Professional Fighters League

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Poster

Established
2017 (9 years old)

First Recorded Event
2017-06-30

Current Season
2026

Current Round
9

Sport
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Fighting

Location
United States

Gender
Mixed

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	Upcoming
13 Jun 26	PFL Africa Nigeria
19 Jun 26	PFL MENA 9 Jeddah
27 Jun 26	PFL San Diego McKee vs Isbulaev
18 Jul 26	PFL Austin Van Steenis vs Eblen 2
25 Jul 26	PFL Washington DC Jean vs Musaev

	Results
24 May 26	PFL MENA 8 Pride of Arabia
23 May 26	PFL Brussels Habirora vs Henderson
02 May 26	PFL Sioux Falls Storley vs Zendeli
16 Apr 26	PFL Belfast Kelly vs Wilson
11 Apr 26	PFL Chicago Pettis vs McKee
10 Apr 26	PFL Africa 1 Pretoria
28 Mar 26	PFL Pittsburgh Eblen vs Battle
20 Mar 26	PFL Madrid van Steenis vs Edwards 2
07 Feb 26	PFL Dubai Nurmagomedov vs Davis
20 Dec 25	PFL Africa 4 Ndebele vs Henniene

Description

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promotion in 2017 by MMAX Investment Partners. It is the first major MMA organization in which individual athletes compete in a regular season, post-season and championship, rather than on a year-round basis.

The PFL currently puts on fights across six weight-divisions: featherweight, women's lightweight, lightweight, welterweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. In addition to this, there is also a ‘Super Fight’ division, which is not defined by weight, but instead is based on the status and name value of individuals who compete in it. The PFL's matches are held inside a 10-sided mixed martial arts cage known as the SmartCage, and adhere to the unified rules of mixed martial arts. The PFL initially prohibited all elbow strikes, but in November 2024, it was announced that they would finally be allowed, starting with the 2024 Championship season.

The PFL's inaugural event took place on June 7, 2018, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. At the end, each champion of the six weight classes won a championship prize of $1 million each.

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