PFL NEWS

June 10, 2021

Bubba Jenkins surprised many during his PFL 1, 2021 matchup against Lance Palmer, dominating the two-time PFL Featherweight king en route to a unanimous-decision victory.  Thursday night at PFL 4, 2021, Jenkins looked to keep the mome...

June 10, 2021

Early PFL Featherweight favorite Brendan Loughnane faced a tough test against Tyler Diamond at PFL 4, 2021 Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J.  After finishing Sheymon Moraes via first-round TKO at PFL 1, 2021, Loughnane catapulte...

June 10, 2021

Interestingly, the scenario for Martinez was equally clear-cut: Win and you’re in.  Schulte dropped his first-round matchup of the 2021 season against Marcin Held back in April, and he needed a big, bounce-back victory to propel himse...

June 10, 2021

Fresh off an impressive victory over Natan Schulte at PFL 1, 2021, Marcin Held looked to keep the momentum rolling against promotional newcomer Olivier Aubin-Mercier. Two well-known names in the Lightweight division, Held vs. Aubin-Mercier promise...

June 10, 2021

PFL vets collided early on the PFL 4, 2021 fight card Thursday evening in Atlantic City, N.J., as Akhmed Aliev took on Loik Radzhabov in a lightweight showdown.  Aliev, the 2019 PFL runner-up, defeated Mikhail Odintsov via unanimous d...

June 10, 2021

Despite losing his 2021 PFL season debut via first-round knockout against Brendan Loughnane, Sheymon Moraes entered his PFL 4, 2021 showdown against Jesse Stirn with at least three points in hand.  Wednesday morning in Atlantic City,...

June 10, 2021

Chris Wade aimed for his third straight PFL Playoffs appearance at PFL 4, 2021, taking on PFL debutant Arman Ospanov. Wade twice made the PFL Lightweight semifinals, ultimately coming up short against eventual champion Natan Schulte in 2018 and ev...

June 9, 2021

Claressa Shields has narrowed her walkout music for her MMA debut down to three songs. She needs a tune she can dance to on the way to the cage, though the gold gladiator costume and her customary entrance theatrics will be left behind with her bo...

June 9, 2021

 PFL 4 Will Air On ESPN+ Starting at 7 p.m. ET, Continues on ESPN2 at 10 p.m. ET as Second Half Of 2021 PFL Regular Season Gets Underway NEW YORK (June 9, 2021) — The...

June 9, 2021

BetMGM will offer promotions for fans in the US beginning with PFL 4 airing Thursday, June 10th in primetime across ESPN Networks   NEW YORK (June 9, 2021) – The Professional Fighter...

June 8, 2021

Claressa Shields often gets emotional when a conversation leads to her greatest inspiration: her late grandmother, Joanne Adams.   It was Adams’ support that drove Shields to become boxing’s first two-time Olympic gold medalist and a...

June 8, 2021

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) held the weigh-ins for its fourth event of the 2021 season Wednesday, June 9. The official pre-fight check took place at the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.PFL 4, 2021 features the men’s feath...

June 8, 2021

There isn’t much more Claressa Shields can do in boxing.   In just 10 fights, the 26-year-old Flint, MI native has won world championships in three divisions. She’s a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and is the first boxer in the four-...

June 8, 2021

Professional Fighters League will spend its summer in sunny South Florida.   The mixed martial arts league told The Post it will hold its trio of playoff events at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., on Aug. 13,...

June 7, 2021

The Professional Fighters League opens the second half of its third regular season Thursday, June 10, with PFL 4. The event takes place at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. The stage is set for featherweights and lightweig...

June 7, 2021

Wiz Khalifa, who is one of the world’s top recording artists, is an avid fighting enthusiast. So much so that he’s placed his financial backing into the Professional Fight League (PFL) as part of its ownership group.   After starting...

June 6, 2021

CLARESSA SHIELDS RETURNED to JacksonWink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in late March, fresh off making boxing history by becoming the first two-division undisputed champion in the four-belt era.   Time was running low, though, with...

June 4, 2021

Clay Collard was the other guy. He was the one standing across the cage from the PFL's prized new signee, Anthony "Showtime" Pettis. It was a big moment for the emerging fight promotion, and the vibe of the introductions for this season-opening ma...

June 4, 2021

Claressa Shields had a lot of reasons to make the move from boxing to mixed martial arts with her first professional fight now just a matter of days away.   Despite being a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a multi-time, multi-divis...

June 4, 2021

“In women’s boxing, women don’t get paid that much,” Shields told MMA Fighting. “I’ve won every title you can think of, every last organization. Three-time division world champ, two-time undisputed champ at 154 and 160 [pounds]. I’ve held titles a...