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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April 1, 2023

Movlid Khaybulaev reminds the world he was a PFL World Champion by drowning Ryoji Kudo with pressure

In our next bout, Russia’s Movlid Khaybulaev returns to the SmartCage for the first time since winning the 2021 PFL World Championship to take on 2022 PFL Semifinalist Ryoiji Kudo. Khaybulaev has never lost over 21 professional bouts and also owns...

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April 1, 2023

Will Fleury defeats Krzysztof Jotko by split decision to open the Regular Season

Two fighters in their first PFL Regular Seasons keep the Light Heavyweight action going as former UFC standout Krzysztof Jotko takes on fellow promotional newcomer Will Fleury. Jotko has six career knockouts and hopes the move from Middleweight to...

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April 1, 2023

Robert Wilkinson begins his quest for a repeat with a convincing win over Thiago Santos

“Razor” Rob Wilkininson looks to defend his 2022 PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship this season and that campaign begins with a bout against MMA veteran Thiago “Marreta” Santos who very arguably beat current MMA heavyweight champion Jon Jone...

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April 1, 2023

Brendan Loughnane gets himself a Fab Five by destroying the legs of Marlon Moraes

Our second PFL World Championship repeat attempt begins tonight as 2022 PFL World Champion Brendan Loughnane takes on MMA staple and former bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes. Moraes has a win over current MMA champion Aljamain Sterling a...

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March 25, 2023

Oscar Ownsworth takes PFL Europe’s first-ever bout

PFL Europe’s first-ever contest takes place in the Lightweight Division. This non-season bout features two English fighters, Sunderland’s Lewis Monarch and Sheffield’s Oscar Ownsworth. Monarch enters the evening on a two fight winning streak, and...

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March 25, 2023

“Lightning” Louis Lee Scott electrifies Newcastle with first round finish

In the first of two non-season Bantamweight fights on the PFL Europe card, Leeds’ Louis Lee Scott faced Sam Robinson, the local product fighting out of Gateshead, just south of Newcastle. Scott, who just turned pro in 2020 after a 14-2 run as an a...

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March 25, 2023

Valentina Scatizzi claims victory in first-ever PFL Europe Women’s Flyweight season fight

PFL Europe’s first-ever season fight is a Women’s Flyweight Division bout between the Dutch judoka Lizzy Gevers and Valentina Scatizzi, who fights out of the infamous Straight Blast Gym in Dublin, Ireland. Gevers won her only two professional figh...

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March 25, 2023

Abdellah Er-Ramy survives early onslaught from Madalin Pirvulescu, scores first round TKO

Our first PFL Light Heavyweight Regular Season bout sees Abdellah Er-Ramy from Spain take on Romania’s Madalin Pirvulescu. Pirvulescu carries a 5-1-0 record into Saturday, with each of his wins by first round knockout. Er-Ramy, a former kickboxer,...

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March 25, 2023

Anthony Salamone impresses in PFL return, finishes Daniel Ladero in Round 1

Another continental PFL Europe Light Heavyweight contest on the card as France’s Anthony Salamone takes on his Spanish counterpart Daniel Ladero. Salamone lost his PFL debut in 2022, but is a two-time French Greco-Roman wrestling champion, and fou...

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March 25, 2023

Jakob Nedoh makes big statement in PFL Europe’s Light Heavyweight division, KO’s Riccardo Nosiglia i...

The third PFL Europe Light Heavyweight matchup of the night, Riccardo Nosiglia out of Italy meets Ljubljana, Slovenia’s Jakob Nedoh. Both fighters are prolific finishers, capable of ending fights on the feet and on the mat. Nosiglia’s eight pro wi...

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March 25, 2023

Cornelia Holm takes a razor close split decision to clinch a Playoff spot

The second Women’s Flyweight fight on tonight’s card puts Gothenburg, Sweden native Cornelia Holm in the SmartCage against Polish prospect Marta Waliczek. Holm won the IMMAF European Open Championship in 2016 and 2017 while competing at Bantamweig...

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March 25, 2023

Lewis McGrillen keeps the hype train rolling, makes short work of Salih Kulucan in Showcase Bout

In PFL Europe’s second non-season Bantamweight bout, Manchester’s Lewis McGrillen squares off in a grudge match against Salih Kulucan. Kulucan returns to the cage after nearly four years away from fighting, and only two of his 13 career fights hav...

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March 25, 2023

Dakota Ditcheva makes huge statement with “Dangerous” submission victory over Malin Hermansson

The co-main event in Newcastle Saturday night features one of British MMA’s rising talents in “Dangerous” Dakota Ditcheva, who faces the Swedish veteran Malin Hermansson in Women’s Flyweight action. Ditcheva is 2-0 in PFL, and has knocked out her...

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March 25, 2023

“Smooth” Simeon Powell stuns Newcastle with buzzer-beating Round 2 submission win

PFL Europe’s first-ever main event features another UK MMA rising star, “Smooth” Simeon Powell, taking on Amsterdam-based kickboxer Mohamed Amine. Powell won a contract on the PFL Challenger Series, and scored back-to-back knockouts in both of his...

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March 17, 2023

Ali Omar edges out a competitive opening bout

Welcome one welcome all to Week 8 of the PFL Challenger Series: Second Chance Week! There’s one more contract on the line and kicking off the action is a Welterweight scrap between Sadeck Sanon and Ali Omar. Sanon has won three straight bouts, wit...

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March 17, 2023

Denzel Freeman picks up a highlight reel head kick KO

The big boys are taking center stage in the SmartCage next as United States Marine and undefeated mixed martial artist Denzel Freeman takes on the debuting Raiden Kovacs. Kovacs won five of seven amateur bouts including three submissions while Fre...

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