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Khurshed Kakhorov Comes Back with Sudden KO, Claim...
Frans Mlambo has seen SBG Ireland teammate and training partner Conor McGregor have his championship success, and now Mlambo has the chance to claim his own first big-stage MMA title. Mlambo got off to a good start in that mission with a 10-2 run...
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December 8, 2023
Ireland Goes Wild as Nathan Kelly Scores Submission Late in First Round
One of the biggest rising MMA stars coming out of Ireland, Nathan Kelly has won eight fights after dropping his first two performances in the cage. A jiu-jitsu specialist, the SBG Ireland products has six finishes thus far. This fight marks Kelly’...
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November 25, 2023
Olivier Aubin-Mercier Uses Dominant Grappling and Pressure to Earn Second Straight PFL Lightweight W...
Two of the most popular fighters in the PFL square off in tonight’s main event, both looking to become the PFL Lightweight World Champion. Olivier Aubin-Mercier has been unstoppable since making his PFL debut in 2021. OAM emphatica...
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November 24, 2023
Jesse Stirn victorious in competitive contest that marks PFL return
Jesse Stirn is a man familiar with the PFL SmartCage. During the 2021 season, Stirn competed twice, losing to Sheymon Moraes during the regular season before a decision loss to Anthony Dizy in a prelim bout during the playoffs. Since his original...
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November 24, 2023
Phil Caracappa uses takedowns to score a unanimous decision win
The 28-year-old Khai Wu makes his highly anticipated PFL debut tonight. Known as a training partner to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Wu is a former featherweight champion on the regional circuit, coming into tonight with three finishes in his seve...
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November 24, 2023
Biaggio Ali Walsh gets another KO as he nears turning pro
Biaggio Ali Walsh will look to make it six straight wins by knockout during tonight’s PFL World Championships. It was 364 days ago tonight that the PFL world was first introduced to the grandson of the legendary boxing great Muhammad Ali, scoring...
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November 24, 2023
Jesus Pinedo Makes History Through His Underdog Story
Closing out the opening portion of the PFL World Championships card will be the first of our six $1 million championship fights of the evening. Coming into this bout unbeaten at 12-0, Gabriel Braga’s journey to tonight’s title figh...
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November 24, 2023
Derek Brunson Dominant in Ground Game, Earns Decision in PFL Debut
The opening bout of the pay-per-view card features the return of former Two-Time PFL Welterweight World Champion Ray Cooper III. Cooper III won the 2019 Welterweight World Title by going through Sadibou Sy, Chris Curtis and David Michaud in that y...
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November 24, 2023
Re-Energized Kayla Harrison Scores One-Sided Decision in Long-Awaited PFL Return
This 150-pound catchweight contest features the long-awaited return of Kayla Harrison, marking her first appearance with the PFL since dropping a decision to Larissa Pacheco in last year’s Women’s Lightweight World Title fight. That upset loss mar...
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November 24, 2023
Impa Kasanganay Captures PFL Light Heavyweight Title with Unrelenting Pressure
The second title fight of the night, and the first of five title fights on the pay-per-view card, will see the PFL Light Heavyweight World Championship up for grabs. Joshua Silveira made the postseason last year, only to fall short...
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November 24, 2023
The Original is New Again: Magomed Magomedkerimov Gains Second PFL Welterweight World Championship
Both competitors in tonight’s welterweight title fight have won the gold before and are searching to become two-time PFL World champions. A kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, Sabidou Sy finally found a winning groove in the P...
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November 24, 2023
Larissa Pacheco Makes PFL History with Unanimous Decision to Capture PFL Women’s Featherweight World...
The first-ever PFL Women’s Featherweight World Championship, and potentially even more history, will be on the line tonight. Larissa Pacheco became a PFL World Champion for the first time last season when she shocked the world by u...
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November 24, 2023
Renan Ferreira Secures Heavyweight World Championship, Potential Fights with Ryan Bader and Francis...
Two veterans of the PFL heavyweight division have reached the world championship fight for the first time, and now one of them will get to walk out of the SmartCage with the belt and $1 million in tonight’s co-main event. Denis Gol...
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October 30, 2023
Francis Ngannou goes toe to toe with Tyson Fury
Francis Ngannou went all 10 rounds with the WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and pulled off a performance few expected from on Saturday night as he provided Fury with one of his toughest tests to date inside the boxing ring. With the odds again...
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September 30, 2023
Shanelle Dyer uses striking, positioning to put on dominant display
Shanelle Dyer had a highly successful amateur career that included an 8-3 record and championships at flyweight and strawweight. Dyer then turned pro earlier this year in March, where she competed twice in the span of two weeks. Both of those bout...
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September 30, 2023
John Mitchell continues to take down the opposition, advances to PFL Europe Championships
John Mitchell has picked up a lot of momentum over the course of his young career, and he enters tonight with a 7-1 record after winning championships as an amateur. Mitchell, who has won four of his last five, including three straight, defeated G...
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September 30, 2023
Jakub Kaszuba wins out competitive fight to take spot in PFL Europe lightweight championship bout
After a four-year absence from MMA, Dylan Tuke returned to the sport in 2022, scoring a first-round submission of Nicolae Pirogan. Though he lost later that year to Estabili Amato, Tuke scored a unanimous decision over Connor Hughes in July to adv...
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September 30, 2023
Frans Mlambo clinches championship spot after tight, competitive split decision
Frans Mlambo is a veteran talent who has competed across various promotions all around the world. Mlambo, who trains at SBG Ireland and is a training partner of “The Notorious” Conor McGregor, enters this fight on a six-fight win streak. This stre...
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September 30, 2023
Khurshed Kakhorov puts on clinic to clinch spot in PFL Europe bantamweight championship showdown
Ali Taleb’s journey into MMA began with training in grappling and jiu-jitsu, and he turned pro after a 5-3 run on the amateur circuit. Taleb has yet to taste defeat as a pro and has already captured bantamweight gold on the regional scene. Taleb h...
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September 30, 2023
Laureano Staropoli uses combinations and pressure to force a stoppage
With eight finishes in his 12 victories thus far, Laureano Staropoli is used to the big lights as a veteran of the sport. After dropping four straight, Staropoli enters tonight’s bout — his PFL debut — now with victories in his last three fights....
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