PFL NEWS

August 20, 2022

The PFL Europe Qualifiers roll on as Tayo Odunjo (4-1) steps into the SmartCage with Magnus Iversen (2-0) in a Welterweight bout.  A former boxer, Odunjo has deceptive power and lightning quick hands.  Iversen meanwhile got his start in Muay Thai...

August 20, 2022

Following our main event, the action continues on ESPN+ as Ali Taleb (7-0) meets Darius Mafi (3-0) in a PFL Europe Qualifier bout with the winner securing a spot in the 2023 PFL Europe Series.  With 6 of his 7 wins coming by stoppage, Taleb looks...

August 20, 2022

In perhaps our most anticipated non-Playoff bout of the evening, 24 year old super prospect Dakota Ditcheva (5-0) takes on Hassna Jaber (4-1) in a 2023 PFL Europe Qualifier bout with the winner securing their spot in the 2023 PFL Europe Series. Th...

August 20, 2022

Kicking off the ESPN card, undefeated London native and 2022 PFL Challenger Series contract winner Simeon Powell (6-0) takes on a fellow undefeated up and comer in Joao Paulo Fagundes (7-0) in what promises to be an exciting affair. With 10 finish...

August 20, 2022

A London native, Stuart Austin (15-8) enters this fight looking for redemption following a tough 0-2 start to his PFL tenure. Always the hammer or the nail, Austin has finished all but 3 of his pro wins and has been finished in 7 of 8 losses. Acro...

August 20, 2022

We continue the action in London with a Lightweight Showcase bout between Omar Hussein (9-3) and Alex Chizov (9-1).  Continuing a theme of new nations in the SmartCage tonight, Hussein becomes the first Palestinian fighter to compete under the PFL...

August 20, 2022

The PFL Playoffs have landed in London for the Featherweights and Women's Lightweights! But before we get to Playoff action, we open with a Bantamweight Showcase bout between the first Spanish fighter to grace the PFL SmartCage Zebenzei Ruiz (10-3...

August 13, 2022

In our final PFL Playoff Semifinal of the evening, #1 seed “The Red King” Rory MacDonald (23-9-1) takes on late notice replacement and #5 seed Dilano Taylor (9-2).  The winner of this bout will face Sadibou Sy for the PFL Championship in November....

August 13, 2022

In one of our most anticipated bouts of the night, #2 seed and 2021 Finalist Ante Delija (21-5) looks to advance to his 2nd consecutive PFL Championship. Standing in his way is quite the obstacle in 6’8” Renan “La Problema” Ferreira (9-3).  A Mirk...

August 13, 2022

In our first PFL Heavyweight Playoff bout, late replacement and #5 seed Juan Adams (10-4) meets another Playoff alternate in #5 seed Matheus Scheffel (16-8) in a clash of heavy hitters.  After Bruno Cappelozza and Denis Goltsov were both forced to...

August 13, 2022

In our first Playoff bout of the afternoon, #2 seed Sadibou Sy (11-6-2) takes on #3 seed Carlos Leal (17-3) to determine who will be competing for 1 million dollars and a PFL Championship!  This is no unfamiliar spot for Sy, a 3x PFL Semifinalist...

August 13, 2022

Our final bout of the evening features no shortage of experience, as former Cage Warriors Champion Lee Chadwick (27-16-1) takes on Przemyslaw Mysiala (24-11-1). A Showcase bout that features a staggering 82 professional bouts and 43 finishes betwe...

August 13, 2022

Our next PFL Europe Qualifier bout features a pair of Middleweights making the jump to 205 in former UAE Warriors Middleweight Champion Will Fleury (10-3) and Anthony Salamone (7-0). Fleury, a teammate of Conor McGregor, fights for the first time...

August 13, 2022

As the PFL Europe Qualifiers roll on, Vojto Barborik (13-2) takes on Radu Maxim (9-2) with a spot in the PFL Europe Series on the line! Barborik seeks to return to get back in the win column following a loss in his last bout that snapped an 11 fig...

August 13, 2022

We’re back to ESPN+ for the rest of the PFL Europe Qualifiers! Kicking us off is a pair of well credentialed Bantamweights in Mokhtar Benkaci (20-7) and Francesco Nuzzi (9-1) it’s win and you’re in for these men who ride 6 and 8 fight win streaks...

August 13, 2022

Kicking off the ESPN portion of the card we have the first ever PFL Europe Qualifier between two very game Featherweights! Ireland’s Nathan Kelly (5-2) takes on Wales’ Ben Ellis (4-1).  Following a nearly 3 year layoff (wherein he earned his BJJ B...

August 13, 2022

A hometown favorite in Cardiff, the Welshman Joshua O’Connor (1-0) looks to build on a successful professional debut against Emran Sakhizada (2-1). While this is only his 2nd professional MMA bout, O’Connor is a 2x British Judo Champion and a 2016...

August 13, 2022

Stepping in on short notice after Mohammad Fakhreddine was forced to withdraw, Mick Stanton (9-6) looks to impress in a Light Heavyweight Showcase bout against Poland’s Marcin Wojcik (15-8). 2 lifelong martial artists, Stanton has been boxing sinc...

August 13, 2022

Undefeated 23 year old Chris Mixan (3-0) enters the PFL SmartCage following a win on the PFL Challenger Series in February to take on Christian Stigenberg (3-1), a two-time Swedish amateur MMA champion.  Notably, Mixan is fighting for his late mot...

August 13, 2022

The PFL Playoffs return live from Cardiff, Wales for the Welterweights and Heavyweights! Kicking us off, we have a Heavyweight showcase bout between Ronny Markes (22-9) and Szymon Bajor (23-9). This will be Markes’ first fight under the PFL banner...