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Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov finds first-round KO wit...
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov has proven to be quite the force to deal with in MMA, thanks to his sambo base and strong striking skills. A former champion in Russia, he has scored wins over the likes of Rafael Carvalho and Julius Anglickas. A veteran...
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April 12, 2024
Two years after ACL tear, Antonio Carlos Junior returns in a big way with dominant quick-six submiss...
Antonio Carlos Junior made a successful statement in his first PFL season in 2021, getting his way through Tom Lawlor, Emiliano Sordi and Marthin Hamlet to capture that year’s PFL light heavyweight championship. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert, Carlo...
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April 12, 2024
Joshua Silveira scores six points after bizarre injury finish in first round
A veteran of the PFL, Sadibou Sy finally reached the pinnacle of the PFL season in 2022. It was in that year where the kickboxing specialist ran through the likes of Nikolay Aleksakhin, Rory MacDonald, Carlos Leal and Dilano Taylor to capture the...
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April 12, 2024
Michael Dufort excites with second-round submission in wild encounter
Mads Burnell began his journey into combat sports with wrestling at 6 years old before transitioning to boxing as a teenager. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Burnell has competed on the world’s biggest MMA stages, including Bellator, and now get...
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April 12, 2024
Clay Collard puts on a show, fires off striking on way to second-round stoppage win
One of the most entertaining and popular fighters on the PFL roster, Clay Collard has stood out not only with his strong, speedy strikes, but also with his fighting spirit. Collard has been in some of the most memorable PFL bouts, including his le...
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April 12, 2024
Rob Wilkinson returns in grand style with quick six win
Rob Wilkinson has found success no matter what discipline he’s competed in – boxing, kickboxing, or MMA. The FactoryX Muay Thai product from Tasmania, who comes into tonight with 17 wins in his 20 professional MMA fights, won a championship in kic...
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April 12, 2024
Impa Kasaganay starts path toward repeating as Light Heavyweight Champion with six points
Impa Kasaganay proved to be one of the greatest underdog stories in the MMA world in 2023, and now he looks to become PFL light heavyweight champion for a second straight year. The Kill Cliff FC product’s story is now known, going from homelessnes...
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April 5, 2024
Valentin Moldavsky flurries his way to a fast first-round finish, six points
The protege of the legendary Mirko Cro Cop, Ante Delija fell just short of becoming a PFL Champion in 2021. But he took that disappointment and used it as motivation fuel, getting his way through the 2022 season with a finish of Matheus Scheffel a...
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April 4, 2024
Bryce Meredith unfazed by submission gauntlet, striking leads his way to victory
After winning four state wrestling championships in high school, Bryce Meredith went on to NCAA Division-I wrestling, with one year at North Carolina State and three at the University of Wyoming. He finished his collegiate career with a 108-21 rec...
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April 4, 2024
San Antonio native Dimitre Ivy scores biggest win of his MMA career in his hometown
The son of retired MMA fighter Chris Brennan, Lucas Brennan fought exclusively in Bellator prior to tonight, going a perfect 9-0 since his professional MMA debut in 2019. Eight of those wins have come via finish, with six coming via submission and...
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April 4, 2024
Jena Bishop starts off inaugural women’s flyweight season in quick-six style
Chelsea Hackett made her name in the world of Muay Thai, holding a 16-4-3 record and capturing world championships in that discipline, before transitioning to MMA full time in 2019. The 24-year-old has won four of her last five fights, though she...
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April 4, 2024
Kana Watanabe dominates in decision win thanks to her signature judo
Perhaps one of Japan’s best female talents today, Kana Watanabe has judo in her blood, training in the discipline since 6 years old and going on to earn a fourth-degree black belt and compete on the National Judo Team. Watanabe, whose father and b...
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April 4, 2024
Oleg Popov survives early trouble to score second-round submission to kick off 2024 heavyweight seas...
One of the two tallest competitors in the PFL’s heavyweight division this season, Steve Mowry made his professional MMA debut in 2016 and won four straight – with four finishes – before signing with Bellator. The Kill Cliff FC product, who trains...
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April 4, 2024
Taila Santos survives power shots, pulls off sudden submission to score six points
Starting her professional MMA career in 2013, Taila Santos won 15 fights in a row, including first-round victories in 10 straight performances. Santos, who won regional flyweight gold in Brazil, has competed against noteworthy talent such as Valen...
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April 4, 2024
Sergei Bilostenniy comes out on top in closely-contested, power-filled heavyweight thriller
Blagoy Ivanov started to make his name in 2008, one year after his professional MMA debut, when he won the 2008 Combat Sambo World Championship that included a semi-final victory over the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. Ivanov, in spite of a near-two...
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April 4, 2024
Daniel James pulls off comeback KO with one second left in first round
Marcelo Golm won eight of his first 11 fights, including seven first-round KO/TKOs, before signing with Bellator in 2021. He scored another first-round finish in his Bellator debut, defeating Billy Swanson at Bellator 265. He followed that up with...
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April 4, 2024
Dakota Ditcheva uses Muay Thai experience, kicks and knees to earn first-round finish in first fight...
Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated new combatants to the global PFL scene is Dakota Ditcheva, the undefeated 2023 PFL Europe women’s flyweight champion. Ditcheva was a three-time Junior Amateur World Champion in Muay Thai before transition...
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April 4, 2024
Bellator Women’s Flyweight Champion Liz Carmouche puts on smothering, dominating grappling display i...
Liz Carmouche is one of the pioneers of women’s MMA, competing on some of the biggest stages in this sport and challenging for multiple championships at bantamweight and flyweight. Carmouche, a USMC veteran, signed with Bellator in 2020 and ended...
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April 4, 2024
Denis Goltsov starts path back toward the PFL Heavyweight Championship Finals with third-round finis...
A veteran of 40 fights in MMA, Denis Goltsov hopes that the 2024 PFL season will be the one where he’ll finally be able to capture gold. Goltsov, a combat sambo specialist and world champion, earned the No. 1 seed at heavyweight during the 2022 PF...
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April 2, 2024
BOXING WORLD CHAMPION SAVANNAH MARSHALL SET TO MAKE HER MMA DEBUT AT PFL EUROPE IN NEWCASTLE
The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, is today announcing that PFL Europe Newcastle on Saturday, June 8 will be headlined by Super Middleweight Boxing World Champion Savannah Marshall making...
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