champion to its roster as the promotion on Tuesday announced the signing of British standout …read more
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Savannah Marshall, undisputed super middleweight champion, said Tuesday she is signing with the PFL in an attempt to compete in MMA as well as boxing. …read more
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Lightweight and welterweight combatants will take center stage for the next round of PFL playoff contests. Event: 2023 PFL Playoffs 3Date: Weds., Aug. 23, 2023Location: The Theater at Madison Square …read more
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Clay Collard is the featured attraction in his main event matchup with Shane Burgos at PFL 9. Just ask him. …read more
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If you told Renan Ferreira when this season began that he’d score a devastating knockout to punch his ticket to the 2023 PFL heavyweight final, he’d have gladly take it. …read more
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Larissa Pacheco wasted no time securing her spot in the PFL women’s featherweight final with a record-setting knockout, and it’s not a stretch to say the weigh-ins might’ve had something …read more
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Renan Ferreira and Larissa Pacheco made statements on their way to the PFL Championships.
Friday night at The …read more
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Larissa Pacheco knocked out Olena Kolesnyk in just 14 seconds to win a women’s featherweight PFL playoff semifinal Friday in New York. …read more
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The 2023 Professional Fighters League Playoffs continue Friday in new York City with PFL 8 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The action airs live on ESPN+ and then continues on ESPN …read more
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Larissa Pacheco sits two wins away from making history as the first fighter to ever claim titles in two different weight classes …read more
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The younger brother of former PFL champion Ray Cooper III is set to make his debut under the ONE Championship banner.
In his first fight with the promotion, Hawaii’s Blake Cooper …read more
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Featherweight Olena Kolesnyk, who missed weight ahead of Friday’s PFL semifinal bout against Larissa Pacheco, will forfeit 20% of her purse to Pacheco and could fail to advance even if …read more
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The weigh-ins ahead of Professional Fighters League’s heavyweight and women’s featherweight semifinals were far from drama-free. …read more
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Olena Kolesnyk has quite the hole to dig out of at PFL 8.
On Friday, Kolesnyk faces 2022 …read more
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Shane Burgos understands why some people are confused that he still has a shot at one million dollars.
In a 2023 season that …read more
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Jordan Heiderman might be most unknown commodity among the PFL heavyweight semifinalists. …read more
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Larissa Pacheco is one fight away from fighting for another $1 million in the PFL and solidifying her place as the top star in the budding company. …read more
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Maurice Greene admits he was on the cusp of retiring from MMA competition until UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones pulled him out of a rut.
Greene (11-8), who meets Renan Ferreira …read more
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Every champion in MMA history started out somewhere.
For those who make it to the highest stage, the journey begins long before they strap on UFC, Bellator or PFL gloves. Modern-era …read more
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PFL Return …read more
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Cedric Doumbe is getting the spotlight for his PFL debut.
The former Glory kickboxing champion will make his first promotional appearance in the main event of the 2023 PFL Europe Playoffs. …read more
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The ‘Lazy King’ Abdoul Abdouraguimov will be making his way to the PFL Smart Cage this September.
The highly-touted Russian prospect revealed in a post on social media that he has …read more
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Abdoul Abdouraguimov | @lazykingmma, Instagram
“The Lazy King” is coming to the PFL.
Abdoul Abdouraguimov (16-1) announced Thursday that he has signed with the league to …read more
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Claressa Shields is sticking around with the PFL.
On Tuesday, Shields and the PFL announced that the boxing …read more
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Claressa Shields still plans on making on impact in mixed martial arts. …read more
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Boxing star Claressa Shields, widely considered the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer on the planet, has signed a multiyear deal to compete in MMA promotion for the PFL. …read more
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Boxing great Claressa Shields will continue her experiment in MMA.
Shields (1-1 MMA, 1-1 PFL), a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three division boxing champion, has re-signed with the PFL in …read more
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Paul has done some calculations on what skills he’ll need to beat Diaz in the PFL smart cage and thinks …read more
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On Saturday night, Jake Paul scored the first win in his budding rivalry with former UFC star Nate Diaz.
‘The Problem Child’ delivered another top-notch performance against one of mixed martial …read more
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Impa Kasanganay knocked out Marthin Hamlet | Cooper Neill, PFL
The Professional Fighters League light heavyweight and featherweight playoff finals are set after a …read more
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A pair of light heavyweights emphatically punched their way into the 2023 PFL finals on Friday — but the big story was 27-year-old featherweight Jesus Pinedo, who scored a massive …read more
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Josh Silveira punched his ticket to the PFL light heavyweight championship with a nasty highlight reel finish.
In the co-feature of 2023 PFL Playoffs 1 at Boeing Center at Tech Port …read more
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Gabriel Braga def. Marlon Moraes | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images
Chris Wade has never been stopped in more than a decade of MMA competion, …read more
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PFL color commentator Kenny Florian believes that Jake Paul and Nate Diaz could find themselves in a …read more
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There are plenty of high hopes around Josh Silveira heading into the PFL’s 2023 playoff season.
But the American Top Team light heavyweight has been here before. In 2022, Silveira (11-1) …read more
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We look at the fighters making their PFL playoffs debuts and some former champions who return to the postseason. …read more
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Bubba Jenkins and Jesus Pinedo will clash in the PFL 7 main event Friday. | PFL
MMA Fighting has PFL 7 results for the Jenkins …read more
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The 2023 Professional Fighters League Playoffs begin Friday in San Antonio with PFL 7 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The action airs live on ESPN+ and then continues on ESPN at …read more
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Jesus Pinedo, who missed weight by 0.4 pounds Friday, will have one point deducted from his score if his PFL semifinal bout against Bubba Jenkins goes the distance. …read more
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Professional Fighters League kicks off its 2023 playoffs this week with PFL 7. …read more
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The Puerto Rican boxing star is the Professional Fighters League’s latest high-profile acquisition. …read more
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Amanda Serrano has signed with the Professional Fighters League’s Super Fight division, marking the seven-division boxing champion’s return to mixed martial arts. …read more
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Amanda Serrano is returning to MMA under a new organization.
The multiple-time boxing world champion has signed an exclusive MMA deal with the PFL, the promotion announced Wednesday, and is expected …read more
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Amanda Serrano is the latest big name to join the PFL.
The undisputed women’s featherweight champion of the boxing world, Serrano …read more
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With Derrick Lewis delivering one of the all-time great free agency announcements following his 33-second finish …read more
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Jesus Pinedo has been arguably the biggest surprise in this 2023 PFL season, and he has another chance to continue to further his underdog story.
The Peruvian fighter headlines 2023 PFL …read more
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Francis Ngannou has transformed his career in 2023, but some within the MMA industry believe those changes will be felt throughout the sport.
Former three-time UFC title challenger Kenny Florian, now …read more
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Despite their forgettable UFC 226 clash back in 2018, fans have called for Derrick Lewis to entertain a potential PFL (Professional Fighters League) move and a re-run with former-foe, Francis …read more
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