PFL NEWS

May 20, 2021

Claressa Shields is the most dominant fighter in women’s boxing. And that’s just not good enough for her.   She calls herself boxing’s GWOAT (Greatest Woman of All Time) and has so far at every stage of her young career backed up her...

May 19, 2021

Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald will face fellow UFC alumnus Gleison Tibau at PFL 5 on June 17 in Atlantic City, N.J.   The fight at the Ocean Casino Resort will be the second for MacDonald in the Professional Fighter...

May 19, 2021

Canada's MMA superstar Rory MacDonald headlines PFL 5 on June 17 after a fighting masterclass on his PFL debut last month, in which he defeated Curtis Millender by rear-naked choke submission in the very first round.   PFL MMA is a r...

May 14, 2021

Shields captured Olympic boxing gold in London 2012, then repeated the feat in Rio four years later before turning professional and capturing world titles in three different weight classes. The Michigan-born fighter has been a vocal advocat...

May 14, 2021

The last time Kayla Harrison fought she took a shower and the water turned red. She'd beaten her opponent so badly that she was covered in her blood. It was a pandemic-era contest under the all-women Invicta umbrella, promoted by visionary...

May 14, 2021

Just as one Usman has staked his claim as perhaps the pound-for-pound best fighter today, another Usman is about to make his first move on a bigger MMA stage. Mohammed Usman, young brother to UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, is a ris...

May 14, 2021

Mohammed Usman was alone in his hotel room talking to the television. It was deep into the night on April 24. About 900 miles south of that Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Usman's older brother Kamaru was making his way to...

May 14, 2021

British featherweight contender Brendan Loughnane stands just one win away from the PFL Playoffs, and the Manchester man now knows who he has to beat to reach the final four of the $1 million league season.    Loughnane knocked out f...

May 13, 2021

The PFL's prized signee and both of its two-time champions will have their work cut out for them when the season resumes on June 10 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.   The promotion announced on Thursday that former UFC lightweight champ...

May 11, 2021

The third event of the Professional Fighters League 2021 Regular Season took place Thursday, May 6 from the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. In the night’s headliner, former UFC Heavyweight champion

May 6, 2021

The co-main event of PFL’s third event of the 2021 Regular Season featured the return of Women’s Lightweight champion Kayla Harrison (9-0). The two-time Olympic Judo Gold Medalist welcomed Brazilian

May 6, 2021

A pair of League newcomers collided in the Heavyweight division on the third PFL card of the year as Nigeria’s Mohammed Usman (7-2) met Hawaii native

May 6, 2021

A finalist in the 2019 PFL Season, Brazil’s Larissa Pacheco (14-4) returned to the PFL cage in the season’s third event looking to take the first step toward a playoff spot. She welcomed fel...

May 6, 2021

The third event of the PFL Regular Season hosted a Heavyweight clash between Brazilian slugger Bruno Cappelozza (11-5) and well-rounded Croatian

May 6, 2021

Two longtime veterans crossed paths on the PFL 3 card on Thursday, May 6 when former Invicta FC title challenger Kaitlin Young (12-10-1) took on UFC and Bellator MMA alum

May 6, 2021

Returning Women’s Lightweight combatant Genah Fabian (3-1) welcomed League newcomer Laura Sanchez (1-1) to the PFL cage on the Regular Sea...

May 6, 2021

Russia’s Dennis Goltsov (26-6) returned to the PFL Decagon at the Regular Season’s third event, looking to secure another trip to the playoffs. Goltsov came up short against eventual Heavyweig...

May 6, 2021

Kicking off the Women’s Lightweight Regular Season at PFL 3 was a match-up between American Taylor Guardado (1-1) and Olena Kolesnyk (...

May 6, 2021

The third event of the 2021 PFL season featured a Welterweight showcase bout between undefeated Russian Magomed Umalatov (10-0) and Contender Series veteran

May 5, 2021

On Wednesday, May 5, the Professional Fighters League held the weigh-ins for its third event of the 2021 season from the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.The third fight card features the men’s heavyweight and women’s lightweight div...