June 22, 2024
A product of SBG Ireland, Darragh Kelly hasn’t lost on either the amateur or professional MMA circuit. Four of Kelly’s five pro wins have come via a finish, with a pair of submissions and a pair of KO/TKOs to his credit. “The Moville Mauler” is 4-...
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The son of 1980 Hungarian Olympic wrestling gold medalist Norbert Novenyi Sr., Norbert Novenyi Jr. has looked to make his own mark on the world of combat sports. Novenyi is unbeaten at 7-0, with six finishes to his name so far. A multiple-time gra...
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A boxing specialist, Sinead Kavanagh has shown flashes of her power while competing inside the Bellator cage. The five-time Irish National Boxing Champion, who trains out of SBG Ireland, challenged Cris Cyborg for the Bellator women’s featherweigh...
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One of Europe’s top rising prospects, Paul Hughes has stood out as he’s risen up the ranks, winning interim featherweight gold in Europe. Known for his ability to finish fights with both his striking and his grappling, Hughes has scored eight of h...
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Jason Jackson made an impact on the regional scene before signing with Bellator, winning welterweight titles in a number of notable regional promotions. The Kill Cliff product made his way through names like Benson Henderson, Neiman Gracie, Paul D...
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A former amateur MMA champion in Mexico, Brahyan Zurcher is currently 8-0 with six victories via stoppage. The Xtreme Couture product, a striking specialist influenced by his uncle, a Muay Thai fighter, is 3-0 in the PFL cage. Zurcher scored a dec...
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Beginning his combat sports journey from a young age, Anthony Romero sports a junior black belt in taekwondo and black belts in both Brazilian and Japanese jiu-jitsu. Romero went 9-1 as an amateur, capturing lightweight gold on the circuit, before...
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A former training partner to the two-time PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Michael Dufort went 7-3 as an amateur before making his professional MMA debut in 2012, coming into tonight with a 13-4 record. The TriStar Gym product is cu...
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After a 5-0 amateur run that culminated in a championship, Gadzhi Rabadanov made his name on the Russian regional scene, eventually winning a regional interim lightweight title in 2020. The former World Combat Sambo champion, who trains alongside...
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A four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, Sadibou Sy has been one to produce highlights in the PFL SmartCage. In 2022, Sy went through Nikolay Aleksakhin, Rory MacDonald, Carlos Leal, and Dilano Taylor to capture the PFL welterweight ch...
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A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Brent Primus made his Bellator debut in 2013 at just 2-0. He finished his Bellator run with a 10-3 (1 NC) record, which included a win over Michael Chandler via injury to capture the Bellator lightweight champions...
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A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Antonio Carlos Jr.’s submission credentials are highly noteworthy, with 12 of his 16 victories coming by way of tapout. The American Top Team product scored victories over Tom Lawlor, Emiliano Sordi, and Marthin H...
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Debuting on the pro scene in 2012, Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov made his mark on the regional scene in both Europe and Asia, going on to capture a regional light heavyweight championship. Yagshimuradov signed with Bellator in 2021, going 3-2 in the p...
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Rob Wilkinson has the ability to finish fights, with all but one of his victories coming before the final bell, and that wasn’t on any more of a display in his career than in his debut PFL season in 2022. There, Wilkinson scored finishes of Bruce...
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Patricky Pitbull, alongside his brother, current Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull, were the faces of the Bellator brand for nearly all of its time before the PFL’s acquisition of the brand. Patricky Pitbull was a prominent fixture...
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Last year, Impa Kasaganay had one of MMA’s greatest stories. Kasaganay, who at one point was sleeping in his car, earned a PFL contract through the 2023 Challenger Series and then went on a run for the ages. Kasaganay defeated Cory Hendricks, Tim...
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A successful amateur run that included three title wins in two weight classes was good enough to get Sumiko Inaba signed to Bellator as she turned pro. Entering her PFL debut tonight, she has matched the same record she ended her time as an amateu...
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Prior to entering this PFL season, Juliana Velasquez signed with Bellator in 2017, going on to build up a 7-2 record in that promotion. Her only losses coming in title fights against Liz Carmouche, Velasquez defeated Ilima-Lei Macfarlane at Bellat...
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Danilo Marques’s combat sports journey began when he was 10, starting with taekwondo before eventually picking up boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Marques is a former state champion in the latter two disciplines, a former national jiu-jitsu champio...
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Ilara Joanne built up an 8-4 record to start her career in her native Brazil before signing with Bellator in 2019. A product of the Pitbull Brothers gym, Joanne went 3-4 in Bellator. While she has seven finishes in her 11 wins, it’s been a rough p...
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