PFL 1 2023: Loughnane vs. Moraes Weigh-In Results — Full Card Makes Weight
All fighters hit the mark at Friday's PFL 1 2023 weigh-in, and the league's season opener is set. What feels like the most stacked season yet offered by the Professional Fighters League opens with names like Brendan Loughnane, last year's...
PFL 1’s Ty Flores Buoyed by Training Partners
Some fighters who have been through the PFL regular season remark on how gruelling it can be on their body. Because of the frequency they have to fight, recovery becomes difficult as does making physical adjustments to your game....
PFL 1’s Brendan Loughnane: “I Was Always the Man to Beat in This Organization”
Returning PFL featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane gets "Magic" Marlon Moraes out of the gate at this year's PFL 1 card. Loughnane (26-4), who was infamously passed over by Dana White despite a win over the Contender Series, has turned into...
PFL 1: Rob Wilkinson Plans to “Happily Send” Thiago Santos “Into Retirement”
Heading into this Saturday's PFL 1 card, Rob Wilkinson is now the man with the target on his back. Wilkinson had a stunning career turnaround during the PFL's 2022 season, going to the final and winning the light heavyweight championship...
PFL 1: Krzysztof Jotko Can Pretty Much Just Fart to Make Weight on Friday
Poland's Krzysztof Jotko has been best known as a middleweight from his time in the UFC, but ahead of his Professional Fighters League debut at PFL 1 this Saturday, he's enjoying the move to light heavyweight. As Jotko put it,...
PFL 1: Bubba Jenkins Recalls Altercation with Chris Wade While “Butt-Ass Naked”
There is certainly no love lost between PFL featherweights Chris Wade and Bubba Jenkins. And while Wade on Thursday told media outlets including Cageside Press that his current approach involved "respecting everyone while fearing no one," Jenkins (19-6) clearly...
PFL 2: Julia Budd Sees 2023 As “Rebirth,” Discusses Training with Fight Ready
Canadian featherweight Julia Budd sees the upcoming 2023 PFL season as a restart, or rebirth. Budd (16-5), a former Bellator MMA women's featherweight champion, faces PFL lightweight champ Larissa Pacheco in the main event of PFL 2 on April 7,...
Shane Burgos Didn’t Expect to Leave UFC, But “It Takes About Four UFC Fights”...
The money awaiting Shane Burgos at the end of the upcoming PFL season, "it's huge, it's massive," the former UFC star told Cageside Press in a recent exclusive interview. There was more to "Hurricane" Burgos making landfall with the PFL...
PFL 2: Yorgan De Castro “Here to Stay,” Says Jon Jones’ Fight IQ “Is...
Former UFC heavyweight Yorgan De Castro has turned things around nicely since parting ways with the promotion, leading to a big chance at a million dollars starting at PFL 2 on April 7. De Castro (9-3) has three straight wins,...
Larissa Pacheco Says “PFL Does Not Mean Kayla Harrison” Ahead of Return at PFL...
Four months on, the realization has settled in for Brazil's Larissa Pacheco: she is the PFL women's lightweight champion. She's the woman with the target on her back this season. Pacheco (19-4) is the woman who dethroned promotional darling Kayla...