CAPE TOWN – June 2, 2025 – The Professional Fighters League has finalized the lineup for the upcoming PFL Cape Town event, marking the debut of MMA in Africa with the continent’s first-ever global MMA event. Set for Saturday, July 19 at Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town, South Africa, this landmark event marks a … Read more
New York City, New York and Vancouver, BC, May 21, 2025 – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced a partnership with RHEI to launch a new creator-led model ofscalable content creation and fan engagement. The partnership combines cultural momentum of the sport through unique creator access to PFL’s IP, events, and a range of … Read more
PFL Africa arrives earlier than expected. The league’s first-ever event on the continent has been moved from July 26 to July 19, PFL announced Tuesday. PFL Africa takes place at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa, and is actually comprised of two events. The latter event is a PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai … Read more
PFL co-founder Donn Davis’s message for Patchy Mix ahead of UFC 316 wasn’t well-received. The UFC bantamweight division just got even more stacked with the addition of former Bellator titleholder Patchy Mix. After parting ways with the PFL earlier this year following months of tension, Mix will make his UFC debut on short notice on … Read more
Paul Hughes got back in the win column and did it in a big way. On Saturday, Hughes returned to action, taking on Bruno Miranda in the main event of PFL Belfast at SSE Arena in Belfast. It was Hughes’s first time since his razor-close decision loss to Usman Nurmagomedov in their Bellator lightweight title … Read more
MMA Fighting has PFL Belfast results for the Hughes vs. Miranda event and more from SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the main event, Paul Hughes squares off against Bruno Miranda in a lightweight fight. Hughes looks to bounce back after coming up short in a title fight against Usman Nurmagomedov this past January. … Read more
Ahmed Makki, considered a pioneer in Saudi MMA, will be hanging up the gloves after this fight tonight. Makki, who originally turned pro in 2014, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and a social media influencer, having over 500,000 Instagram followers. Maaki last fought in 2018, scoring a submission victory over Mohammed Doghani. Hasham … Read more
With his competitive background in combat Sambo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Abdulaziz Bin Moammar has been hailed as the next big MMA star to come out of Saudi Arabia. Moammar holds a 4-0 Wushu Sanda record and a 3-1 boxing record, in addition to a 10-3 amateur MMA record. He was also a middleweight champion at … Read more
JOINT FIGHT EVENT OF PFL AFRICA AND PFL CHAMPIONS SERIES AT GRANDWEST ARENA IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA ON SATURDAY, JULY 26 PFL AFRICA LED BY CHAIRMAN FRANCIS NGANNOU WITH CAPITAL PARTNER HELIOS PFL AFRICA 2025 TOURNAMENT WILL HAVE FOUR EVENTS ACROSS THE CONTINENT FEATURING 24 TOP FIGHTERS FROM 14 AFRICAN COUNTRIES CANAL+ NAMED OFFICIAL … Read more
Francis Ngannou has opened up on recent reports that he was involved in a woman’s death in Cameroon. Former UFC heavyweight titleholder Francis Ngannou‘s last year of his life and career has been a tumultuous period. Ngannou’s two boxing losses to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, and the tragic loss of his son due to … Read more