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PFL NEWS

Playoffs What to Look For

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 ...

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Tyson Takes Swing at MMA With PFL

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...

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Loughnane PFL Debut

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...

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Oct 11 Playoff Match-Ups

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...

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Join PFL Bracket Challenge

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...

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PFL invested in bringing familiar sports context to the fight game

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...

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Professional Fighters League adding 155-pound women's division in 2019

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...

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Playoffs 5 Things You Need 2 Know

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...

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2019 PFL Playoff fight cards

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...

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Kayla Next Ronda Rousey

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...

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Inside PFL, the High-Powered MMA League Taking Aim at the UFC

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...

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NEWS | PFL 2019 Final Power Rankings: Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight

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...

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Everything You Need to Know About the 2019 PFL Regular 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...

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NEWS | Breaking down the PFL heavyweight and light heavyweight playoffs

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...

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NEWS | Sordi and Goltsov seal No. 1 seeds with dominant outings at PFL 6

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...

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Mark Burnett, Kevin Hart, Tony Robbins Invest in MMA Startup Professional Fighters League

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...

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NEWS | PFL's Kelvin Tiller doubles down with second shot at $1 million

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...

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NEWS | Kayla Harrison calls out Cris Cyborg: ‘I’m gonna beat her if she comes to the PFL’

August 6, 2019

" Let the Cris Cyborg sweepstakes begin.At UFC 240, Cris Cyborg fought out the last remaining fight on her UFC contract. Last week, UFC President Dana White revealed that the UFC would be waiving its contractually obligated mat...

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NEWS | 20 MMA thoughts, including why you can't deny Covington a title shot

August 6, 2019

" Here are some thoughts on the week that was in MMA:I'd like to see Cyborg sign with Bellator or PFL. I want to see Cyborg vs. Julia Budd 2 or Cyborg vs. Kayla Harrison. I think those are the two most interesting fights out th...

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NEWS | 2019 Regular Season: What to watch for at PFL 6

August 6, 2019

" PFL's 2019 playoff brackets will be locked by the end of Thursday night at PFL 6, as the big boys -- the heavyweights and light heavyweights -- get last licks.There were some surprises back on June 6 when those divisions comp...

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