April 12, 2024
Mads Burnell began his journey into combat sports with wrestling at 6 years old before transitioning to boxing as a teenager. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Burnell has competed on the world’s biggest MMA stages, including Bellator, and now get...
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One of the most entertaining and popular fighters on the PFL roster, Clay Collard has stood out not only with his strong, speedy strikes, but also with his fighting spirit. Collard has been in some of the most memorable PFL bouts, including his le...
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Rob Wilkinson has found success no matter what discipline he’s competed in – boxing, kickboxing, or MMA. The FactoryX Muay Thai product from Tasmania, who comes into tonight with 17 wins in his 20 professional MMA fights, won a championship in kic...
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Impa Kasaganay proved to be one of the greatest underdog stories in the MMA world in 2023, and now he looks to become PFL light heavyweight champion for a second straight year. The Kill Cliff FC product’s story is now known, going from homelessnes...
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The protege of the legendary Mirko Cro Cop, Ante Delija fell just short of becoming a PFL Champion in 2021. But he took that disappointment and used it as motivation fuel, getting his way through the 2022 season with a finish of Matheus Scheffel a...
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After winning four state wrestling championships in high school, Bryce Meredith went on to NCAA Division-I wrestling, with one year at North Carolina State and three at the University of Wyoming. He finished his collegiate career with a 108-21 rec...
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The son of retired MMA fighter Chris Brennan, Lucas Brennan fought exclusively in Bellator prior to tonight, going a perfect 9-0 since his professional MMA debut in 2019. Eight of those wins have come via finish, with six coming via submission and...
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Chelsea Hackett made her name in the world of Muay Thai, holding a 16-4-3 record and capturing world championships in that discipline, before transitioning to MMA full time in 2019. The 24-year-old has won four of her last five fights, though she...
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Perhaps one of Japan’s best female talents today, Kana Watanabe has judo in her blood, training in the discipline since 6 years old and going on to earn a fourth-degree black belt and compete on the National Judo Team. Watanabe, whose father and b...
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One of the two tallest competitors in the PFL’s heavyweight division this season, Steve Mowry made his professional MMA debut in 2016 and won four straight – with four finishes – before signing with Bellator. The Kill Cliff FC product, who trains...
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Starting her professional MMA career in 2013, Taila Santos won 15 fights in a row, including first-round victories in 10 straight performances. Santos, who won regional flyweight gold in Brazil, has competed against noteworthy talent such as Valen...
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Blagoy Ivanov started to make his name in 2008, one year after his professional MMA debut, when he won the 2008 Combat Sambo World Championship that included a semi-final victory over the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. Ivanov, in spite of a near-two...
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Marcelo Golm won eight of his first 11 fights, including seven first-round KO/TKOs, before signing with Bellator in 2021. He scored another first-round finish in his Bellator debut, defeating Billy Swanson at Bellator 265. He followed that up with...
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Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated new combatants to the global PFL scene is Dakota Ditcheva, the undefeated 2023 PFL Europe women’s flyweight champion. Ditcheva was a three-time Junior Amateur World Champion in Muay Thai before transition...
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Liz Carmouche is one of the pioneers of women’s MMA, competing on some of the biggest stages in this sport and challenging for multiple championships at bantamweight and flyweight. Carmouche, a USMC veteran, signed with Bellator in 2020 and ended...
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A veteran of 40 fights in MMA, Denis Goltsov hopes that the 2024 PFL season will be the one where he’ll finally be able to capture gold. Goltsov, a combat sambo specialist and world champion, earned the No. 1 seed at heavyweight during the 2022 PF...
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An SBG Ireland product, Nate Kelly continues to hone his craft as he looks to develop into a solid overall Mixed Martial Artist. Kelly is a 15-time British National Kickboxing champion and a former amateur world kickboxing champion. Kelly, who com...
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Originally a soccer player, Abraham Bably seems to have found himself as a hard-hitting heavyweight. Bably has competed just three times – once a year – since making his professional MMA debut in 2021. Bably, who makes his Bellator debut tonight,...
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After dropping the first two fights of his professional career, Nathan Kelly has now won nine straight fights entering tonight – a track record that has included one previous fight in Bellator and four in the PFL. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt,...
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Towering at 6’6”, Bellator veteran Luke Trainer has won seven of the eight bouts he’s had since making his professional MMA debut five years ago – with all seven victories coming via a finish. Trainer enters this fight with wins in his last two fi...
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