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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. Mike Tyson, along with NFL stars Ray Lewis and Todd Gurley, are just a few of the names who will decide who gets a shot in the league. Season One 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. Week 1 - February 18 Contract awards The following fighters were awarded contracts with the PFL: * Bruce Souto Week 2 - February 25 Contract awards The following fighters were awarded contracts with the PFL: *Jarrah Al Silawi *Chris Mixan was signed to a development league co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevon Lewis
Bevon Kareem Lewis (born May 5, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional since 2015, he has also competed for Professional Fighters League (PFL), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) and Xtreme Caged Combat. Background Bevon Kareem Lewis was born in Riverside, California, the son of Basil Lewis and Silda Davis. He was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia where he competed in football, baseball and wrestling. Lewis began martial arts training one summer break before attending college, helping his father on plumbing works, he saw a group people practicing MMA. Lewis then decided to start training in MMA by working first on his strength and conditioning. He later picked up standup classes and jiu-jitsu, and started to compete professionally in 2015. Mixed martial arts career Early career With an amateur record of 12–2, Lewis turned pro in 2015 where he fought most of his early professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Dorny
Julia Dorny (born 20 February 1990), is a German athlete, media scientist, journalist and television presenter who has won various World and European Championships in three martial arts disciplines. She is the only female athlete in the world who has won championships in judo, mixed martial arts and sumo wrestling. She was the first German woman to become MMA European Champion and MMA World Champion in featherweight within the IMMAF amateurs. In her professional career she was an undefeated fighter until her first loss in March 2022. She fought for the German Mixed Martial Arts Championship (GMC) and was under contract with PFL. In May 2023, she signed a multiple fight contract in the women's league Invicta FC. Julia Dorny holds a black belt (1st Dan) in three sports and a BJJ purple belt. Sports career (beginnings, judo and sumo career) At the age of 7 Dorny began to be enthusiastic about judo. Since the age of 14 she has been fighting in the German Judo League. At the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Barbosa (martial Artist)
Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa (born February 13, 1992), commonly known as Lucas 'Hulk' Barbosa, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist (MMA), submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt competitor. Having conquered nearly every major title in the sport; being a World and Pan American champion ( Gi and No-Gi), European Open and Asian IBJJF champion as well as a two-time ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship medalist, Barbosa is regarded as one of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu athletes of his generation. Background Lucas Daniel Barbosa was born on February 13, 1992, in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil. He took up martial arts at the age of 10, starting with Taekwondo then Judo and Muay Thai. At 15 Barbosa began Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) under various coaches from Diego Lopes to Cristiano Carioca and André Galvão. After being promoted to purple belt, Barbosa moved to Rio to train at Márcio Rodrigues's academy, receiving the nickname "Hulk" from his training pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of PFL Events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by the Professional Fighters League, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States. This list also includes events by the league's predecessor, the World Series of Fighting (WSOF). Scheduled events Past events WSOF events Number of events by year WSOF *2012 – 1 *2013 – 8 *2014 – 11 *2015 – 11 *2016 – 10 *2017 – 4 PFL *2018 – 11 *2019 – 10 *2021 – 10 *2022 – 10 Event locations The following locations have hosted a combined 86 WSOF and PFL events as of 2022. United States (73) Canada (6) Nicaragua (2) China (1) England (1) Japan (1) Philippines (1) Wales (1) References {{World Series of Fighting Events Professional Fighters League The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Peralta
Helen Peralta (born July 10, 1988) is a Dominican mixed martial artist currently competing in the flyweight division of Invicta Fighting Championships. Background Peralta started mixed martial arts training after understanding she would be fighting people without legal consequences instead of getting herself into trouble. Mixed martial arts career Invicta Fighting Championships Peralta made her Invicta debut on January 13 2018 against Jade Ripley at Invicta FC 27: Kaufman vs. Kianzad. She won the fight via technical knockout in round one. Her second fight in Invicta was set on May 4, 2018 at Invicta FC 29: Kaufman vs. Lehner against Cheyanne Vlismas. She won the fight via unanimous decision. Peralta fight under Cage Fury Fighting Championships on September 1, 2018 facing Kay Hansen at Invicta FC 31: Jandiroba vs. Morandin. She lost the fight via technical knockout in round three. After two fights in Invicta, Peralta fought Olympic boxer, Jennifer Chieng, at Invicta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanna Young
