List of current PFL fighters
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The Professional Fighters League, formerly known as the World Series of Fighting prior to April 2017, is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion that was started in 2012 and based in Washington, District of Columbia.
The 2018 PFL season consists of seven regular-season events, a bracket-style playoff, and a $10 million postseason prize pool. The premiere season begins with 72 athletes, 12 in each of the six different weight-classes, with one fighter in each division earning the title of champion.[1][2]
The PFL postseason will be held in October on consecutive Saturday nights, with a win-or-go-home elimination format. The season-ending event will feature championship fights for each of the six weight classes on New Year’s Eve in prime time. The six champions will earn $1 million each in prize money.[3][4]
This list is an up-to-date roster of those fighters currently under contract with the PFL. Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from tapology.com.
Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg)
Still in competition
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Francimar Barroso | Bodão | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 21–7-0 (1) | 2–0 | |
Josh Copeland | Cuddly Bear | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 17–5 | 3–2 | |
Valdrin Istrefi | The Beast | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 13–2 | 1–1 | |
Philipe Lins | Monstro | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 11-3 | 1–0 | |
Jack May | The Outlaw | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 10–4 | 1–1 | |
Alex Nicholson | The Spartan | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 12-6 | 1–1 | |
Jared Rosholt | The Big Show | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 16–5 | 2–2 | |
Kelvin Tiller | The Mama's Boy | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 10–1 | 2–1 | |
Eliminated
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Caio Alencar | Caiao | Didn't advance to playoff | 12–3 | 2–2 | |
Daniel Gallemore | Big Kansas | Didn't advance to playoff | 7–6 | 0–3 | |
Denis Goltsov | The Russian Bogatyr | Visa issues | 21–5 | 0–0 | |
Evgeniy Goncharov | Unknown reasons | 10–2 | 0–0 | ||
Jake Heun | The Honey Bear | Medically uncleared to fight | 11–7 | 3–4 | |
Shawn Jordan | The Savage | Didn't advance to playoff | 19–9 | 1–2 | |
Mike Kyle | MAK | Didn't advance to playoff | 23–16-1 (2) | 1-5 | |
Nick Rossborough | Leatherface | Injury | 26–20-1 | 0-1 | |
Light Heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg)
Still in competition
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Bazigit Atajev | Little Volk | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 19–2 | 1–1 | |
Rakim Cleveland | The Boogeyman | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 19–10-1 (1) | 1–1 | |
Maxim Grishin | Maximus | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 28–7 | 2–0 | |
Vinny Magalhães | Pezão | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 16–9 (1) | 4–1 | |
Sean O'Connell | The Real OC | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 18–10 | 1–1 | |
Smealinho Rama | The Prince | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 11–4 | 4–3 | |
Emiliano Sordi | He-man | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 17–7 | 1–0 | |
Dan Spohn | Dragon | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 18–5 | 2–0 | |
Eliminated
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Jamie Abdallah | The Real Deal | Didn't advance to playoff | 7–4 | 0–2 | |
Artur Alibulatov | Didn't advance to playoff | 19–4 | 0-1 | ||
Jason Butcher | Didn't advance to playoff | 11–4 | 0–2 | ||
Brandon Halsey | Bull | Didn't advance to playoff | 11–4 | 1–1 | |
Ronny Markes | Medically uncleared to fight | 18–6 | 2–1 | ||
Rashid Yusupov | Medically uncleared to fight | 9–2 | 0–1 | ||
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Shamil Gamzatov | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Eddie Gordon[5] | 13–0 | 3–0 | ||
Anderson Gonçalves | Big Bones | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Louis Taylor[5] | 11–1 | 0–0 | |
Eddie Gordon | Truck | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Shamil Gamzatov[5] | 8–6 | 0–2 | |
Rex Harris | T-Rex | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Andre Lobato[5] | 10–3 | 3–1 | |
John Howard | Doomsday | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Gasan Umalatov[5] | 25–13 | 1–1 | |
Andre Lobato | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Rex Harris[5] | 25–7 (1) | 0–1 | ||
Abuspiyan Magomedov | Abus | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Danillo Villefort[5] | 19–3 | 0–0 | |
Bruno Santos | Carioca | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Sadibou Sy[5] | 16–2 | 2–0 | |
