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Tony Flores says Don Davis says PFL has become a ‘global powerhouse’ since acquiring Bellator last year Mixed Martial Arts remains one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and the heads of the Professional Fighters League will establish two major MMA circuits to cater to more than 650 million global fans. I believe there is plenty of room.That was the approach he took when founding the promotion in 2018, PFL founder, chairman and co-owner Don Davis said yesterday at the CAA World Sports Conference in LA.”You don’t have to win the UFC to win,” he said. “There was…

Apr 17, 2024, 09:01 AM ETKayla Harrison has made it clear that she wants to get to the top of the UFC mountain as soon as possible. For now, she’ll have to settle for No. 2.Harrison, who debuted for UFC on April 13 after winning two championships in PFL, soundly defeated Holly Holm at UFC while putting the entire women’s bantamweight division on notice. Raquel Pennington, the current 135-pound champion, still holds the No. 1 spot.Others who broke into the top 10 in our divisional rankings include Aljamain Sterling, who lands at No. 10 after making his featherweight debut at…

Share this article Tweet on Facebook Text Email Share Link Via Text on Twitter Via Email on LinkedIn https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/04/pfl-chicago-video-preview-vlog-welterweight-featherweight-brendan-loughnane-pedro -Carvalho April 17, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. ET The last event of the first half of the PFL regular season was held between welterweight and featherweight. 2024 PFL 3 (ESPN2/ESPN+) takes place Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the headliner, former Bellator welterweight champion Andrei Koreshkov (27-4) will move to the PFL and face undefeated Magomed Umalatov (14-0). In the co-main event, 2022 PFL $1 million featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane (27-5) will face former Bellator title challenger Pedro Carvalho (13-8).…

Max Holloway has options. It’s incredibly rare to see Hawaii’s best fighter establish himself with such a spectacular victory at UFC 300 this past weekend. Holloway, who is currently the newest fighter to hold the BMF title, can essentially decide his future within the UFC. Holloway faced one of the top contenders in the lightweight division, Justin Gaethje, for the title. After a great five-round performance that clearly put him high on the scorecards, “Blessed” defeated “The Highlight” with a final 10-second toss-down with one second left. As a former featherweight champion, Holloway is interested in reclaiming that title. However,…

On March 13, Ultimate Fighting Championship settled several lawsuits, including Kung Le v. Zuffa, which was scheduled to go to trial in April. The Kunle plaintiffs had accused the mixed martial arts organization of several anticompetitive practices that led to suppressing fighters’ wages. Stephen F. Ross and his Gurtej Grewal detail the facts of the case and what the settlement means for the industry. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently settled a series of antitrust lawsuits that accused the mixed martial arts (MMA) organization of monopolizing the industry to the detriment of fighters. This article provides the background to these…

The full card for the UFC Vegas 92 event, headlined by featherweights Edson Barboza and Lerone Murphy, has been confirmed. The event will take place on May 18th at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, where Barboza will face Murphy in a five-round main event. Barboza is currently ranked 12th in the featherweight division in the UFC and is coming off a unanimous decision win over Sodiq Yousaf last October. Murphy has not fought since his unanimous decision win over Joshua Culibao in July. The co-main event will feature a three-round flyweight scrap between Ultimate Fighter 24 winner Tim Elliott and…

Weili Zhang took what could have been a difficult moment at UFC 300 and turned it into a positive. In their strawweight title bout, Zhang appeared to knock opponent Xiaonan Yang unconscious with a rear-naked choke before the end of the first round, but was allowed to continue. The bout ultimately lasted 25 minutes, but Zhang persevered despite being knocked down in the third round and won a relatively clear unanimous decision.Chan came away impressed with Yang’s ability to recover, but other than that he doesn’t remember much about the rest of the battle. “I really thought she was out,…

Arman Tsarukyan is waiting for the right time to step back into the cage with Islam Makhachev. Tsarukyan picked up the biggest win of his career at UFC 300 last Saturday, leading to mixed reviews of former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira to potentially set up a matchup with current champion Makhachev. The match between Tsarukyan and Makhachev will be the second time the two have shared the Octagon, with Makhachev defeating the then-debuting Tsarukyan in April 2019. On The MMA Hour, Tsarukyan was asked if he would be willing to fight Makhachev at UFC 302 on June 1st, but he…

We do the research so you can get the alpha!Get exclusive reports and access key insights on airdrops, NFTs, and more! Subscribe to Alpha Report now and get ahead of the game!Go to alpha reportThe writings of Ludwig von Mises, a famous early 20th century Austrian economist and hero of Bitcoin believers, have skyrocketed in popularity with support from popular mixed martial artists.Renato “Money” Moicano earned a comeback victory at UFC 300, moving him into the top 10 of the UFC lightweight division this weekend. Rather than calling out his next opponent, the Brazilian fighter encouraged the crowd to read…

Jorge Masvidal claims he received special permission from the Ultimate Fighting Championship to return to the promotion after a brief boxing stint. Masvidal announced his retirement after suffering a decision loss to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287 in April 2023, marking his fourth straight loss for the Miami native. However, the former BMF champion soon declared he would return to competition for a boxing match with Nate Diaz, although Diaz opted not to re-sign with the promotion after his contract expires in 2022. . Masvidal and Diaz are scheduled to face off in a boxing match on June 1st at…