PFL NEWS

June 22, 2024

Hometown hero Clay Collard gears up for the opportunity to clinch a third PFL postseason appearance. After making it to the semifinals in 2021, Collard missed out on the playoffs in 2022. The two-sport star, who has boxed and wrestled since youth,...

June 21, 2024

Last year, Impa Kasaganay had one of MMA’s greatest stories. Kasaganay, who at one point was sleeping in his car, earned a PFL contract through the 2023 Challenger Series and then went on a run for the ages. Kasaganay defeated Cory Hendricks, Tim...

June 21, 2024

Patricky Pitbull, alongside his brother, current Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull, were the faces of the Bellator brand for nearly all of its time before the PFL’s acquisition of the brand. Patricky Pitbull was a prominent fixture...

June 21, 2024

Rob Wilkinson has the ability to finish fights, with all but one of his victories coming before the final bell, and that wasn’t on any more of a display in his career than in his debut PFL season in 2022. There, Wilkinson scored finishes of Bruce...

June 21, 2024

Debuting on the pro scene in 2012, Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov made his mark on the regional scene in both Europe and Asia, going on to capture a regional light heavyweight championship. Yagshimuradov signed with Bellator in 2021, going 3-2 in the p...

June 21, 2024

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Antonio Carlos Jr.’s submission credentials are highly noteworthy, with 12 of his 16 victories coming by way of tapout. The American Top Team product scored victories over Tom Lawlor, Emiliano Sordi, and Marthin H...

June 21, 2024

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Brent Primus made his Bellator debut in 2013 at just 2-0. He finished his Bellator run with a 10-3 (1 NC) record, which included a win over Michael Chandler via injury to capture the Bellator lightweight champions...

June 21, 2024

A four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, Sadibou Sy has been one to produce highlights in the PFL SmartCage. In 2022, Sy went through Nikolay Aleksakhin, Rory MacDonald, Carlos Leal, and Dilano Taylor to capture the PFL welterweight ch...

June 21, 2024

After a 5-0 amateur run that culminated in a championship, Gadzhi Rabadanov made his name on the Russian regional scene, eventually winning a regional interim lightweight title in 2020. The former World Combat Sambo champion, who trains alongside...

June 21, 2024

A former training partner to the two-time PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Michael Dufort went 7-3 as an amateur before making his professional MMA debut in 2012, coming into tonight with a 13-4 record. The TriStar Gym product is cu...

June 21, 2024

Beginning his combat sports journey from a young age, Anthony Romero sports a junior black belt in taekwondo and black belts in both Brazilian and Japanese jiu-jitsu. Romero went 9-1 as an amateur, capturing lightweight gold on the circuit, before...

June 21, 2024

A former amateur MMA champion in Mexico, Brahyan Zurcher is currently 8-0 with six victories via stoppage. The Xtreme Couture product, a striking specialist influenced by his uncle, a Muay Thai fighter, is 3-0 in the PFL cage. Zurcher scored a dec...

June 13, 2024

Valentin Moldavsky, a protegee of the legendary Fedor Emelianenko, has trained in wrestling, Sambo and judo before joining MMA, turning pro in 2015. Signing with Bellator in 2017, Moldavsky won seven straight, including a win over Tim Johnson to c...

June 13, 2024

After impressing in a Showcase bout during the 2022 PFL World Championships, Dakota Ditcheva has continued to be dominant in the PFL SmartCage. Ditcheva ran through Malin Hermansson, Cornelia Holm and Valentina Scatizzi to earn the inaugural PFL E...

June 13, 2024

After coming so close to earning PFL gold last season, falling short in the championship matchup, Denis Goltsov is so close to getting back to the postseason. The former Russian Combat Sambo world champion is 11-3 in the PFL, with 27 finishes to h...

June 13, 2024

Making her professional MMA debut in 2010, Liz Carmouche is regarded as one of the pioneers of women’s MMA, competing in numerous noteworthy promotions and challenging for a number of titles at both flyweight and bantamweight. Signing with Bellato...

June 13, 2024

Taila Santos, who began her MMA career in 2013, started things off with 15 victories in a row – including 10 straight first-round finishes. A former flyweight champion on the regional scene, Santos has been in there with the likes of Valentina She...

June 13, 2024

Oleg Popov currently finds himself on the longest active win streak out of all MMA heavyweights, coming out victorious in his last 15 fights in a row. Popov, who has 12 finishes to his credit, is a veteran of the Russian MMA scene, having won a re...

June 13, 2024

Marcelo Golm’s MMA career began in 2015, scoring five straight first-round knockouts. Golm went 1-3 in her next four fights but ended up winning back-to-back bouts before signing with Bellator in 2021. The American Top Team product scored finishes...

June 13, 2024

Ilara Joanne built up an 8-4 record to start her career in her native Brazil before signing with Bellator in 2019. A product of the Pitbull Brothers gym, Joanne went 3-4 in Bellator. While she has seven finishes in her 11 wins, it’s been a rough p...