PFL NEWS

October 9, 2019

" In the ring, Mike Tyson's hands did all the talking.Now he'll try his hand at announcing.The former heavyweight champion is embarking on a new career with  the Professional Fighters League as host of the new serie...

October 9, 2019

" The Professional Fighters League is taking major steps toward fixing the lack of equal pay for female athletes, becoming the first professional sports league to guarantee equal payouts for female and male fighters.The MMA lea...

October 7, 2019

" Sean O'Connell had just left the cage following an exhilarating, come-from-behind victory over Dan Spohn. He had a little bit over an hour until he had to fight -- again -- in the semifinals of the Professional Fighters League's 2018 pla...

October 7, 2019

" 2019 PFL Playoff Preview – Welterweights and Women’s Lightweights October 11, 2019 – Mandalay Bay Events Center ESPN+ 8-10p ET    ESPN2  10p-12:30a ET ...

October 7, 2019

" Mike Tyson is ready to talk your ears off about MMA.The former heavyweight champion is set to join the Professional Fighters League as host of the new series “Mike Tyson’s New Fight Game: The PFL,” which will debut this week...

October 1, 2019

" Brendan Loughnane is headed back to Las Vegas, less than four months after the city hosted the most controversial fight of his career.Loughnane (17-3), of Manchester, England, will make his PFL debut on Oct. 11 at Mandalay Ba...

October 1, 2019

" The top eight welterweights and top four lightweights are heading to the postseason, which begins Oct. 11 in Las Vegas. The men will fight two-round quarterfinal fights, followed by three-round semifinals later that same night. The women...

September 30, 2019

" The Professional Fighters League announced the continuation of its partnership with DraftKings on Wednesday to feature pick’em style games aimed at increasing fan engagement for the upcoming PFL playoffs and championship.The...

September 27, 2019

According to co-founder Donn Davis, the Professional Fighters League was born on July 11, 2016 -- the day the UFC sold for more than $4 billion.Less than six months after that deal was made public, the venture capitali...

September 19, 2019

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison (2-0) has signed an exclusive deal with the PFL that will see her compete in a 155-pound division next year. The PFL is currently in the midst of its inaugural season, which consis...

September 18, 2019

" As the 2019 Professional Fighters League playoffs draw near, $1 million paydays lie just a few fights away.For the 44 fighters still in contention across six divisions, October is a make-or-break month. The math is simple: Wi...

September 4, 2019

" The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship format, today unveiled the fight cards for the 2019 PFL Playoffs, which take place October 11, 17 and...

September 3, 2019

" She is already the poster girl for the Professional Fighters League, competing as a lightweight, "which is essentially the heavyweight division for women," ESPN recently said.Harrison, an athlete with a powerful upper body wh...

August 30, 2019

Andre Harrison (19-0) is one of the marquee fighters in the new Professional Fighters League. As his story suggests, there are things that set the PFL apart—sometimes rather sharply—from other MMA organizations. In the cage an...

August 12, 2019

" The 2019 season for the Professional Fighters League continued last night in Atlantic City, N.J., where the light heavyweight and heavyweight men got in their second — and final — fights of the regular season.The PFL’s season...

August 12, 2019

" Everything You Need to Know About the 2019 PFL Regular Season The 2019 PFL Regular Season has come to a close and now all eyes turn towards the PFL Playoffs, which take place on October 11th, 17th and 31st at Man...

August 12, 2019

" All six PFL playoff brackets are set, with the heavyweights and light heavyweights whittled down to their respective top eights on Thursday.PFL 6 provided clarity in the postseason picture. Denis Goltsov, in his first PFL sea...

August 9, 2019

" The final night of the PFL's regular season saw the return of the heavyweights and light heavyweights -- and they didn't disappoint in terms of fireworks.After only a handful of finishes at PFL 3 earlier in the season, more t...

August 8, 2019

MMA startup Professional Fighters League has received a $28 million equity investment from a group that includes MGM Television chief Mark Burnett, actor-entrepreneur Kevin Hart, and self-help guru Tony Robbins.The Wash...

August 7, 2019

" Kelvin Tiller was one of the breakout stars of the first season of the PFL. After a first-round KO and a second-round submission finish, he was locked into the No. 2 playoff seed in the heavyweight division, lined up well for a deep run...