PFL NEWS

August 1, 2019

" SeatGeek Becomes the “Official Secondary Ticketing Partner” of the Professional Fighters LeagueThe Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regul...

July 31, 2019

" Kelvin Tiller is going into his PFL Week 6 fight not just to represent himself.Growing up in the rough neighborhood of East Gate in Topeka, Kan., “Mama’s Boy” Tiller strives to be that ray of hope for young kids in his area....

July 30, 2019

" Two-thirds of PFL's playoff brackets are set, and the promotion's October postseason has become very interesting.The lightweight and featherweight divisions -- two of the best weight classes in PFL -- completed their regular...

July 30, 2019

" On July 25th in Atlantic City at Ocean Casino Resort, the featherweights and lightweights took to the cage for the second and final time in the regular season. It was their last chance to earn points in the standings and qualify for th...

July 26, 2019

" The defending PFL champions at featherweight and lightweight are the No. 1 seeds heading into the playoffs. Chris Wade ended his losing streak against Russian fighters in an impressive showing to close out PFL 5. The audience was thrille...

July 25, 2019

" Dana White encouraged promoters to pick up Brendan Loughnane after he decided to pass up on signing Loughnane, and the Professional Fighters League took him up on that offer. White declined to sign Loughnane following what he deemed to b...

July 25, 2019

" Umar Nurmagomedov to Put Undefeated Record on the Line Against Philadelphia’s Sidemar Honorio, Who is 13-6 and Coming Off a Win With Bellator PFL 6 Airs Thursday Night, August 8th, from Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic...

July 24, 2019

" The Professional Fighters League is reshuffling its deck after three fighters could not make weight Wednesday morning. Lightweights Ramsey Nijem and Carlao Silva and featherweight Gadzhi Rabadanov all did not hit their weight marks for P...

July 24, 2019

" A few months ago, I was at my gym in Houston getting dressed in the locker room and preparing to train. I'd just defended my Fury FC featherweight title in a TKO victory over Ray Trujillo, but I was staying sharp. That's when the phone r...

July 24, 2019

" Brendan Loughnane has found a home.The popular British fighter has signed an exclusive deal with PFL, Loughnane's manager Malki Kawa and PFL CEO Peter Murray told ESPN.Loughnane (17-3) made headlines last month wh...

July 22, 2019

" Two of the Professional Fighters League's six playoff brackets are set, and now it's on to two of the best and most competitive divisions in the organization -- lightweight and featherweight.On Thursday at PFL 5 in Atlantic C...

July 19, 2019

" With no UFC events on ESPN, the televised MMA fare for the week came down to shows by Bellator and PFL.Bellator’s Friday night show on Paramount headlined by Julia Budd retaining the featherweight title over Olga Rubin via fi...

July 19, 2019

" A week later, John Howard is still geeked about his first-round TKO of Ray Cooper III at the Professional Fighters League 4 event. It's not that Howard didn't think he could finish last year's welterweight runner-up; it's the unexpected...

July 18, 2019

" It’s 3,000 miles from the Canadian island enclave of Victoria, British Columbia, to the boardwalk casinos of Atlantic City, New Jersey, which was a long way for someone like Sarah Kaufman to go without punching anyone in the end.

July 17, 2019

" Securing her spot in the PFL 2019 playoffs, undefeated Kayla Harrison plans to prove she’s one of the best to ever grace the fight game — and feels Sarah Kaufman is a stepping stone along that path.There are a few key words t...

July 17, 2019

" Kayla Harrison and Jorge Masvidal came to an agreement prior to “Gamebred’s” UFC 239 knockout of Ben Askren. It was a deal that seemed to work out swimmingly for both fighters.Harrison improved to 5-0 with her first-round sub...

July 17, 2019

" Thursday night, Kayla Harrison continued her ascent, recording a first-round submission win over Morgan Frier to secure her position in the PFL's women's lightweight division playoffs.The two-time Olympic gold medalist enters...

July 15, 2019

" The Professional Fighters League's version of March Madness takes place in October, and it is already percolating. A third of the promotion's 2019 playoff bracket is set.On Thursday, the welterweight and women's lightweight d...

July 15, 2019

" Four of the world's top MMA promotions (UFC, Bellator, ONE, PFL) held events this weekend. Usually, I don't love this because that means some shows are happening at the same time, but -- wouldn't you know it -- none of them overlapped th...

July 12, 2019

" PFL 4 was everything the Professional Fighters League hoped for when it established its playoff format. Six out of eight fights Thursday ended before the final horn, with five first-round finishes dramatically altering the composition of...