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Kayla Harrison returned to the cage on Wednesday, entering her second PFL world title fight. Having won the league's 2021 season at lightweight, she was the heavy favorite against the little known Taylor Guardado. As much as a -4000 favorite,...

The PFL's 2021 welterweight championship was a rematch between two returning champions. Magomed Magomedkerimov defeated Ray Cooper III in the 2018 tournament final; a year later, with the Russian forced out of the season, Cooper III won it all. The...

Boxing champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields returned to the cage at Wednesday's PFL 2021 World Championship, in her sophomore outing in MMA. Shields was paired up with Mexico's Abigail Montes, in one of just four non-title fights...

A rematch from the 2021 regular season saw Ante Delija looking for vengeance against Bruno Cappelozza in the PFL heavyweight championship final on Wednesday. The Hollywood, Florida-based card featured six title fights, with each winner claiming one million dollars in...

For the first time in three seasons, the PFL's featherweight final did not include Lance Palmer. With two-time champ Palmer knocked out earlier in the season, Long Island's Chris Wade and Dagestani powerhouse Movlid Khaybulaev instead threw down at the...

The PFL's light heavyweight world championship finale featured two fighters from opposite ends of the globe. Antonio Carlos Junior hailed from Brazil, a hotspot for the sport of MMA. Marthin Hamlet arrived in Florida all the way from Norway, where...

The first of six title fights at Wednesday's PFL 2021 World Championship saw the lightweight title up for grabs. And, of course, one million dollars in prize money awaited the  lightweight tournament champion. Raush Manfio had something of a storybook season,...

Former Bellator MMA featherweight champion Julia Budd made her PFL promotional debut Wednesday night in Hollywood, Florida. A veteran of Strikeforce whose only loses had come to Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, and Cris Cyborg, Budd joined the PFL as a...

December's Bellator 272 card continues to grow, with a welterweight fight the latest addition. Sources confirmed to Cageside Press on Wednesday that Vinicius De Jesus (9-4) will face Levan Chokheli (9-1, 1NC) at the event, which will see the promotion...

The Professional Fighters League closed out its season on Wednesday with the PFL 2021 World Championship — with six title fights, and six million dollars in prize money on the line, a million to each champion at the end...