Shanna Marie Leonard Young (born February 20, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. She has previously competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Young, following her younger brother, started Shotokan karate at the age of eight and after a few years switched to competitive karate in which she competed until high school. She started wrestling while attending Franklin County High School and after faring well solely against boys she took a wrestling scholarship at King University where she was an All-American in 2010. She later transferred to East Tennessee State University from where she graduated with bachelor's degree in exercise science. Mixed martial arts career Early career and Invicta FC After three relatively comfortable victories, Young took a hard-fought split decision over Pam Sorenson. After her win over Pam, she received news that she'd suffered a torn labrum in her hip. After recovering from that injury, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Hackett
Chelsea Hackett (born October 29, 1999) is an Australian kickboxer, mixed martial artist and muay thai fighter competing in the Women's Flyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). Early life Hackett was born in Melbourne and moved with her family to the Gold Coast at an early age. She attended St Andrews Lutheran College throughout her upbringing and began her martial arts journey at an after school Taekwando program at eight years old. By the age of 12, Hackett had achieved a junior black belt in Taekwando and sought out a new challenge in the form of Muay Thai under the tutelage of 10-time world champion John Wayne Parr at his Boonchu Gym on the Gold Coast. She won gold medals at the IFMA World Muaythai Championships in both 2014 and 2015 on her way to amassing a professional Muay Thai record of 16-4-3, which included two world title victories and winning the WBC World Lightweight Championship. Hackett transitioned into Mixed martial arts full-time in 2019 and ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Marques
Danilo Marques (born December 26, 1985) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He most notably competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Marques started doing taekwondo for fun when he was 10 years old, and around the age of 13, he started in boxing. He started competing at an amateur level, and it became his main activity for many years. Later, at around 18, he started with BJJ, due to his desire to become a more complete fighter, and through my boxing trainer, Ivan “Pitu” de Oliveira (who trains Demian Maia, Shogun Rua and others). he started training some MMA around eight years ago. Mixed martial arts career Early career Starting his professional career in 2014, Marques compiled a 9–2 record fighting on the Brazilian regional scene, winning the GCF Middleweight Championship in this process. Marques's lone bout outside of Brazil came on April 14, 2017 at LFA 9, where he faced Myron Dennis, losing the close b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naranjargal Tsend-Ayush
Tsend-Ayush Naranjargal ( Mongolian: Цэнд-Аюушын Наранжаргал) is a female Mongolian judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the first round by Esther Stam. Judo career Won the 2007 Asian Junior 57 kg class. At the 2009 East Asian Games, she finished 3rd in the 70 kg division and 2nd in the open division. After she won the 2010 Asian Juniors, she finished third at the Asian Games. She finished 3rd at the 2011 Asian Championships and she finished 2nd at the World Junior Championships. She finished third at the Asian Championships and the Grand Slam Moscow in 2012, but she missed out on the London Olympics because she was not in the top 14 world rankings for Olympic qualification. She finished second at the 2013 Asian Championships. In 2014 she won the East Asian Championships. In the finals of the Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar held in her hometown, she was defeated by South Korea's Hwang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. The first documented use of the term ''mixed martial arts'' was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate. During the early 20th century, various interstylistic contests took place throughout Japan and in the countries of the Four Asian Tigers. In Brazil, there was the sport of Vale Tudo, in which The Gracie family was known to promote Vale Tudo matches as a way to promote their own Brazilian jiu-jitsu style. A precursor to modern MMA was the 1976 Ali vs. Inoki exhibition bout (which ended in a draw after 15 rounds), fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Studios Florida
Universal Studios Florida (also known as Universal Studios or USF) is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Primarily themed to movies, television and other aspects of the entertainment industry, the park opened to the public on June 7, 1990. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and features numerous rides, attractions and live shows. Universal Studios Florida was the first component of the larger Universal Orlando Resort to open, ranking eleventh in the world and sixth in North America for attendance among amusement parks in 2019 while hosting approximately 10.9 million visitors. In addition to the theme park aspect, early design focused on providing guests with a behind-the-scenes look at film and television. A significant portion of the park operated as an active production studio. As producers and filmmakers showed a lack of interest in filming onsite in Orlando, Universal's approach evolved, transitioning to a first-person perspective for its heavily themed rides, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Fighters League
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) promotion in 2017 by MMAX Investment Partners. It is the first major MMA organization in which individual athletes compete in a regular season, post-season and championship, rather than on a year-round basis. The PFL currently puts on fights across six weight-divisions: featherweight, women's lightweight, lightweight, welterweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. The PFL's matches are held inside a 10-sided mixed martial arts cage known as the SmartCage, and adhere to the unified rules of mixed martial arts, with the exception of the prohibition of elbow strikes. The PFL's inaugural event took place on June 7, 2018 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. At the end, each champion of the six weight classes wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
