PFL NEWS

November 29, 2024

Joining the PFL in 2019, Brendan Loughnane accomplished world championship aspirations when he won the PFL Featherweight World Championship in 2022. He sought to repeat as champion last year but was knocked out in sudden, upset fashion by eventual...

November 29, 2024

The daughter of accomplished kickboxing, karate, and Muay Thai star Lisa Howarth, Dakota Ditcheva was a junior amateur Muay Thai champion before making her professional MMA debut in 2019. Ditcheva, who enters this fight 13-0, ran through the compe...

November 29, 2024

Impa Kasanganay became one of MMA’s best stories of 2023 when he went from sleeping in his car, to winning a PFL contract in the 2023 PFL Challenger Series, to soaring through the competition and becoming PFL Light Heavyweight World Champion. Afte...

November 29, 2024

A former regional welterweight champion, Magomed Umalatov has reached the playoffs in two consecutive seasons, but visa issues and injury have prevented him from competing in each. Now, Umalatov looks to finally show what has kept him as one of th...

November 29, 2024

A prominent wrestler and ground specialist, Brent Primus captured the Bellator Lightweight Championship in 2017 with a victory over Michael Chandler. After going 10-3 (1 NC) in the promotion, Primus joined the PFL following its acquisition of Bell...

November 29, 2024

For Denis Goltsov, he's always been the bridesmaid but never the bride when it comes to the PFL Season, consistently falling short of the Finals until last year – where he lost in the Finals to Renan Ferreira. Now, for the second year in a row, he...

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...