Sadibou Sy | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Bruno Santos[5] | 6–2 | 0–0 | ||
Louis Taylor | Put The Gunz Down | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Anderson Gonçalves[5] | 14–4 | 3–1 | |
Gasan Umalatov | Cobra | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - John Howard[5] | 17–5-1 | 0–0 | |
Danillo Villefort | Indio | Event 3 (Washington D.C.) - Abuspiyan Magomedov[5] | 15–5 | 1–1 | |
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)
Still in competition
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Ray Cooper III | Bradda Boy | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 15–5 | 2–0 | |
Pavlo Kusch | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 23–6 | 1–1 | ||
Magomed Magomedkerimov | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 18–5 | 1–0 | ||
Jake Shields | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 33–10–1 (1) | 4–3 | ||
Rick Story | The Horror | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 21–9 | 2–0 | |
Bojan Veličković | Serbian Steel | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 16–7–1 | 1–1 | |
João Zeferino | The Brazilian Samurai | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 23–9 | 5–3 | |
Handesson Ferreira | ♛ Clinched playoff spot | 12–1–1 | 1–0 |
Eliminated
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Abubakar Nurmagomedov | Didn't advance to the playoffs | 15–2 | 6–1 | ||
Herman Terrado | The Hitman | Didn't advance to the playoffs | 15–5–1 | 1–2 | |
Paul Bradley | The Gentleman | Didn't advance to the playoffs | 23–10 (2) | 0–3 | |
Yuri Villefort | Didn't advance to the playoffs | 11–7 | 0–2 | ||
Jonatan Westin | Didn't advance to the playoffs | 10–4 | 0–2 |
Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Will Brooks | Ill Will | Event 2 (Chicago) - Luiz Firmino[6] | 20–4 | 2–0 | |
Luiz Firmino | Buscapé | Event 2 (Chicago) - Will Brooks[6] | 20–10 | 4–4 | |
Brian Foster | Event 2 (Chicago) - Ramsey Nijem[6] | 28–10 | 5–4 | ||
Jason High | The Kansas City Bandit | Event 2 (Chicago) - Rashid Magomedov[6] | 21–8 | 3–3 | |
Yuki Kawana | Event 2 (Chicago) - Islam Mamedov[6] | 14-1-5 | 0–0 | ||
Rashid Magomedov | Highlander | Event 2 (Chicago) - Jason High[6] | 20–2 | 0–0 | |
Islam Mamedov | Event 2 (Chicago) - Yuki Kawana[6] | 14–1 | 4–0 | ||
Ramsey Nijem | Event 2 (Chicago) - Brian Foster[6] | 9–7 | 0–1 | ||
Natan Schulte | Desmanche | Event 2 (Chicago) - Chris Wade[6] | 11–3 | 0–1 | |
Thiago Tavares | Event 2 (Chicago) - Robert Watley[6] | 21-7-1 | 0–0 | ||
Chris Wade | Event 2 (Chicago) - Natan Schulte[6] | 12-3 | 0–1 | ||
Robert Watley | Contact | Event 2 (Chicago) - Thiago Tavares[6] | 10-1 | 0–0 | |
Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Status | MMA record | WSOF/PFL record |
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Alexandre Almeida | Capitão | Event 1 (New York) - Lee Coville[7] | 18–7 | 2–2 | |
Max Coga | Mad | Event 1 (New York) - Timur Valiev[7] | 19–4 | 0-0 | |
Lee Coville | Event 1 (New York) - Alexandre Almeida[7] | 4–1 | 0-0 | ||
Marcos Galvão | Louro | Event 1 (New York) - Nazareno Malegarie[7] | 18-9–1 | 0-0 | |
Andre Harrison | The Bull | Event 1 (New York) - Jumabieke Tuerxun[7] | 17–0 | 3–0 | |
Magomed Idrisov | Event 1 (New York) - Steven Siler[7] | 8-2 | 0–0 | ||
Bekbulat Magomedov | Restless | Event 1 (New York) - Lance Palmer[7] | 19–2 | 2–1 | |
Nazareno Malegarie | El Tigre | Event 1 (New York) - Marcos Galvão[7] | 34-4 | 0-0 | |
Lance Palmer | The Party | Event 1 (New York) - Bekbulat Magomedov[7] | 12–3 | 5–3 | |
Steven Siler | Super | Event 1 (New York) - Magomed Idrisov[7] | 29–17 | 0–2 | |
Jumabieke Tuerxun | Leopard | Event 1 (New York) - Andre Harrison[7] | 20-5-1 | 0–0 | |
Timur Valiev | Lucky | Event 1 (New York) - Max Coga[7] | 12–2 | 6–1 | |
References
- ↑ "NBCU, Facebook Punch Ticket With Pro Fighters League". Multichannel.com. January 29, 2018.
- ↑ Mazique, Brian. "Professional Fighters League's MMA Format, Roster, Schedule And Free-TV Model Revealed". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ "PFL Announces Distribution Deal with NBC Sports and Facebook, Event Schedule for 2018". Sherdog.com. January 29, 2018.
- ↑ Mazique, Brian. "Professional Fighters League's MMA Format, Roster, Schedule And Free-TV Model Revealed". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Jake Shields vs. Ray Cooper headlines PFL 3 on July 5 in Washington D.C." Mmajunkie.com. 14 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "PFL 2 lineup features Luiz Firmino vs. Will Brooks, Kayla Harrison debut". Mmajunkie.com. 2 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "PFL 1 lineup is set; 24 familiar names and tourney hopefuls fill out 12-bout card". Mmajunkie.com. 23 April 2018.
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