December 31, 2019
After debuting its season points and playoff format in 2018, the PFL is back for its second set of playoff finals this week.The 2019 PFL playoff finals in six weight classes take place Tuesday at Hulu Theater at Madiso...
READ MOREDecember 30, 2019
IT is minutes before midnight on Christmas, and David Michaud is standing in the middle of 42nd Street, taking pictures of the bustling neon cathedral that is Times Square. The "walk/don't walk" sign is telling him he has anot...
READ MOREDecember 29, 2019
What would you do with a million dollars?For the past two months, that’s all that 12 fighters have been able to think about.On Tuesday the second season of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) will culminate...
READ MOREDecember 29, 2019
The 2019 Professional Fighters League season concludes on New Year’s Eve with the biggest night in MMA – the 2019 PFL World Championship. 6 title fights on one action-packed card at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New...
READ MOREDecember 29, 2019
Early last week, it was announced that Rory MacDonald left Bellator to join the Professional Fighters League. Set to debut next season, MacDonald is to be a feature of the league’s welterweight division. Looking to win a title...
READ MOREDecember 28, 2019
Donn Davis was sitting at his desk at his Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm, Revolution, in July 2016 when news broke that talent agency WME-IMG was buying mixed martial arts firm Ultimate Fighting Championship for $...
READ MOREDecember 28, 2019
If Kayla Harrison isn't the best women's MMA fighter outside the UFC, there aren't a lot of people stepping up to challenge the notion.No one expects the line to fight an Olympic double-gold medalist in judo to stretch...
READ MOREDecember 28, 2019
Heading into the 2019 PFL playoffs, featherweight Lance Palmer was in advantageous position having been through the two fights in one night format in the 2018 season.Knowing how to approach multiple fights, Palmer was...
READ MOREDecember 27, 2019
Kayla Harrison left the cage, her head sank and tears welled up in her eyes. She stopped to hug one of her coaches, and then her manager, Ali Abdelaziz, escorted her backstage with his arm slung over her shoulder.For t...
READ MOREDecember 26, 2019
Ray Cooper III is a Professional Fighters League welterweight finalist for the second year in a row. This season, he will face Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran David Michaud on New Year’s Eve in Madison Square Garden’s H...
READ MOREDecember 23, 2019
When Rory MacDonald stepped out of the Bellator cage in October — with streamers falling around him and Douglas Lima celebrating the welterweight Grand Prix championship — there was plenty of uncertainty surrounding his MMA fu...
READ MOREDecember 21, 2019
The year is 2016. To close out the calendar, the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) held its 34th event which took place on New Year’s Eve i...
READ MOREDecember 20, 2019
" New Year's Eve is drawing near and the second PFL finals will take center stage at the Hulu Theater in New York City where 12 fighters will vie for six $1 million prizes.Jeff Wagenheim, Brett Okamoto and Marc Raimondi break d...
READ MOREDecember 19, 2019
Women’s Lightweight Clash Concludes a Thrilling Night of MMA Action as 2X Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Kayla Harrison Faces Brazil’s Larissa Pacheco
READ MOREDecember 18, 2019
Rory MacDonald stood inside an MMA cage and questioned his drive to continue to hurt people in a professional fight.MacDonald would find the conviction to keep fighting — and he found a new promotion to continue his career. MacDonald,...
READ MOREDecember 18, 2019
MacDonald, Bellator Superstar and Former Top-Ranked UFC Contender, Joins PFL
READ MOREDecember 18, 2019
Rory MacDonald is taking his talents to the Professional Fighters League.The former UFC title contender and Bellator welterweight champion has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with the PFL, MacDonald and PFL offici...
READ MOREDecember 14, 2019
Includes New Pick ‘Em Style Fantasy Game for 2018 World Championship DraftKings and the Professional Fighters League today announced a strategic partnership that will bring MMA fans...
READ MOREDecember 13, 2019
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran David Michaud got off to a bumpy start in the Professional Fighters League as he was on the wrong end of a 17-second knockout loss to Sadibou Sy in May. However, he bounced back from the...
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