Do or die. When it comes to MMA, a lot of the time a win means a contract, and a loss means you will be sweating it out hoping not to get dropped. How about a million dollars if you win the chip? That takes do or die to a whole nother level. That is […]
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PFL 2023 Playoffs Media Day: New York City There comes a time in every athletes career where things seem to just click. They often at first wonder aloud, why couldn’t this have happened sooner? But that’s just the human gut reaction. As NHL Hall Of Famer Mark Messier used to say, to win, you must […]
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PFL 7: 2023 Playoffs: Boeing Center At Tech Port; San Antonio, Texas The PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE got their 2023 playoffs underway with the 145ers and 205ers. And in the course of a night with some barn burners, there were some upsets and quick stoppages. Although in those, the writing was on the wall. The Challenger […]
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PFLmma: When the good times roll, you got to try and keep them rolling. And for the little engine that could organization, the PFL is at it again. On the heels of signing former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Francis Ngannou, they have now officially signed Amanda Serrano to their roster. She will be competing in the […]
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Selling and Buying MMA: Kingdoms rise and fall all the time. But there are always long term ripples that tell the true story of such. Buying Bellator would be horrible for PFL in their growth as an organization. Sure, this is not the days of the WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING. The era of David Branch […]
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WBC There’s good things that have been done in the four-belt era of the “sweet science”. But there’s also a lot more that have left its loyal followers scratching and shaking their heads. Usually when there’s a slight glimmer of hope for creative solutions, the sport shoots itself in the foot. But for the first […]
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PFL 6: 2023 Regular Season; Overtime Elite Arena: Atlanta, Georgia Well with the PFL 2023 regular season closing, the repeat chance is still alive for some defending champions. But closing the show was Olivier AubinMercier with a third-round knee. In doing so he crumbled fellow Canadian, Anthony Romero then put an exclamation point on it […]
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PFL 4: 2023 Regular Season: Overtime Elite Arena; Atlanta, Georgia It’s the reason that fights happen, and not just judge things on paper. Every once in a while you get an upset that puts the sport on its ear. And thanks to a solid gameplan by Jesus Pinedo there will be a different fighter this […]
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PFL 3 2023 Regular Season: The Theater At Virgin Hotels; Las Vegas One of the things they say in sports is: “winning ugly is still winning”. And for the Professional Fighters League lightweight defending champion, Olivier-AubinMercier; “ugly” was the perfect game plan. The former UFC fighter Shane Burgos has always been dangerous until the final […]
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PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season: The Theater At Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas There’s been some changes in the Professional Fighters League as far as the women go. There’s no Kayla Harrison to deal with in the division. And the division is now ten-pounds lighter. The being said, their defending champ keeps her streak going. As […]
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PFL 1 2023 Regular Season, Season 5: The Theater At Virgin Hotels; Las Vegas They say in combat sports when you become champion, you automatically become 30% better. If that’s true the PFL may have some back-to-back champions at the end of the year. Week one saw both last years champions Rob Wilkinson and Brendan […]
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PFL 9: Copperbox Arena; London, England A decade ago just across the street from the Copperbox Arena, Kayla Harrison became world-wide; taking her first Olympic Gold. She then snagged another one. This year in the PFL, she’s looking to become the first three-time PFL champion. And she’s just one-win away from doing so, as Harrison […]
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PFL 8: Motorpoint Arena; Cardiff, Wales We may have seen the end of a legend in MMA. Or at least the realization that that day is coming quickly. Rory MacDonald, fell shocking to 2-4 in the PFL. And it appears he has lost the zip to his fastball. Perhaps all the cage wars finally are […]
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Hulu Theater; Madison Square Garden, New York Going down the roster of the Professional Fighters League this year, there are more than a slew of former UFC fighters all over the place. And the finals for the lightweights and light heavyweights are set with four of them. However; the 205ers are an intriguing match-up. It’s […]
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