Weekly MMA Prospect Report: PFL is Back!
After sitting out 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Professional Fighters League is back in a big way this week. PFL 1 of the league's third season takes place Friday, and while it's not the only game in...
PFL 1’s Lance Palmer: Only Way Bubba Jenkins Wins Is If He Catches Me...
With the PFL going dark all of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, two-time PFL featherweight tournament winner Lance Palmer (22-3) returns for the 2021 PFL season ready to go. The man he faces is NCAA Division I champion and...
Marcin Held Talks Tournament History Ahead of PFL 1
Poland's Marcin Held is one of several names debuting with the PFL this season. In Held's case, the 29-year old lightweight, formerly of Bellator MMA and the UFC, is getting multi-time lightweight champ Natan Schulte right out of the...
PFL 1’s Bubba Jenkins Sees No Rivalry with Lance Palmer: “A Rivalry is Back...
Former Bellator MMA and Brave CF standout Bubba Jenkins is set to make his debut with the PFL this Friday night. And he's been paired up with an old rival from his collegiate wrestling days: two-time featherweight champ Lance...
PFL 1: Brendan Loughnane “’10 second Brendan’ won’t be going away anytime soon”
Brendan Loughnane (19-3) makes his first appearance in 2021 against Seymon Moraes at PFL 1. It will be his third fight with the organization. In 2019, he defeated Matt Wagy via unanimous decision, and then two months later, on...
PFL 1: Tyler Diamond Will Be “Mean and Violent” on Friday
Former Ultimate Fighter Season 27 competitor and now PFL featherweight Tyler Diamond is ready to get back in the cage this Friday after a decent layoff. He returns this weekend at PFL 1, after a 2020 that didn't see...
PFL 1: Anthony Pettis Feels PFL Points System Plays Into His Game Great
The man known as "Showtime" arrives in the PFL this Friday, looking to be a show-stopper. Anthony Pettis (24-10), who won gold in both the UFC and WEC before it, will at age 34 be fighting outside the Zuffa banner...
PFL 1: Clay Collard Relishes Underdog Role Against Anthony Pettis
Clay Collard has been saddled with the task of welcoming Anthony Pettis to the PFL later this week. Of course, Collard is also making his own promotional debut at 2021's PFL 1 card, and with the loss of the 2020...
PFL: Boxer Claressa Shields to Make MMA Debut Against Brittney Elkin on June 10
Multi-time boxing champion Claressa Shields is set to make her MMA debut for the PFL. On Wednesday, Professional Fighters League officials announced via press release that the debut of Shields (0-0 MMA), who signed with the promotion earlier this year,...
UFC Alum Johnny Case Charged with Misdemeanor Domestic Battery, Replaced at PFL 1
Former UFC and RIZIN fighter, and current PFL roster member Johnny Case has been charged with a misdemeanor count of domestic battery. According to Las Vegas/Clark County court records, Case was arrested on April 1, following an incident with a...