Professional Fighters League
Mixed martial arts combat sport promoter
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| April 20 2025 | Professional Fighters League (PFL) has hosted 4 events so far in the year as of the current date |
| 2025 | PFL has already scheduled 2 events in the early part of the year. |
| 2024 | PFL further increased its event count to 19, demonstrating continued expansion and increasing prominence in professional fighting. |
| 2024 | Professional Fighters League (PFL) planned to begin its 2024 season, continuing its mixed martial arts competition format with regular season, playoffs, and championship events. |
| December 14 2024 | PFL Europe 4 event crowns new champions: Florim Zendeli wins Welterweight, Jakub Kaszuba wins Lightweight for the second time, Lewis McGrillen-Evans wins Bantamweight, and Paulina Wiśniewska wins Women's Flyweight |
| November 2024 | PFL announced that elbow strikes, previously prohibited, would be allowed starting with the 2024 Championship season. |
| November 29 2024 | PFL 10 Welterweight Championship: Egypt's Omar El Dafrawy defeats Kuwait's Mohammad Alaqraa |
| November 29 2024 | PFL 10 Lightweight Championship: Iran's Mohsen Mohammadseifi defeats Lebanon's Georges Eid |
| November 29 2024 | PFL 10 Bantamweight Championship: Iraq's Ali Taleb defeats Morocco's Rachid El Hazoume |
| November 29 2024 | PFL 10 Featherweight Championship: Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Al-Qahtani defeats Morocco's Maraoune Bellagouit |
| November 29 2024 | PFL 10 Championship with winners Denis Goltsov (Heavyweight), Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (Light Heavyweight), Shamil Musaev (Welterweight), Gadzhi Rabadanov (Lightweight), Timur Khizriev (Featherweight), and Dakota Ditcheva (Women's Flyweight). |
| October 19 2024 | Francis Ngannou defeats Renan Ferreira at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, becoming the champion |
| October 19 2024 | PFL Battle of the Giants event featuring Francis Ngannou as Heavyweight Champion and Cris Cyborg as Women's Featherweight Champion |
| July 2024 | Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced the launch of PFL Africa, their third regional league, with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou serving as the chairman. |
| May 10 2024 | PFL MENA held its inaugural event in Riyadh, featuring 32 fighters competing in 4 weight classes with a grand prize of $100,000. |
| March 2024 | PFL announced an agreement with SuperSport to broadcast PFL programming in the Sub-Saharan African region. |
| March 22 2024 | Inaugural event of the Bellator Champions Series launched, with additional events planned in the US, England, and France for the remainder of the year. |
| February 2024 | PFL announced an agreement with TV Nova to become the exclusive broadcast partner for Czech Republic and Slovakia for 2024-2025. |
| February 24 2024 | PFL announced the launch of PFL MENA, its second international league, following the first PFL vs. Bellator champion vs champion event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
| 2023 | Professional Fighters League (PFL) held the Women's Featherweight playoffs, featuring competitive matches to determine the tournament's top fighters. |
| 2023 | PFL Featherweight playoffs took place, with Movlid Khaybulaev originally scheduled to face Gabriel Braga. Due to Khaybulaev's inability to continue in the tournament, he was replaced by #5 ranked Chris Wade. |
| 2023 | In the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Welterweight playoffs, Magomed Umalatov was originally scheduled to fight Magomed Magomedkerimov but was unable to continue in the tournament. Solomon Renfro, the #5 ranked fighter, was selected as his replacement. |
| 2023 | PFL Heavyweight playoffs featured Marcelo Nunes being unable to continue in the tournament, with #5 ranked Maurice Greene replacing him as a substitute fighter against Renan Ferreira. |
| 2023 | PFL expanded its event schedule to 14 events, showing significant growth in the organization's programming. |
| 2023 | PFL held its World Championship event, crowning champions across multiple weight divisions for the 2023 season. |
| 2023 | After multiple athletes failed drug tests, PFL hired USADA to oversee and test athletes for banned substances. |
| 2023 | The Professional Fighters League (PFL) continued to operate as a mixed martial arts organization with a season-based format, holding multiple events throughout the year featuring top MMA athletes competing in a points-based system. |
| December 8 2023 | PFL Europe 4 event crowns champions across multiple weight divisions: Jakob Nedoh wins Light Heavyweight, Jakub Kaszuba wins Lightweight, Khurshed Kakhorov wins Bantamweight, and Dakota Ditcheva wins Women's Flyweight titles. |
| November 2023 | Olivier Aubin-Mercier secures his second Lightweight championship in the Professional Fighters League. |
| November 24 2023 | PFL season finals held in Washington, D.C. |
| November 24 2023 | PFL 10 event crowns champions across six divisions: Renan Ferreira (Heavyweight), Impa Kasanganay (Light Heavyweight), Magomed Magomedkerimov (Welterweight), Olivier Aubin-Mercier (Lightweight), Jesus Pinedo (Featherweight), and Larissa Pacheco (Women's Featherweight). |
| November 20 2023 | PFL announced the acquisition of Bellator MMA from Paramount Global, with chairman Donn Davis positioning the move to make PFL a global powerhouse in mixed martial arts. |
| August 30 2023 | PFL sold a minority stake for $100 million to SRJ Sports Investments (a branch of Public Investment Fund), establishing PFL MENA and planning to host PPV super fight events in Saudi Arabia. |
| August 23 2023 | Third playoff event held in New York City, New York. |
| August 18 2023 | Second playoff event held in New York City, New York. |
| August 5 2023 | PFL Playoffs occurred, with top fighters competing for championship positions following the regular season events. |
| August 4 2023 | First playoff event (PFL 7) held in San Antonio, Texas. |
| June 23 2023 | Third event of the PFL regular season held in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| June 16 2023 | Second event of the PFL regular season held in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| June 8 2023 | First event of the second half of the PFL regular season held in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| May 2023 | Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou joined the PFL in a 'strategic partnership', receiving equity, a leadership role on the advisory board, and being named chairman of PFL Africa. He competed in the Super Fight division and won his first bout against Renan Ferreira by knockout in the first round. |
| May 2023 | Former Glory welterweight champion Cedric Doumbè signed a contract with the Professional Fighters League, expected to attend the PFL Europe Playoff in September 2023. |
| April 14 2023 | Third PFL show of the season held in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| April 7 2023 | Second PFL show of the season held in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| April 1 2023 | PFL season began with the first show in Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the organization's return to the city after three years. |
| April 1 2023 | Professional Fighters League (PFL) hosted its first regular-season event of the 2023 season, featuring mixed martial arts competitions across multiple weight classes. |
| March 2023 | PFL Challenger Series concludes, with contract winners announced across multiple weight divisions: Abraham Bably and Denzel Freeman (Heavyweight), Impa Kasanganay (Light Heavyweight), Thad Jean (Welterweight), Elvin Espinoza (Lightweight), Brahyan Zurcher (Featherweight), Amanda Leve (Women's Featherweight), and Desiree Yanez (Women's Flyweight). |
| March 25 2023 | PFL Europe held its inaugural event in Newcastle, England, marking the launch of the organization's European MMA tournament featuring top emerging European fighters. |
| February 18 2023 | PFL Challenger Series debuts on fuboTV, featuring eight consecutive Friday night events to showcase young MMA prospects competing for a chance to enter the PFL tournament season and win $1 million. |
| January 2023 | PFL launched a new Super Fight division on pay-per-view, co-founded by Jake Paul, who became Head of Fighter Advocacy. The division guarantees fighters at least 50 percent of pay-per-view revenue. |
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