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TOP POUND-FOR-POUND FIGHTER AND BELLATOR MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION GEGARD MOUSASI TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST UNDEFEATED JOHNNY EBLEN ON SHOWTIME

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 CARD WILL ALSO FEATURE THE REMAINING BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL FIGHTS

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The Professional Fighters League has announced the complete line-up for the promotion’s August 13th event, which will kick off the 2021 playoffs.

The card will feature action in the lightweight and welterweight divisions, and will be headlined … Read More

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Bellator has announced the promotion is returning to London, England for a card this fall, and it will feature a rematch between Douglas Lima and Michael Page.

The event will take place on October 1st at the … Read More

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The Professional Fighters League has announced the semifinal brackets for the promotion’s 2021, playoffs.

The playoffs will get underway on events on Aug. 13, and will continue on August 19 and 27 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel … Read More

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The BELLATOR MMA Middleweight World Championship will be up for grabs on Friday, August 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena when current 185-pound titlist Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) defends his belt against No. 1-ranked John Salter (18-4).

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The fifth card of the PFL’s 2021 campaign will take place on Thursday, and it will feature the final bouts for the welterweight and light-heavyweight regular seasons.

Headlining the card will be a fight between former Bellator … Read More

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The Professional Fighters League has announced the final, regular season match-ups for the welterweight and light-heavyweight divisions. The bouts will be part of the PFL’s June 17 card in Atlantic City.

Here are the bouts that have … Read More

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Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, today announced the signing of Cynthia Vanessa Vescan, one of the most talented female freestyle wrestlers in the world. The 29-year old … Read More

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The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced the completion of a $65 million financing round, bringing total funding of the company to $175 million. The new investment capital raised … Read More

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The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, today announced its welterweight and light heavyweight rosters for the 2021 regular season, which begins April 23 on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes … Read More

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Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship format, today announced that the 2021 PFL Season will begin April 23 on ESPN2. The remaining Regular Season events … Read More

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Gegard Mousasi and Douglas Lima haven’t been able to fight for Bellator’s vacant middleweight title yet. But, it looks like that could change before the year is up.

The welterweight champ Lima was expected to face the … Read More

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Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship format, today rolled out a new OTT platform, providing fight fans with access to hundreds of hours of premium … Read More

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Douglas Lima is expected to fight Gegard Mousasi for Bellator’s vacant middleweight title this summer, and the welterweight champ plans to defend both titles if he becomes the promotion’s last champ-champ.

Lima was scheduled to fight Mousasi … Read More

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With May fast approaching, and the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, the Professional Fighters League has announced it’s 2020 season will not take place.

Recently the tournament-based promotion released the statement below:

“In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the … Read More

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A middleweight superfight for the vacant 185-pound title, pitting former divisional champion Gegard Mousasi (46-7-2) against current Bellator welterweight titleholder Douglas Lima (32-7), has been added to Bellator’s exciting return to SAP Center at San Jose on … Read More

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Bellator is proud to announce that welterweight champion Douglas Lima (32-7) and flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0) will continue to compete inside the Bellator cage after signing exclusive multi-year, multi-fight extensions to remain with the ViacomCBS-owned promotion.… Read More

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The only person to beat Michael Page to date is Douglas Lima, and “Venom” is confident he”ll get a chance to avenge that loss.

Page faced Lima this past year in May, and was knocked out by … Read More

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Having reclaimed Bellator’s welterweight title, Douglas Lima is targeting the promotion’s middleweight belt.

Lima won Bellator’s 170 belt for the third time last October, by defeating Rory MacDonald via unanimous decision. Lima’s second run as champion was … Read More

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Douglas Lima knows that the chances of him fighting Kamaru Usman anytime soon are slim to none. But, Bellator’s welterweight king is confident if he ever faces the UFC’s current, 170 champ, he would be victorious.

Lima … Read More