PFL RESULTS

Gabriel Braga pulls out split decision win to remain unbeaten, advance to featherweight championship in debut PFL season

August 4, 2023

The undefeated Gabriel Braga has certainly impressed in his first season with the PFL. Braga made his PFL debut through the Challenger Series in March, scoring a unanimous decision over Ago Huskic. The Muay Thai specialist then earned the No. 2 se...

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Incredible first-round KO puts Impa Kasanganay in PFL title fight in debut season

August 4, 2023

Incredible first-round KO puts Impa Kasanganay in PFL title fight in debut season Marthin Hamlet knows what it’s like to reach the PFL postseason, but he’s fallen short of the championship. The former Norweigan wrestling champion last made...

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Elvin Espinoza comes out on top in lightweight showcase bout that was clinching, grappling tug-of-war

August 4, 2023

Elvin Espinoza has won all eight of his professional fights thus far since turning pro in 2018 after a successful run on the amateur circuit. A freestyle fighter, Espinoza enters this fight 3-0 in the PFL. Espinoza submitted Hopeton Stewart in a s...

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Thad Jean has strong striking showing as he gets quick first-round TKO

August 4, 2023

Known as “Silverback,” Thad Jean has had an impressive run since turning pro in 2021, earning five victories (with three finishes) in five noteworthy MMA promotions. A striking specialist, Jean competed in the PFL Challenger Series in January, sco...

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Lisa Mauldin holds her own, uses grappling to score first-round submission

August 4, 2023

A natural athlete for all of her life, Desiree Yanez has competed in noteworthy promotions prior to her arrival in the PFL. Coming in with a 7-4 record with four stoppages, Yanez enters off back-to-back wins. In March, she scored a decision over M...

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Hometown hero Anthony Ivy extends winning streak in PFL debut with impressive ground game, ending with rear-naked choke

August 4, 2023

San Antonio’s own Anthony Ivy is a veteran of the regional MMA scene that has racked up championship wins across various promotions, including Fury FC, XKO, and WXC. Ivy, who sports an 11-7 record with all 11 wins coming via a finish, had two UFC...

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Chelsea Hackett displays control, overwhelming striking en route to second-round submission in women’s flyweight showcase

August 4, 2023

  This will be Chelsea Hackett’s first fight in MMA in three years. A former Muay Thai champion, Hackett transitioned to MMA full-time in 2019 and racked up a 3-1-1 record. After going unbeaten in her first four fights, Hac...

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Billy Elekana gets victory in competitive light heavyweight showcase bout

August 4, 2023

Billy Elekana participated in backyard boxing and street fights in his younger days, but a life-changing incident made him find his way to MMA. Thus far as a pro, Elekana is 5-1 with three finishes. After a 2-1 run with the LFA, Elekana earned an...

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Francesco Nuzzi blasts his way into bantamweight PFL Europe Playoffs with devastating first-round head kick KO

July 8, 2023

A Syndicate MMA talent, Francesco Nuzzi enters this fight 9-1, with one no-contest. Six of his nine victories have come by way of a finish, all of which came in the first round. The former bantamweight champion of Italian Cage Fighting, Nuzzi earn...

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Khurshed Kakhorov wins a striking clinic to secure spot in PFL Europe Playoffs

July 8, 2023

Mokhtar Benkaci is unbeaten in 10 of his last 11 fights and enters after making his PFL debut in a showcase bout in the PFL Playoffs last year. Unfortunately for Benkaci, his six-fight win streak was snapped in that bout, which served as a PFL Eur...

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Experience of Griet Eeckhout gets her decision win, final women’s flyweight playoff spot

July 8, 2023

Just 18 years of age, Lorena Cubero has won all three of her professional fights after going 1-1 as an amateur. Cubero, who started with Taekwondo and kickboxing in her youth before transitioning to MMA, most recently fought in May at GMC 34, earn...

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Frans Mlambo puts power on display en route to majority decision win, advances to Paris

July 8, 2023

Frans Mlambo represents Ireland and is an SBG talent who has been a sparring partner for “The Notoriousg” Conor McGregor. With a 13-5 record entering tonight, Mlambo has competed for various promotions, including Bellator, Brave CF, BAMMA, and Com...

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Ali Taleb lands quick and solid first-round KO to advance to Paris

July 8, 2023

Ali Taleb, who enters this fight unbeaten at 7-0, came into the PFL off a successful run in UAE Warriors, which was topped by knocking out Vinicius de Oliveira to become the promotion’s bantamweight champion. Taleb, whose MMA journey started with...

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John Mitchell clinches lightweight playoff spot with dominant ground display

July 8, 2023

After a highly successful and title-filled amateur run, Ireland’s John Mitchell is 6-1 since turning pro in 2019. A veteran of UAE Warriors, “The Ripper” enters with four finishes and last fought at MFN 11 in March, scoring a first-round knockout...

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Alex Chizov advances to PFL Europe Playoffs after draw with Acoidan Duque

July 8, 2023

Alex Chizov, who is 10-1 in his professional career, enters this bout on a seven-fight win streak. Chizov — a striking specialist who is the current WWFC welterweight champion and former LNK lightweight champion — made his PFL debut last year duri...

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Lewis McGrillen impresses with power-filled attack, leading to brutal KO

July 8, 2023

Lewis McGrillen has been on quite the run stretching back to his amateur MMA career, which he started at just 16 years old and went 8-1 with multiple championships. Now he’s 7-0 as a pro, with all of his wins coming by stoppage — all seven first-r...

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Dylan Tuke earns playoff spot with fairly dominant decision win

July 8, 2023

Coming from a family of strikers, including a grandfather who is a 7th Dan black belt in Uechi-Ryu karate, Connor Hughes has won several karate and kickboxing titles in his life. Entering this fight unbeaten at 7-0, the 26-year-old has recently be...

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Jakub Kaszuba uses grappling and locks in a rear-naked choke to remain unbeaten and lock up spot in PFL Europe Playoffs

July 8, 2023

Radu Maxim won nine of his first 10 fights and holds several first-round finishes while competing throughout Italy, including a victory in Bellator in 2018. A wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, Maxim earned this opportunity through a fi...

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Anatolij Baal scores powerful finish in first MMA fight in three years

July 8, 2023

After three years away from MMA with various fight cancellations, Anatolij Baal makes his return to MMA tonight. Baal has shown his ability to finish, scoring six finishes in his first seven fights. “The Siberian Tiger” last competed at GMC Fight...

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Striking of Christina Breuer on point as she earns second-round TKO in second pro bout

July 8, 2023

At just 24 years old, Christina Breuer is already an accomplished kickboxer, currently holding a 17-2 record. In fact, she is one of just two people to say they have defeated Jorina Baars, one of the best women’s kickboxing and Muay Thai talents....

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