PFL NEWS

December 8, 2023

Coming from a family full of strikers in karate and kickboxing, Connor Hughes won several championships in both disciplines growing up before making his professional MMA debut in 2021. Currently sporting a 7-1 record, Hughes has stoppages in six o...

December 8, 2023

After originally gaining fame in a viral MMA press conference moment, Nate Kelly gets his chance to make an impression on a big stage in his fourth amateur MMA bout. Kelly, a multiple-time kickboxing champion who also has a purple belt in Brazilia...

November 30, 2023

  Agreement includes live event distribution of PFL MMA Global Regular Season, Playoffs and World Championship on ESPN Platforms  ESPN+ PPV will also dist...

November 25, 2023

Two of the most popular fighters in the PFL square off in tonight’s main event, both looking to become the PFL Lightweight World Champion.   Olivier Aubin-Mercier has been unstoppable since making his PFL debut in 2021. OAM emphatica...

November 24, 2023

Two veterans of the PFL heavyweight division have reached the world championship fight for the first time, and now one of them will get to walk out of the SmartCage with the belt and $1 million in tonight’s co-main event.   Denis Gol...

November 24, 2023

The first-ever PFL Women’s Featherweight World Championship, and potentially even more history, will be on the line tonight.   Larissa Pacheco became a PFL World Champion for the first time last season when she shocked the world by u...

November 24, 2023

Both competitors in tonight’s welterweight title fight have won the gold before and are searching to become two-time PFL World champions.   A kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, Sabidou Sy finally found a winning groove in the P...

November 24, 2023

The second title fight of the night, and the first of five title fights on the pay-per-view card, will see the PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship up for grabs.   Joshua Silveira made the postseason last year, only to fall short...

November 24, 2023

This 150-pound catchweight contest features the long-awaited return of Kayla Harrison, marking her first appearance with the PFL since dropping a decision to Larissa Pacheco in last year’s Women’s Lightweight World Title fight. That upset loss mar...

November 24, 2023

The opening bout of the pay-per-view card features the return of former Two-Time PFL Welterweight World Champion Ray Cooper III. Cooper III won the 2019 Welterweight World Title by going through Sadibou Sy, Chris Curtis and David Michaud in that y...

November 24, 2023

Closing out the opening portion of the PFL World Championships card will be the first of our six $1 million championship fights of the evening.   Coming into this bout unbeaten at 12-0, Gabriel Braga’s journey to tonight’s title figh...

November 24, 2023

Biaggio Ali Walsh will look to make it six straight wins by knockout during tonight’s PFL World Championships. It was 364 days ago tonight that the PFL world was first introduced to the grandson of the legendary boxing great Muhammad Ali, scoring...

November 24, 2023

The 28-year-old Khai Wu makes his highly anticipated PFL debut tonight. Known as a training partner to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Wu is a former featherweight champion on the regional circuit, coming into tonight with three finishes in his seve...

November 24, 2023

Jesse Stirn is a man familiar with the PFL SmartCage. During the 2021 season, Stirn competed twice, losing to Sheymon Moraes during the regular season before a decision loss to Anthony Dizy in a prelim bout during the playoffs. Since his original...

November 21, 2023

  Partnership kicks off at the 2023 PFL World Championship on Friday, November 24 and runs through 2024; Tickets Available on

November 20, 2023

PFL Forms Global Powerhouse Poised to be MMA Co-Leader   PFL + Bellator Combined Fighter Roster Equal to UFC – Both Rosters 30% Top 25 Worl...

October 30, 2023

Francis Ngannou went all 10 rounds with the WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and pulled off a performance few expected from on Saturday night as he provided Fury with one of his toughest tests to date inside the boxing ring. With the odds again...

September 30, 2023

The main event of tonight’s card in Paris marks the long-awaited arrival of Cedric Doumbe. Doumbe is considered a legend in kickboxing, a two-time welterweight world champion in that sport with a professional kickboxing record of 75-7-1. Doumbe ma...

September 30, 2023

Considered one of the best MMA prospects today, Abdoul Abdouraguimov captured gold across the regional MMA scene before making his PFL debut tonight. With just one loss in his 18-fight MMA career thus far, Abdouraguimov has won six straight. “The...

September 30, 2023

A two-time French champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, Anthony Salamone has won eight of his nine professional MMA fights thus far. After an unbeaten run at middleweight, Salamone made his light heavyweight debut when he made his first PFL appearanc...