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WSOF 23
World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II was a mixed martial arts event to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on Fight Network in Canada. Background The main event was a rematch for the WSOF Lightweight Championship between champion and Arizona native Justin Gaethje making his third defense of his title against challenger Luis Palomino. Their first fight at WSOF 19 ended in a TKO victory for Gaethje. The co-main event featured the tournament final fight for the inaugural WSOF Light Heavyweight Championship between middleweight champion David Branch and Teddy Holder. This event also was the debut of Chael Sonnen on commentary. The fight between Estevan Payan and Isaac Vallie-Flagg was canceled after Vallie-Flagg sustained an elbow injury. Results Tournament bracket See also * World Series of Fighting * List of WSOF champions * List of WSOF events This is a list of events held and scheduled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series Of Fighting
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by Venture capital, 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#Fighting area, mixed martial arts cage known as the SmartCage, and adhere to the Mixed martial arts rules, unified rules of mixed martial arts, with the exception of the prohibition of Elbow (strike), elbow strikes. The PFL's inaugural event took place on June 7, 2018 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
