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Bruno Cappelozza, the PFL's 2021 heavyweight champion, has been forced out of his semifinal fight with Denis Goltsov next month. League officials announced the news in a press release distributed Thursday. Stepping in for Cappelozza will be Matheus Scheffel. He'll...
PFL’s Kayla Harrison Wants to Eschew Season Format: “I Want the Big Fights”
Kayla Harrison is looking to forgo the PFL's season format is favor of landing the biggest fights possible. Harrison (14-0), a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time PFL women's lightweight champion, has built up her name as the promotion's biggest...
Launch of PFL Europe Announced, Qualifying Fights Start Next Month
The Professional Fighters League will continue its global expansion with the launch of PFL Europe — with interested parties fighting for contracts as early as next month. On Thursday, PFL officials announced that fighters at PFL 8 and 9 in...
Kayla Harrison Leads the Way in Third PFL 2022 Playoffs Card
Kayla Harrison will top the ESPN portion of PFL 9 next month, with the promotion heading to London, England for the first time. The Professional Fighters League hits up the Copper Box Arena in London on August 20, 2022 with...
PFL Announces Full Card for Debut in Cardiff, Wales Featuring Semifinal Action
The Professional Fighters League is heading to the U.K. next month, with semifinal action destined for PFL 8 in Cardiff, Wales on August 13. The second event of the league's 2022 post-season will feature the welterweight and heavyweight divisions, with...
Line-Up Set for First PFL 2022 Post-Season Event, Josh Silveira Replaces Antonio Carlos Jr.
There's been a major shake-up to the PFL's first event of the 2022 post-season. On Friday, league officials announced that defending 205lb champion Antonio Carlos Jr. was out of his PFL 7 semi-final fight with Omari Akhmedov. In his place...
Anthony Pettis Reveals What Went Wrong In PFL Fight with Stevie Ray
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PFL 6: Rory MacDonald Says “Every Fight For Me Is a Title Fight”
Canada's Rory MacDonald saw his first PFL season go south last year, but the former Bellator MMA welterweight champion got started on the right foot in 2022, submitting Brett Cooper back in May. That's his second submission in as many...
PFL 6: Harrison vs. Young Weigh-In Results
The PFL 6 card is official, with all fighters making weight on Thursday morning. League officials provided weigh-in results via press release, noting that the main and co-main event fighters, as well as the rest of the card, hit the...
PFL 6: Kayla Harrison Regrets Responding to “Negative People Making Noise”
Kayla Harrison heard the complaints when Julia Budd dropped out of their women's lightweight main event at PFL 6 this week. Harison will instead face Kaitlin Young, but there was something of an outcry from fans on social media— who...
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