June 7, 2021
The Professional Fighters League opens the second half of its third regular season Thursday, June 10, with PFL 4. The event takes place at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The stage is set for featherweights and lightweig...
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Wiz Khalifa, who is one of the world’s top recording artists, is an avid fighting enthusiast. So much so that he’s placed his financial backing into the Professional Fight League (PFL) as part of its ownership group. After starting...
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CLARESSA SHIELDS RETURNED to JacksonWink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in late March, fresh off making boxing history by becoming the first two-division undisputed champion in the four-belt era. Time was running low, though, with...
READ MOREJune 4, 2021
Clay Collard was the other guy. He was the one standing across the cage from the PFL's prized new signee, Anthony "Showtime" Pettis. It was a big moment for the emerging fight promotion, and the vibe of the introductions for this season-opening ma...
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Claressa Shields had a lot of reasons to make the move from boxing to mixed martial arts with her first professional fight now just a matter of days away. Despite being a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a multi-time, multi-divis...
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“In women’s boxing, women don’t get paid that much,” Shields told MMA Fighting. “I’ve won every title you can think of, every last organization. Three-time division world champ, two-time undisputed champ at 154 and 160 [pounds]. I’ve held titles a...
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Kayla Harrison, the self-proclaimed "baddest woman" in mixed martial arts, will return to action against Cindy Dandois in the main event of PFL 6 in Atlantic City. PFL officials announced the league's next round of heavyweight and...
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American boxer Claressa Shields is capable of putting on a show in her upcoming MMA debut at a Professional Fighters League event inside the Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City. That's according to a PFL analyst and commentator Kenn...
READ MOREMay 23, 2021
Boxing sensation Claressa Shields, who is about to cross over to MMA, has hit out at her first octagon rival Brittney Elkin and laughed off claims that she will submit Shields on her Professional Fighters League debut next month. Supr...
READ MOREMay 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
READ MOREMay 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...
READ MOREMay 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
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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
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