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2022 in Professional Fighters League
GenreSports
Country of originUnited States
Original release
NetworkESPN
ReleaseApril 20 (2022-April-20) –
November 25, 2022 (2022-November-25)

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 (defending) world champions

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Division Upper weight limit Champion Date
Heavyweight 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) Ante Delija November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)
Light Heavyweight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) Rob Wilkinson November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)
Welterweight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) Sadibou Sy November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)
Men's Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) Olivier Aubin-Mercier November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)
Women's Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) Larissa Pacheco November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)
Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg; 10.5 st) Brendan Loughnane November 25, 2022 (PFL 10)

PFL Challenger Series

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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 streamed on consecutive Friday nights starting Feb. 18 until April 8th. It also aired on its linear network, Fubo Sports Network.[4]

2022 Contract Winners:

  • HW: Adam Keresh[5]
  • LHW: Bruce Souto, Simeon Powell was signed to a development league contract[6][7]
  • WW: Jarrah Al Silawa, Chris Mixan was signed to a development league contract[8]
  • LW: Bruno Miranda, Alexei Pergande was signed to a development league contract[9][10]
  • W LW: Martina Jindrová[11]
  • FW: Boston Salmon[12]

Events

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As part of 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.[13][14][15]

# Event Date Venue Location
10 PFL 10 November 25, 2022 Hulu Theater New York City, New York, U.S.
9 PFL 9 August 20, 2022 Copper Box Arena London, England
8 PFL 8 August 13, 2022 Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales
7 PFL 7 August 5, 2022 Hulu Theater New York City, New York, United States
6 PFL 6 July 1, 2022 Overtime Elite Arena[16] Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5 PFL 5 June 24, 2022
4 PFL 4 June 17, 2022
3 PFL 3 May 6, 2022 Esports Stadium Arlington Arlington, Texas, United States
2 PFL 2 April 28, 2022
1 PFL 1 April 20, 2022

Playoffs

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2022 PFL Heavyweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
2 Croatia Ante Delija TKO
3 Brazil Renan Ferreira 1
2 Croatia Ante Delija TKO
7 Brazil Matheus Scheffel 1
6 United States Juan Adams* 3
7 Brazil Matheus Scheffel* TKO
  • 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 Juan Adams.
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

2022 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 Australia Rob Wilkinson TKO
4 Brazil Delan Monte 1
1 Australia Rob Wilkinson TKO
2 Russia Omari Akhmedov 2
2 Russia Omari Akhmedov UD
5 United States Josh Silveira 3
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

2022 PFL Welterweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 Canada Rory MacDonald 1
7 United States Dilano Taylor* TKO
2 Sweden Sadibou Sy UD
7 United States Dilano Taylor 5
2 Sweden Sadibou Sy DEC
3 Brazil Carlos Leal 3
  • 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.
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

2022 PFL Lightweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 United States Anthony Pettis 3
4 Scotland Stevie Ray UD
4 Scotland Stevie Ray 2
2 Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier KO
2 Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier UD
3 Paraguay Alex Martinez 3
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

2022 PFL Women's Lightweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 Brazil Larissa Pacheco TKO
4 Ukraine Olena Kolesnyk 1
1 Brazil Larissa Pacheco DEC
2 United States Kayla Harrison 5
2 United States Kayla Harrison SUB
3 Czech Republic Martina Jindrová 1
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

2022 PFL Featherweight playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 United States Chris Wade 3
4 England Brendan Loughnane DEC
4 England Brendan Loughnane TKO
3 United States Bubba Jenkins 4
2 Japan Ryoji Kudo 1
3 United States Bubba Jenkins SUB
Legend
(SD)   (Split Decision)
(UD)   (Unanimous Decision)
(MD)   (Majority Decision)
SUB   Submission
(T)KO   (Technical) Knock Out
L   Loss

Standings

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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.[17]

Heavyweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[18]
Russia Denis Goltsov 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
Croatia Ante Delija 2 0 0 0 1 0 8
Brazil Renan Ferreira 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Brazil Bruno Cappelozza 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Brazil Klidson Abreu 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
United States Juan Adams 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Brazil Matheus Scheffel 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Tonga Sam Kei 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States Shelton Graves 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States Maurice Greene 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Israel Adam Keresh 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States Cody Goodale 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States Jamelle Jones 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
England Stuart Austin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Light Heavyweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[19]
Australia Rob Wilkinson 2 0 0 1 1 0 11
Russia Omari Akhmedov 2 0 0 1 1 0 11
Brazil Antônio Carlos Júnior 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
Brazil Delan Monte 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
United States Josh Silveira 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
United States Cory Hendricks 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Norway Marthin Hamlet 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Brazil Bruce Souto 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Lithuania Teodoras Aukštuolis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Argentina Emiliano Sordi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Czech Republic Viktor Pešta 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Welterweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[20]
Canada Rory MacDonald 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Sweden Sadibou Sy 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Brazil Carlos Leal 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Russia Magomed Umalatov 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Russia Magomed Magomedkerimov 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
United States Ray Cooper III 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
United States Dilano Taylor 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jordan Jarrah Al Silawi 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
United States Brett Cooper 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Russia Nikolai Aleksakhin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brazil Gleison Tibau 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brazil João Zeferino 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1

Lightweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[21]
United States Anthony Pettis 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Canada Olivier Aubin-Mercier 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Paraguay Alex Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Scotland Stevie Ray 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Brazil Raush Manfio 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Brazil Natan Schulte 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
United States Clay Collard 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
United States Jeremy Stephens 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Republic of Ireland Myles Price 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Poland Marcin Held 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
South Africa Don Madge 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Women's Lightweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[22]
Brazil Larissa Pacheco 2 0 0 2 0 0 12
United States Kayla Harrison 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
Czech Republic Martina Jindrová 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
Ukraine Olena Kolesnyk 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Russia Marina Mokhnatkina 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Canada Julia Budd 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Mexico Abigail Montes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Brazil Vanessa Melo 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan