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The 2024 PFL Europe Tournament comes to a close in France, as some of the top mixed marital arts athletes in the world converge on the city of Lyon for a chance to catapult themselves into the spotlight in next year’s PFL $1 million tournament. Taking the headlining spot are welterweight standout...
$400,000 On The Line The PFL Europe 2024 Championships draws to a close this Saturday with four divisional winners set to be crowned PFL Europe Champions and pocket a cool $100,000 (USD) each in prize money. The event goes down in Lyon, France and will be headlined by a fascinating matchup betwee...
Dovlet Yagshimuradov has put Turkmenistan on the map. Embarking on a fruitful run throughout 2024, Yagshimuradov nabbed his place in the PFL 2024 Championships with a unanimous decision victory over 2022’s bracket winner, Rob Wilkinson. Walking into the finals of his very first promotional tourna...
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend has been a light one for the sport of MMA in terms of fights taking place. Other than the PFL World Championships taking place Friday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it’s been a slow few days. While most of America was sitting down to break bread at the dinner tabl...
Dakota Ditcheva is now one of the best flyweight competitors on planet Earth. In just three short years since beginning her professional career back in 2021, Ditcheva has just won her first ever major world title at the PFL 2024 Championships. In the show’s co-main event, she went up against her...
$6 Million On The Line The lives of six fighters will be changed forever this Friday as the PFL World Championship goes down in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card is comprised of six high-stakes fights, each one the final decider in the PFL global tournament and carrying a cash prize of $1 milli...
This Friday, two of the best featherweights on the planet will clash in the main event of the Professional Fighter’s League 2024 Championship. Rounding out a night packed with five other title bouts, Brendan Loughnane and Timur Khizriev will square off for the chance at attaining not only life-c...
From The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Professional Fighters League’s spectacular 2024 season comes to head with a six fight world championship main card, ranging from women’s flyweight to men’s heavyweight. From skilled veterans to young, hungry up-and-comers, the promotion’s tournament ...
Legends Of Women’s MMA Despite it’s relevant infancy in comparison to it’s male counterpart, women’s MMA has given us an impressive handful of oustanding talents in the few short years since Ronda Rousey broke down the doors to the UFC back in 2013. Although Rousey’s candle (to steal a line from ...
Money Talks Outside of winning a UFC championship belt, the most sought-after prize in the mixed martial arts world is surely the $1 million paycheck that comes hand-in-hand with winning the PFL global tournament. Six of those are up for grabs this Friday when the PFL World Championship goes down...
Big News Former Cage Warriors featherweight champion Paul Hughes became the talk of the mixed martial arts world earlier this year when he fought out his contract with the UK-based promotion and entered free agency. After much deliberation, the Irishman signed a contract with the PFL and it’s saf...
Black Friday is upon us in just a few short weeks. The day after Thanksgiving has many traditions, such as watching college football on TV and/or going to a game in-person, heating up and eating up those Thanksgiving leftovers, and, of course, shopping. If, however, you’re among those people who ...
Ring rust: You hear us talk about it quite a bit in MMA. Anytime a fighter takes an extended hiatus from the sport for whatever reason, the question comes up: How much ring rust does this fighter have? After, you watch the fight play out and you have an answer. Heading into this weekend’s PFL […]
A Star Is Born Paul Hughes is a man of his word it seems. The Irishman followed through on his promise to “shock the world” when he beat AJ McKee at the PFL “Battle of the Giants” event in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening. “Big News” went into the main card opener in Riyadh as […]
A pivotal day in MMA has arrived. Later this afternoon (USA time), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Arena is the site for PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants. Live coverage begins at 12:30 pm ET/ 9:30 am PT on DAZN and ESPN+ with the countdown show, followed by the undercard at 1:30 pm ET/ 10:30...
Fabian Edwards didn’t have to wait long to get a second crack at the championship belt against champion Johnny Eblen who he lost to back in September of 2023 at Bellator 299. It would take just one fight, a decision win over Aaron Jeffery in March of this year, made it undeniable that Edwards wou...