2023 in Professional Fighters League

This is a list of events and standings for the Professional Fighters League, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States, for the 2023 season.

2023 in Professional Fighters League
GenreSports
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkESPN
Original releaseApril 1, 2023 (2023-April-01)

2023 World champions
Division Upper weight limit Champion Date
Heavyweight 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st)
Light Heavyweight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Welterweight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Men's Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.5 st)
Women's Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.5 st)

PFL Challenger Series
See also: PFL Challenger Series

PFL Challenger Series is an American mixed martial arts promotion. Young and up-and-coming male and female MMA prospects will compete for a slot in the PFL tournament season and a chance at $1 million. Each week, the PFL Challenger Series will consist of a celebrity guest panel featuring personalities in film, athletics, and music.[1][2][3] The PFL Challenger Series will debut on fuboTV. The eight events will stream on consecutive Friday nights starting Feb. 18, and run through March. It will also air on its linear network, Fubo Sports Network.[4]

2023 Contract Winners:

PFL Europe

Starting in 2023 PFL Europe will feature the top emerging European MMA fighters, and will be broadcast during prime local hours with all events staged in Europe. The format will follow the same as the regular PFL Season, with the winner receiving a $100,000 prize and a chane to earn a spot in the 2024 PFL regular season.[13][14][15]

Light Heavyweight
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Spain Abdellah Er-Ramy TKO
 
 
 
 Romania Mădălin Pîrvulescu 1r.
 
 Spain Abdellah Er-Ramy
 
 
 
 Slovenia Jakob Nedoh
 
 Italy Riccardo Nosiglia 1r.
 
 
 
 Slovenia Jakob Nedoh KO
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands Mohamed Amine 2r.
 
 
 
 England Simeón Powell SUB
 
 England Simeón Powell
 
 
 
 France Anthony Salamone
 
 France Anthony Salamone TKO
 
 
 Spain Daniel Ladero 1r.
 

    Women's Flyweight
     
    		Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
     
    		          
     
    		 
     
     
    		 Italy Valentina Scatizzi SD
     
    		 
     
    		 Netherlands Lizzy Gevers 3r.
     
    		 Italy Valentina Scatizzi
     
    		 
     
    		 Sweden Cornelia Holm
     
    		 Poland Marta Waliczek 3r.
     
    		 
     
    		 Sweden Cornelia Holm SD
     
     
    		 
     
     
    		 England Dakota Ditcheva SUB
     
    		 
     
    		 Sweden Malin Hermansson 1r.
     
    		 England Dakota Ditcheva
     
    		 
     
    		 
     
    		 Portugal Mafalda Carmona
     
     
    		 Belgium Griet Eeckhout
     

      Events

      The PFL 2023 season will start off with three shows planned in Las Vegas, Nevada, making a return to the city for the first time in three years. The first show will air on April 1, 2023, with the two subsequent shows airing on the Fridays afterward, on April 7 and 14.[16][17]

      The second half of the regular season is scheduled to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 8, June 16 and June 23.[18]

      # Event Date Venue Location
      42 PFL Europe 2 July 8, 2023 Verti Music Hall Berlin, Germany
      41 PFL 6 June 23, 2023 Overtime Elite Arena Atlanta, Georgia, United States
      40 PFL 5 June 16, 2023
      39 PFL 4 June 8, 2023
      38 PFL 3 April 14, 2023 The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
      37 PFL 2 April 7, 2023
      36 PFL 1 April 1, 2023
      35 PFL Europe 1 April 1, 2023 Vertu Motors Arena Newcastle, England

      Standings

      The PFL points system is based on results of the match. The winner of a fight receives 3 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. A no-contest will be scored as a draw. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. The bonus for winning in the third round requires a fight be stopped before 4:59 of the third round. No bonus point will be awarded if a fighter wins via decision. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. A decision win will result in three total points. If a fighter misses weight, the opponent (should they comply with weight limits) will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory, regardless of winning or losing the bout, with the fighter who missed weight being deducted 1 standings point; if the non-offending fighter subsequently wins with a stoppage, all bonus points will be awarded. A fighter who was unable to compete for any reason, will receive a 1-point penalty (-1 point in the standings). The fighters who made weight will not receive a walkover, but will earn points and contracted purse amounts based on their performance in the altered matchup.[19]

      Nine PFL fighters were suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after failing drug tests; which included former UFC title challenger Thiago Santos and former PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza. Additional fighters impacted by the suspensions are Krzysztof Jotko, Rizvan Kuniev, Mohammed Fakhreddine, Cezar Ferreira, and Will Fleury. Two featherweight season fighters, Alejandro Flores and Daniel Torres, were also been suspended. In light of fighter suspensions, they were all removed from the season after the first round of bouts.[20]

      Heavyweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[21]
      Croatia Ante Delija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Cape Verde Yorgan De Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Bruno Cappelozza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Renan Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Denis Goltsov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Matheus Scheffel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      United States Maurice Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Marcelo Nunes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Rizvan Kuniev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Poland Michał Andryszak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

      Light Heavyweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[22]
      Norway Marthin Hamlet 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
      United States Josh Silveira 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
      United States Ty Flores 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Australia Rob Wilkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Republic of Ireland Will Fleury 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Poland Krzysztof Jotko 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Thiago Santos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Delan Monte 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Tonga Sam Kei 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Lebanon Mohammad Fakhreddine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

      Welterweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[23]
      Sweden Sadibou Sy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Jordan Jarrah Al-Silawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Australia Shane Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Magomed Magomedkerimov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      South Africa Don Madge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Carlos Leal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Germany David Zawada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Magomed Umalatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Jamaica Dilano Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mexico Nayib López 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

      Lightweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[24]
      United States Shane Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      United States Clay Collard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Japan Yamato Nishikawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Egypt Ahmed Amir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Raush Manfio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Paraguay Alexander Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Natan Schulte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Scotland Stevie Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

      Featherweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[25]
      England Brendan Loughnane 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
      United States Bubba Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Russia Movlid Khaybulaev 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Mexico Alejandro Flores 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Brazil Gabriel Alves Braga 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
      Peru Jesus Pinedo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Austria Daniel Torres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Japan Ryoji Kudo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      United States Chris Wade 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Brazil Marlon Moraes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

      Women's Featherweight
      Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
      Points[26]
      Brazil Larissa Pacheco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Canada Julia Budd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Ukraine Olena Kolesnyk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      United States Aspen Ladd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Czech Republic Martina Jindrová 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      United States Amber Leibrock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      United States Amanda Leve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Poland Karolina Sobek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Russia Marina Mokhnatkina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Japan Yoko Higashi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

      See also

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