This is a list of events and standings for the Professional Fighters League, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States, for the 2022 season.

2022 world champions

PFL Challenger Series

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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. The PFL Challenger Series will debut on

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. The eight events will stream on consecutive Friday nights starting Feb. 18, and run through March. It will also air on its linear network,

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. 2022 Contract Winners: * HW: ''Adam Keresh'' * LHW: ''Bruce Souto, Simeon Powell was signed to a development league contract'' * WW: ''Jarrah Al Silawa'', ''Chris Mixan'' was signed to a development league contract * LW: ''Bruno Miranda, Alexei Pergande was signed to a development league contract'' * W LW: ''Martina Jindrová'' * FW: ''Boston Salmon''

Events

As part off a new multi-year deal with

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, the first event of the 2022 PFL season will kick off on April 20, 2022. The new deal includes “expanded media rights,” with the entirety of the PFL's 2022 playoffs, as well as the “majority of regular season events” to simulcast on ESPN and ESPN+. Additional event coverage will also be featured on ESPN2.

Playoffs

2022 PFL Heavyweight playoffs

*Bruno Cappelozza was originally scheduled to face Denis Goltsov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #7 ranked Matheus Scheffel. *Denis Goltsov was originally scheduled to face Matheus Scheffel but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #6 ranked

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2022 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs

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was originally scheduled to face Omari Akhmedov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #5 ranked Josh Silveira.

2022 PFL Welterweight playoffs

*Magomed Umalatov was originally scheduled to face Rory MacDonald but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #7 ranked Dilano Taylor.

2022 PFL Lightweight playoffs

2022 PFL Women's Lightweight playoffs

2022 PFL Featherweight playoffs

Standings

The PFL points system is based on results of the match. The winner of a fight receives 3 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. A no-contest will be scored as a draw. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. The bonus for winning in the third round requires a fight be stopped before 4:59 of the third round. No bonus point will be awarded if a fighter wins via decision. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. A decision win will result in three total points. If a fighter misses weight, the opponent (should they comply with weight limits) will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory, regardless of winning or losing the bout, with the fighter who missed weight being deducted 1 standings point; if the non-offending fighter subsequently wins with a stoppage, all bonus points will be awarded. A fighter who was unable to compete for any reason, will receive a 1-point penalty (-1 point in the standings). The fighters who made weight will not receive a walkover, but will earn points and contracted purse amounts based on their performance in the altered matchup.

Heavyweight

Light Heavyweight

Welterweight

Lightweight

Women's Lightweight

Featherweight

Broadcast

On January 26, 2022, it was announced that PFL had extended their broadcast deal with

. The contract extension included the seven events planned for the 2022 season, which would be broadcast on the main ESPN channel and simulcast on

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. The 2022 PFL season will be broadcast by RMC Sport in France. Both the 2022 PFL season and the inagurual PFL Challenger Series will be broadcast by

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in the

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and

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