PFL NEWS

April 19, 2024

Romain Debienne enters tonight’s fight on a six-fight win streak and with nine wins in his last 10 fights. In 2022, Debienne, who has five first-round finishes in his 10 victories, won regional gold at both welterweight and middleweight. Debienne...

April 12, 2024

Impa Kasaganay proved to be one of the greatest underdog stories in the MMA world in 2023, and now he looks to become PFL light heavyweight champion for a second straight year. The Kill Cliff FC product’s story is now known, going from homelessnes...

April 12, 2024

Rob Wilkinson has found success no matter what discipline he’s competed in – boxing, kickboxing, or MMA. The FactoryX Muay Thai product from Tasmania, who comes into tonight with 17 wins in his 20 professional MMA fights, won a championship in kic...

April 12, 2024

One of the most entertaining and popular fighters on the PFL roster, Clay Collard has stood out not only with his strong, speedy strikes, but also with his fighting spirit. Collard has been in some of the most memorable PFL bouts, including his le...

April 12, 2024

Mads Burnell began his journey into combat sports with wrestling at 6 years old before transitioning to boxing as a teenager. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Burnell has competed on the world’s biggest MMA stages, including Bellator, and now get...

April 12, 2024

A veteran of the PFL, Sadibou Sy finally reached the pinnacle of the PFL season in 2022. It was in that year where the kickboxing specialist ran through the likes of Nikolay Aleksakhin, Rory MacDonald, Carlos Leal and Dilano Taylor to capture the...

April 12, 2024

Antonio Carlos Junior made a successful statement in his first PFL season in 2021, getting his way through Tom Lawlor, Emiliano Sordi and Marthin Hamlet to capture that year’s PFL light heavyweight championship. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert, Carlo...

April 12, 2024

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov has proven to be quite the force to deal with in MMA, thanks to his sambo base and strong striking skills. A former champion in Russia, he has scored wins over the likes of Rafael Carvalho and Julius Anglickas. A veteran...

April 12, 2024

As a Muay Thai specialist, Bruno Miranda’s striking skills helped lead him toward success upon entering the PFL last year. Miranda, who has won seven of his last eight fights and enters tonight with a 16-4 record, got into the PFL after a TKO of C...

April 12, 2024

A combat sambo specialist coming from the Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov School, Gadzhi Rabadanov brings relentless pressure to his opponents, giving them trouble over the course of his fights. Rabadanov, training partner to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Usman...

April 12, 2024

After an injury to Jay-Jay Wilson, Elvin Espinoza gets the call on just days’ notice to take part in the 2024 PFL Lightweight Season. A freestyle specialist who trains out of Kill Cliff FC, Espinoza has shown impressive talent in the sport thus fa...

April 12, 2024

Marcelo Nunes contains a perfect blend of power and submission skills, and his life’s story is one of constant diligence and sacrifice toward chasing a dream. Nunes has won five of his last six and has never fought past the second round. After imp...

April 5, 2024

The protege of the legendary Mirko Cro Cop, Ante Delija fell just short of becoming a PFL Champion in 2021. But he took that disappointment and used it as motivation fuel, getting his way through the 2022 season with a finish of Matheus Scheffel a...

April 4, 2024

A veteran of 40 fights in MMA, Denis Goltsov hopes that the 2024 PFL season will be the one where he’ll finally be able to capture gold. Goltsov, a combat sambo specialist and world champion, earned the No. 1 seed at heavyweight during the 2022 PF...

April 4, 2024

Liz Carmouche is one of the pioneers of women’s MMA, competing on some of the biggest stages in this sport and challenging for multiple championships at bantamweight and flyweight. Carmouche, a USMC veteran, signed with Bellator in 2020 and ended...

April 4, 2024

Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated new combatants to the global PFL scene is Dakota Ditcheva, the undefeated 2023 PFL Europe women’s flyweight champion. Ditcheva was a three-time Junior Amateur World Champion in Muay Thai before transition...

April 4, 2024

Marcelo Golm won eight of his first 11 fights, including seven first-round KO/TKOs, before signing with Bellator in 2021. He scored another first-round finish in his Bellator debut, defeating Billy Swanson at Bellator 265. He followed that up with...

April 4, 2024

Blagoy Ivanov started to make his name in 2008, one year after his professional MMA debut, when he won the 2008 Combat Sambo World Championship that included a semi-final victory over the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. Ivanov, in spite of a near-two...

April 4, 2024

Starting her professional MMA career in 2013, Taila Santos won 15 fights in a row, including first-round victories in 10 straight performances. Santos, who won regional flyweight gold in Brazil, has competed against noteworthy talent such as Valen...

April 4, 2024

One of the two tallest competitors in the PFL’s heavyweight division this season, Steve Mowry made his professional MMA debut in 2016 and won four straight – with four finishes – before signing with Bellator. The Kill Cliff FC product, who trains...