NEWS
Olivier Aubin-Mercier spoils Shane Burgos’ PFL deb...
Main event time already! Reigning PFL 2022 Lightweight World Champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier takes on Shane Burgos in Burgos’ PFL debut. Burgos, perhaps the biggest ever PFL free agent acquisition, enters the PFL regular season having won nine of h...
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April 14, 2023
Natan Schulte returns to his World Championship form and shuts out Stevie Ray
Natan Schulte looks to return to PFL World Championship form this season after winning back to back titles in 2018 and 2019 and then missing the PFL Playoffs the past two seasons. Across from Schulte will be 2022 PFL Runner-Up Stevie Ray who looks...
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April 14, 2023
Zach Juusola wins an absolute barn burner of a showcase bout
A jack of all trades, Zach Juusola has competed in collegiate wrestling, kickboxing, boxing, and bare knuckle fighting. He returns to the SmartCage following a Challenger Series win to take on Brandon Jenkins, who returns to the PFL after a brief...
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April 14, 2023
Bruno Miranda beats the brakes off Ahmed Amir in his PFL Regular Season debut
Keeping the Lightweight action going, 2022 Challenger Series contract winner Bruno Miranda takes on Ahmed Amir as Brazil meets Bahrain in what should be an exciting affair. Miranda has not lost a fight in six years and brings a five-fight winning...
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April 14, 2023
Nayib Lopez keeps his undefeated record intact and earns three points in his PFL debut
We’re back to Welterweight as the action continues from Las Vegas. Shane Mitchell who has finished 12 of his 13 career victories steps into the SmartCage to take on the undefeated Nayib Lopez with Playoff seeding on the line. Mitchell trains at Am...
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April 14, 2023
Raush Manfio gets back to his winning ways with three points to begin his 2023 PFL Regular Season
2021 PFL World Champion Raush Manfio returns to the SmartCage following his first loss in the PFL to eventual World Champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier. Across from Manfio stands two time PFL Semi-Finalist Alexander Martinez who also enters this bout o...
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April 8, 2023
Larissa Pacheco takes her first step towards becoming a two division PFL World Champion
The winningest woman on the PFL roster and reigning Lightweight queen Larissa Pacheco makes her return to the SmartCage tonight against former four-time Bellator champion Julia Budd. Pacheco has finished five of her last six opponents in the first...
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April 7, 2023
AIR FORCE RESERVE TO SERVE AS PRESENTING SPONSOR OF PFL 2 IN CELEBRATION OF 75TH ANNIVERSARY
MMA great Randy Couture to host a meet-and-greet and AFR executives to be honored inside PFL SmartCage at Friday night’s event NEW YORK (April 7, 2023) – The Pr...
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April 7, 2023
Marina Mokhnatkina picks up her first career TKO and five points to open the PFL Women’s Featherweig...
We kick off our second 2023 PFL Regular Season event with the Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights. Starting the action, seven-time World Sambo Champion Marina Mokhnatkina takes on PFL newcomer Yoko Higashi. Higashi, the DEEP Women’s Featherwei...
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April 7, 2023
Evelyn Martins remains undefeated with a gritty decision victory
In a battle of young rising prospects, two undefeated 4-0 prospects clash as Evelyn Martins takes on Karolina Sobek in our second bout of the evening. Going pro at just 18 years old, Martins is the youngest fighter in the PFL Regular Season and we...
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April 7, 2023
Amber Leibrock makes her PFL debut with a highlight reel Quick Six KO
After going from the PFL Challenger Series to a dark horse PFL Playoff appearance last year, European Karate and Kickboxing Champion Martina Jindrova returns to the SmartCage to take on Amber Leibrock. Leibrock, who carries a three-fight winning s...
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April 7, 2023
Danilo Marques steps in as an alternate and spoils Yorgan De Castro’s PFL debut
After three opponent changes, Yorgan De Castro makes his PFL debut tonight against 2023 PFL Challenger Series alum Danilo Marques. After leaving his native Cape Verde in pursuit of a better life, De Castro wound up becoming a training partner of H...
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April 7, 2023
Maurice Greene flashes some of everything and gets the Fab Five finish
In our second Heavyweight bout of the Regular Season, jiu jitsu ace Marcelo Nunes takes on MMA vet Maurice Greene who is still seeking his first win with the PFL after dropping a decision to Dennis Goltsov last year. Nunes meanwhile has two wins u...
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April 7, 2023
Rizvan Kuniev shows off his Russian wrestling chops in a dominant PFL debut
Owning the two fastest KOs in PFL Heavyweight history, Renan Ferreira seeks to make quick work of former Eagle FC Heavyweight champion Rizvan Kuniev who has not lost a bout in over seven years. That seven plus year stretch has seen Kuniev win 10 s...
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April 7, 2023
Biaggo Ali Walsh gets his second straight first-round KO in the SmartCage
The grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Biaggo Ali Walsh, makes his second trip to the SmartCage following a successful debut at Madison Square Garden at last year’s PFL World Championship. Ali Walsh initially used MMA to work on his condition...
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April 7, 2023
Olena Kolesnyk earns two points after a weight miss in an impressive showing against Aspen Ladd
Just a year ago, Olena Kolesnyk was fleeing her native Ukraine at the beginning of the Russian invasion and occupation so that she could continue to train and fight in the PFL. Kolesnyk went 2-0 in the Regular Season last year before dropping a Se...
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April 7, 2023
Bruno Cappelozza avenges his last loss with a big Quick Six
In a compelling rematch at Heavyweight, our co-main event features 2021 PFL World Champion Bruno Cappelozza taking on his fellow countryman Matheus Scheffel, who happens to be the last man to beat him in the SmartCage, snapping a five-fight winnin...
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April 1, 2023
Josh Silveira make a statement with a Quick Six to start the Season
2022 PFL semi-finalist Josh Silveira returns to the SmartCage to take on Sam Kei who cuts from Heavyweight to Light Heavyweight for the 2023 Regular Season. Silveira is 9-1 with eight finishes and made last Season’s Playoff’s as an alternate. He l...
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April 1, 2023
Marthin Hamlet surges into first place with a Quick Six
Marthin Hamlet returns for his third PFL Regular Season at Light Heavyweight to take on newcomer Mohammad Fakhreddine. Hamlet earned his spot in this Regular Season with a win over Cory Hendricks in a season qualifier bout last year while Fakhredd...
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April 1, 2023
Bubba Jenkins blanks rival Chris Wade to begin his 2023 PFL Regular Season Campaign
We open the main card with a rubber match between Chris Wade and Bubba Jenkins. Wade was dominant in the pairs first bout in the 2021 PFL semi-finals. Jenkins and Wade both enter the 2023 Regular Season with World Championship aspirations and both...
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