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Tayra Santos (20-3) has declared that wearing the Professional Fighters League championship belt around her waist will be the pinnacle of her career. Santos, a former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight title challenger, came as a surprise to many when he signed with the PFL in March. The Brazilian put himself ahead in the race for the PFL 2024 regular season playoffs after earning a first-round submission win over Ilala Joanne in his Smart Cage debut in April.Santos will face unbeaten prospect Jenna Bishop (7-0) in the 2024 PFL 4 regular season on June 12 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,…
Linton Vassell (23-9) believes his recent win over Valentin Moldavsky (13-3) gives him an advantage in the trilogy matchup.Vassell and Moldavsky will headline the 2024 PFL4 regular season in the heavyweight and women’s flyweight divisions on June 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The two first met at Bellator 218 in 2019, with Moldavsky defeating Vassell by unanimous decision. “The Big Swarm” got revenge in a rematch at Bellator 292 in March 2023, battering Moldavsky with a right hand and then ground-and-pound in the first round. The two will now look to settle their rivalry in a trilogy…
The Professional Fighters League is ready to begin the second leg of its 2024 regular season.advertisement PFL 4 headliners Valentin Moldavsky and Linton Vassell both completed their weigh-ins without issue ahead of Wednesday’s three-part action bout, with Moldavsky coming in at 243 pounds and Vassell at 231.5 pounds.PFL 4 gets underway on Thursday at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, with regular season bouts in the heavyweight and women’s flyweight divisions. The co-main event will see Dakota Dycheva (125.5) face Chelsea Hackett (125.75). The main card will air on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9pm ET/6pm PT, with prelims streaming at…
Cory Sandhagen (17-4) doesn’t think bookmakers are priced his upcoming fight with Umar Nurmagomedov (17-0) based on the ability of either fighter.Sandhagen will face Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi on August 3 in a bout billed as a showdown of the No. 1 contenders in the bantamweight division. Sandhagen is a +215 underdog and Nurmagomedov is a -265 favorite. Sandhagen isn’t too fond of the odds difference, but he’s not too worried. “The Sandman” believes Nurmagomedov is the favorite to win in large part due to the success of his teammate Islam Makhachev, who recently defended…
Chelsea Hackett is essentially in win-or-lose mode heading into her PFL 4 co-main event bout against Dakota Dycheva. But Hackett is just grateful to be competing regularly after being out of action for nearly three years since losing to Victoria Leonard on Dana White’s Contender Series in November 2020. Thursday’s bout will be Hackett’s third fight in about 10 months under the Professional Fighters League banner, a welcome change of pace for the Australian Muay Thai specialist.”PFL has been a big part of my career,” Hackett said during a recent media call. “I still [24]As you get older and fight…
As for Liz Carmouche, she still reigns as the Bellator MMA flyweight champion. However, with that in mind, our top priority right now is to win the Professional Fighters League season.”I’m not giving up the belt,” Carmouche said of the Bellator belt during a recent PFL media call. “I don’t know the ranking. My understanding is that all women were given the opportunity to come to the PFL, and they chose to add the flyweight division to the PFL. So with the addition of this division, [125-pound] “If I have the opportunity to defend my belt with Bellator I’ll still…
Our New Home About CBSSports teeth, Follow.”2024 will be a monumental year for us and we look forward to demonstrating why Invicta FC is the leading brand in women’s mixed martial arts and giving fans around the world a front-row seat to the action on our biggest platform yet.” pic.twitter.com/ouKNIz4R7G — Shannon Knapp (@shanknapp) June 11, 2024 Invicta Fighting Championship has a new broadcast home.The all-women’s organization announced on Tuesday that it has signed an exclusive U.S. rights deal with CBS Sports. As a result of the deal, Invicta will broadcast five events on CBS Sports Network in 2024, starting…
Ali Abdelaziz believes Kayla Harrison is better than anyone in her division. Abdelaziz predicts Harrison will follow in the footsteps of former UFC pound-for-pound leaders he has coached, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman and current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Abdelaziz claims finding an opponent for Harrison will be difficult, despite the high salary the UFC is offering. Opponents avoiding a fighter is a sure sign of a future pound-for-pound great, according to Abdelaziz.”Kayla will be the greatest female star in history, I’m saying that… it’s just a matter of time. It happened with Khabib, nobody wants to fight him.…
Dustin Poirier is one of the few Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters to speak positively about the organization’s new gloves so far.UFC introduced new gloves at UFC 302 on June 1. The gloves are designed to reduce eye pokes, which are rampant in the sport, among other issues.Poirier liked his new gloves because he felt he could clench his fists better than he had before. However, he pointed out that the padding was thinner, as he still showed off badly bruised knuckles nine days after his fight with Islam Makhachev. Poirier also reflected that despite landing 178 significant punches in his…
Shawn Strickland and Mike Perry recently had a dispute over the pay of fighters in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Strickland was asked about the possibility of a career with BKFC ahead of his June 1 bout against Paulo Costa at UFC 302. Strickland completely shot down the idea.”Damn, how much can I fight with my bare hands? They pay me zero money… They pay these guys rock bottom money… I break their hands, I break their eye sockets and I make a couple thousand dollars,” Strickland said. Perry, who lost $50,000 betting against Costa, later criticized the former UFC…