PFL NEWS

April 23, 2021

One of last season’s lightweight semifinalists, Akhmed Aliev (20-6) of Dagestan returned to the PFL cage looking to build on his prior performance. Standing in his way was PFL International Qualifier Ser...

April 23, 2021

Veteran Chris Wade (18-6) is back for a third PFL season, having made the lightweight semifinals in both of his previous appearances. This time, however, the UFC alum is competing at featherweight and the...

April 23, 2021

The featherweight roster for the 2021 season includes plenty of new faces, including talented UFC veterans Sungbin Jo (9-2) and

April 23, 2021

Tajikistan’s Loik Radzhabov (13-3-1) may have been the biggest surprise of the last PFL season, earning a spot in the finals as a No. 7 seed and goin...

April 23, 2021

Anthony Pettis has seen it all and has accomplished a lot in his world championship MMA career.   Even with having won titles in multiple organizations, the opportunity to take on new talent in the Professional Fighters League along...

April 23, 2021

Despite the lack of live events and fresh ancillary content last year when the Professional Fighters League postponed its third season because of the coronavirus, the start-up mixed martial arts league made its share of headlines in 2020.  ...

April 23, 2021

The PFL (Professional Fighters League) kicks off its new season on Friday, April 23rd. The 2021 season features six weight classes, including the first-ever women’s lightweight division.   The PFL has gone from strength to strength e...

April 23, 2021

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a multifaceted partnership with social media platform Twitter.   The tie-up will see content from the mixed martial arts (MMA) organization made available on Twitter through its ne...

April 23, 2021

MMA fighter Sung Bin Jo, better known as Korean Falcon, gave a passionate speech about stopping anti-Asian hatred during an interview with Insider just days before his Professional Fighters League (PFL) debut Friday.   Korean Falcon...

April 22, 2021

On Thursday, April 22, the Professional Fighters League held the weigh-ins for its first event of the 2021 season from the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.The season’s first event features action in the featherweight and lightweight...

April 19, 2021

The third season of the Professional Fighters League kicks off on Friday, April 23, from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The season will consist of 10 ev...

April 16, 2021

Claressa Shields is a force to be reckoned with.   At 26 years old, Shields is a powerhouse inside the boxing ring as the first undisputed champion in two different weight classes during the four-belt era.   Now ready f...

April 16, 2021

“Showtime” — a moniker befitting a fighter who shines when the lights are their brightest. Someone who electrifies the crowd with every strike thrown.“The lights come on and I turn into somebody else,” said 34-year-old

April 15, 2021

Mixed martial arts organization the Professional Fighters League has agreed a rights deal in Portugal with pay-television broadcaster Eleven. Under the agreement announced today (Thursday) and covering the 2021 season, the PFL has named Ele...

April 15, 2021

The PFL has six weight classes, with each fighter competing twice during the regular season. There are 10 fighters in each division, and the top four fighters in each division -- heavyweight, light heavyweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherwe...

April 15, 2021

The Professional Fighters League made its debut in 2018 with a format intended to feel familiar for sports fans as a way to bring a new audience to combat sports. There is a regular season with standings, then playoffs, and to cap it all off, the...

April 15, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the Professional Fighters League.   Shields will fight Brittney Elkin on June 10, the promotio...

April 12, 2021

It’s back! The Professional Fighters League (PFL) kicks off its explosive third season on Friday, April 23. Let’s take a look at the details and key changes for the upc...

April 9, 2021

The Professional Fighters League has secured a media rights deal with Vietnamese sports network FPT TV for the 2021 season, expanding the mixed martial arts organization’s distribution in Asia. The network will carry each PFL event acr...

April 8, 2021

Anthony Pettis has climbed the mountain throughout his career.From winning gold in both the WEC and UFC, to becoming the only fighter to grace the cover of Wheaties, “Showtime” has always been a marquee player in the sport....