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Lance Palmer earned his second win of the Professional Fighters League featherweight season in as many contests. “The Party” defeated Tuerxun Jumabieke via third-round submission (neck-crank) at PFL 4 on Thursday. The win solidified Palmer as the tournament’s second seed going into the postseason...
Andre Harrison (19-0 MMA, 2-0 PFL) clinched the three-seed in the PFL featherweight division on Thursday night with a unanimous decision victory over Nazareno Malegarie (35-5 MMA, 1-1 PFL) at PFL 4. Harrison’s opponent appears to be up in the air, as the sixth seed hasn’t yet been determined, per...
The Professional Fighters League touched down at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday, July 19. Heavyweights and featherweights duked it out to see who would earn enough points to move onto the PFL postseason. Stay tuned to MMASucka for PFL 4 live results. Main Card Lance Palmer def. Tuerxun Jumabieke via...
This is the 12th of a 50 part series documenting the history and the current state of MMA for each of the 50 states in the United States of America. Each part will chronicle the history of MMA as well as several notable fighters and camps in each state. States will be completed in alphabetical or...
Jake Shields is gearing up for another championship run. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion and EliteXC welterweight champ will be looking to add Professional Fighters League gold to his collection. His journey starts on Thursday when he fights Ray Cooper III at PFL 2018 #3 in the promo...
As said previously on the Submission of the Month piece, June was absolutely loaded. From Bruno Silva upsetting Alexander Shlemenko in Russia to Curtis Blaydes elbowing multiple holes into the face of Alistair Overeem in Chicago. June was riddled with everything from 10-second knockouts and title...
Rakim Cleveland (18-9) will fight fellow light heavyweight Rashid Yusupov (9-0) on Thursday night at PFL 2018 #2. All tournament winners will receive $1 million at the end of the year, something that could help not only Cleveland, but also his family. “The Boogeyman” has a wife and two boys, who ...
The Professional Fighters League 2018 regular season kicked off last Thursday with a roaring success. The first card of the regular season featured seven finishes in 11 fights and drew over 4,800 fans to Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. The Basics The unique format features six weight class...
Andre Harrison put Professional Fighters League featherweights on notice. He earned a dominant unanimous decision win over Tuerxun Jumabieke last Thursday at PFL 2018 #1. “The Bull” took the fight to Jumabieke from the opening bell to the final one at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. The for...
Lance Palmer secured a second-round rear naked choke victory and five points over Bekbulat Magomedov last Thursday at PFL 2018 #1. Palmer isn’t the only former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion who fought and won on the card. In fact, there were two others: Andre Harrison and Alexan...
Former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Alexandre de Almeida made quick work of Lee Coville on Thursday night at PFL 1. The -1100 favorite scored some hard strikes on the inside. When the fight went to the ground, de Almeida snatched up a quick armbar to force the tap from Coville...
It wasn’t looking good for Steven Siler in the first round of his featherweight bout at PFL 2018 #1. His opponent, Magomed Idrisov, had him battered and bruised to the point where surrounding journalists were imploring referee Keith Peterson to stop the fight. Idrisov had appeared to put Siler ou...
The PFL 1 prelims kicked off with a handful of bouts in the promotion’s heavyweight and featherweight divisions. Each winner receives three points in their division’s regular season standings. If they win via stoppage, they earn 1-3 additional points depending on the round. Three more points are ...