2022 Professional Fighters League season

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2022 Professional Fighters League season
GenreSports
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkESPN
Original releaseApril 20, 2022 (2022-April-20)
Chronology
Preceded byPFL (2021 season)

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[]

Division Upper weight limit Champion Date
Heavyweight 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st)
Light Heavyweight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Welterweight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Men's Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Women's Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.5 st)

PFL Challenger Series[]

See also: 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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

2022 Contract Winners:

HW: Adam Keresh[5]

LHW: Bruce Souto[6]

WW: Jarrah Al Silawa, Chris Mixan was signed to a development league contract[7]

LW: Bruno Miranda[8]

W LW: Martina Jindrová[9]

FW: Boston Salmon[10]

Events[]

As part off a new multi-year deal with ESPN, 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.[11][12][13]

# Event Date Venue Location
34 November 25, 2022 TBD TBD
33 August 20, 2022 TBD TBD
32 August 13, 2022 TBD TBD
31 August 5, 2022 TBD TBD
30 July 1, 2022 TBD Atlanta, Georgia, United States
29 June 24, 2022
28 June 17, 2022
27 May 6, 2022 Esports Stadium Arlington Arlington, Texas, United States
26 PFL 2 April 28, 2022
25 PFL 1 April 20, 2022

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.[14]

Heavyweight[]

Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[15]
Brazil Bruno Cappelozza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia Denis Goltsov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia Ali Isaev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Klidson Abreu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Renan Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Croatia Ante Delija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tonga Sam Kei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Jamelle Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Matheus Scheffel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England Stuart Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Light heavyweight[]

Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[16]
Brazil Antônio Carlos Júnior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Delan Monte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Marthin Hamlet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina Emiliano Sordi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Josh Silveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania Teodoras Aukštuolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia Omari Akhmedov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic Viktor Pešta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Bruce Souto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Rob Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0'

Lightweight[]

Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[17]
Brazil Raush Manfio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa Don Madge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland Myles Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Jeremy Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Natan Schulte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paraguay Alex Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Anthony Pettis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland Stevie Ray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Clay Collard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Featherweight[]

Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[18]
England Brendan Loughnane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan Ryoji Kudo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Bubba Jenkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Boston Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Chris Wade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea Sung Bin Jo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico Alejandro Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Sheymon Moraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States Lance Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany Saba Bolaghi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Broadcast[]

On January 26, 2022, it was announced that PFL had extended their broadcast deal with ESPN. The contract extension included the seven events planned for the 2022 season, which would be broadcast on the main ESPN channel and simulcast on ESPN+.[19]

The 2022 PFL season will be broadcast by RMC Sport in France.[20] Both the 2022 PFL season and the inagurual PFL Challenger Series will be broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[21]

See also[]

References[]

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  5. ^ Sherdog.com. "Professional Fighters League Signs Adam Keresh Following PFL Challenger Series 6 Stoppage". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. ^ Leonte, Tudor (18 February 2022). "Bruce Souto Takes Contract After Highlight-Reel KO at PFL Challenger Series 1". sherdog.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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  8. ^ Sherdog.com. "Bruno Miranda Wins Contract at Professional Fighters League Challenger Series 5". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. ^ Knapp, Brian (4 March 2022). "Martina Jindrova Awarded Professional Fighters League Contact at PFL Challenger Series 3". sherdog.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. ^ Staff (2022-03-11). "PFL Challenger Series 4 Full Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  11. ^ "PFL announces multi-year renewal with ESPN; 2022 season kicks off on April 20". MMA Junkie. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  12. ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2022-01-25). "PFL announces multi-year broadcast deal with ESPN". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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  14. ^ "2021 Official Rules" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-07.
  15. ^ The eight fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
  16. ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
  17. ^ The eight fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
  18. ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
  19. ^ Dixon, Ed (26 January 2022). "PFL stays on ESPN in expanded broadcast rights deal". sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  20. ^ Dixon, Ed (9 February 2022). "PFL adds RMC Sport in latest broadcast rights deal". sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Professional Fighters League Announces Exclusive Media Partnership With Channel 4". finance.yahoo.com. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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