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NEWS | Kayla Harrison talks about having 'Ronda complex' with old roommate Rousey

November 15, 2018

" At 16, Kayla Harrison was relatively green in her judo career and moved in with Ronda Rousey as they both trained in Boston with famed coach Jimmy Pedro.Back then, Harrison’s main concern was surving on the mats with her olde...

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Randy Couture speaks to Luke Thomas on The MMA Hour about his commentary work for PFL

October 24, 2018

" The MMA Hour with Cat Zingano, Randy Couture, Sijara Eubanks, the Monday Morning Analyst and more. Randy Couture will join us to discuss PFL’s inaugural season, the latest on getting the Ali Act extended to MMA, Tito vs. Chuck 3...

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Fight Facts: PFL 10 2018 Playoffs

October 24, 2018

" The Professional Fighters League wrapped up its last round of quarterfinal and semifinal bouts at PFL 10, where welterweights and middleweights competed on Saturday at St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C...

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PFL 10 results and highlights: Cooper III TKOs Shields, Ferreira on way to welterweight final

October 24, 2018

" The Professional Fighters League middleweight and welterweight tournaments have its official finalists.Following a rather interesting event in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night, October 20, the winning athletes are now just...

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PFL 10 – Live Round-by-Round Coverage

October 20, 2018

" Bojan Velickovic vs Abubakar Nurmagomedov (Welterweight Quarterfinal Bout) #2 Abubakar Nurmagomedov (alternate) vs. #7 Bojan Velickovic ends in a dr...

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NEWS | PFL set to finish booking its lucrative season-finale matchups

October 20, 2018

" The Professional Fighters League is one step away from its night of making millionaires.That moment comes on New Year's Eve, when the rebranded World Series of Fighting will award $1 million to the season winners in six weigh...

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NEWS | More than just $1 million prize on the line as PFL nears end of inaugural season

October 20, 2018

" That one with the six zeroes and those two very important commas get all the headlines, double-takes and eye-openings.But it’s another fruit of the Professional Fighters League final round that really catches the attention of...

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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison books third MMA fight for PFL Championship

October 20, 2018

" Kayla Harrison will get in at least one more fight before she participates in the PFL women’s lightweight tournament in 2019.It seemed as though Harrison (2-0), the two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, would be held out of...

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New York City to Host Professional Fighters League World Championship Event on New Year's Eve at MSG

October 19, 2018

" WITH $10 MILLION ON THE LINE THE 2018 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL REPRESENT THE LARGEST SINGLE-NIGHT PAYOUT IN MMA HISTORYA HISTORIC NIGHT OF MMA ACTION FEATURING SIX WORLD TITLE FIGHTS PLUS TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALI...

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Cooper plans to retire Shields in their rematch

October 19, 2018

" When the Professional Fighters League season started earlier this year, Ray Cooper III probably wasn’t the name most people expected to end up as the No. 1 ranked welterweight.That all changed when Cooper shocked the world wi...

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NEWS | PFL finalist Magalhaes loves thought of $1 million, but it's the belt he wants more

October 19, 2018

" Vinny Magalhaes has cruised through his first season in the PFL with more ease than anyone else in the six tournament fields.Magalhaes (18-9) won his two regular-season fights by first-round finish to earn the No. 1 seed in t...

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5 Things You Might Not Know About Ray Cooper III

October 19, 2018

" Professional Fighters League’s Ray Cooper III is perhaps the frontrunner for 2018’s breakthrough fighter of the year. In his next contest, the 25-year-old prospect will face a familiar foe in Jake Shields on Oct. 20 at Entertainment and...

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By the Numbers: Jake Shields

October 19, 2018

" Jake Shields has one thing in mind when he steps inside the PFL cage on Oct. 20: avenge his loss to Ray Cooper III.In the past, Shields has been successful once with a rematch, and that’s against his opponent’s own father, Ra...

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No. 2 seed Zeferino out of PFL playoffs, Nurmagomedov meets Velickovic

October 17, 2018

" One of the top seeds in the PFL’s welterweight playoffs has pulled out of his fight with an injury.No. 2 seed Joao Zeferino (23-9) announced his injury on social media, and PFL officials confirmed it and announced his replace...

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PFL 10 in Washington DC

October 17, 2018

" On Tap visited popular sports bars around DC and Virginia including Buffalo Billiards, Bracket Room and Kirwan’s on the Wharf to promote the upcoming PFL 10 happening on Saturday, October 20th at the new St. Elizabeths Entertainment and...

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Welterweight and Middleweight Playoffs Preview and Predictions

October 17, 2018

" The Major League Baseball playoff bracket has been narrowed down to just four teams — the Dodgers, Brewers, Astros and Red Sox — and so, too, are the fields narrowing in the playoffs for the Professional Fighters League’s inaugural campa...

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PFL's Josh Copeland still shocked to be in finals of $1 million tourney

October 17, 2018

" PFL heavyweight Josh Copeland still can’t quite believe he’s in line to win $1 million in the PFL post-season tournament.“I’m still in shock,” Copeland (18-5-1) told MMAjunkie Radio. “I can’t believe things unfolded the way t...

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Vinny Magalhaes vs. Sean O’Connell, Rashid Magomedov vs. Natan Schulte set for $1 million finals

October 15, 2018

" The PFL light heavyweight and lightweight tournament finals are set.Vinny Magalhaes will meet Sean O’Connell at light heavyweight and Rashid Magomedov will square off with Natan Schulte at lightweight on Dec. 31 in the $1 mil...

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Magalhaes scores nasty kimura submission over Cleveland at PFL 9

October 15, 2018

" Vinny Magalhaes continues to be a wrecking ball in the PFL cage.The 34-year-old jiu-jitsu black belt kept his streak of first-round stoppages alive with a nasty submission over Rakim Cleveland on Saturday night at PFL 9. Maga...

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