PFL NEWS

June 23, 2023

A longtime veteran of the PFL, Sadibou Sy has made the PFL Playoffs every year he’s been here. It all came to a head last year when Sy earned decisions over Nikolai Aleksakhin and Rory MacDonald during the Regular Season before defeating Carlos Le...

June 23, 2023

Last year, Shane Burgos took MMA headlines by storm when he announced he was signing with the PFL. The Tiger Schulmann’s product is an exciting striker, with momentum and popularity carrying over to the PFL. After original plans for his debut agai...

June 23, 2023

Magomed Magomedkerimov can be considered a PFL original, competing in the League since the inaugural 2018 Season, where he finished Ray Cooper III to become PFL Welterweight World Champion. The freestyle wrestler, however, was knocked out by Coope...

June 23, 2023

Magomed Umalatov had a highly successful run on the regional scene before joining the PFL in 2021, where he scored wins over Kyron Brown and Leandro Silva in a pair of showcase bouts. Umalatov was supposed to go to the 2022 PFL Playoffs after a fi...

June 23, 2023

A talent in both professional MMA and boxing, Clay Collard has had his fair share of shortcomings over the last two PFL seasons despite all the ability he has. Collard knocked off Anthony Pettis and Joilton Lutterbach in 2021 before coming up shor...

June 23, 2023

Carlos Leal got the opportunity to participate in the 2022 PFL regular season after a first-round finish of Korey Kuppe and a split-decision win over Chris Brown during the 2022 Challenger Series. After scoring a late-notice upset of former champi...

June 23, 2023

It’s a high-intensity battle of former lightweight champions, as good friends and American Top Team training partners Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio will scrap with both looking for a big performance in order to make this year’s PFL playoffs....

June 23, 2023

Alexander Martinez has made the PFL Playoffs as a lightweight in each of his first two seasons, but he’ll need a big victory and some help in order to get to a third straight appearance. After coming up short against Loik Radzhabov in the 2021 sem...

June 23, 2023

After going 9-1 in Brave CF, where he was a two-division world champion, Jarrah Al Silawi earned a PFL contract in the 2022 Challenger Series with a first-round knockout of Michael Lilly. The kickboxing specialist earned a decision win over Gleiso...

June 23, 2023

An Xtreme Couture product, Brahyan Zurcher is 5-0 as a pro after a successful amateur career that included a title win in his native Mexico. A striking expert, Zurcher’s PFL experience thus far has seen a decision win over Scottie Stockman in the...

June 23, 2023

After an impressive run in the Brave CF promotion, Abdullah Al-Qahtani makes his U.S. debut, let alone his PFL debut, becoming the PFL’s first Saudi Arabian fighter. A self-described aggressive fighter with experience in wrestling and Muay Thai, A...

June 17, 2023

After it seemed like he would miss the 2023 PFL season due to injury, Ante Delija is back and looking to make a quick path toward defending his championship. Delija, a judo specialist and the protege of the legendary Mirko Cro Cop, enters this fig...

June 16, 2023

After pulling off arguably the biggest win in PFL history last season, capturing the 2022 women’s lightweight title by ending the undefeated record of Kayla Harrison, Larissa Pacheco entered this season looking for similar success. Pacheco ran thr...

June 16, 2023

It was just last year when Renan Ferreira looked to be a favorite toward winning the PFL heavyweight title, thanks to his first-round knockout of Jamelle Jones and his (eventually overturned) win against Klidson Abreu during the 2022 regular seaso...

June 16, 2023

The grandson of the legendary Muhammad Ali, Biaggio Ali Walsh enters this fight looking to extend an already exciting amateur MMA run. This is Ali Walsh’s third fight with the PFL, scoring a first-round knockout of Tom Graesser in November and a f...

June 16, 2023

After her tenure in another major MMA promotion ended last year, Aspen Ladd was quickly scooped up by the PFL. She made her PFL debut in November with a major split-decision victory over Julia Budd. A grappling expert, Ladd’s 2023 season did not g...

June 16, 2023

Denis Goltsov has been a constant presence in the PFL Playoffs, and he finds himself on the doorstep of another appearance — and potentially another No. 1 seed. A two-time semifinalist, Goltsov was slated to be the top seed in the 2022 heavyweight...

June 16, 2023

A four-time Sambo World Champion, Marina Mokhnatkina has only tasted defeat once entering tonight — coming against two-time PFL world champion Kayla Harrison. She has since, however, won three straight. Mokhnatkina’s 2022 PFL season saw her defeat...

June 16, 2023

A veteran of other MMA promotions, Danilo Marques has found a bounce-back with the PFL so far, beginning with a second-round submission of Ras Hylton in the PFL Challenger Series in February. A former Brazilian jiu-jitsu national champion, who als...

June 16, 2023

After a tough contest with 2022 PFL Women’s Lightweight World Champion Larissa Pacheco her first time out this year, Julia Budd will need a victory to have any shot at moving on to the playoffs. The former Bellator women’s featherweight champion,...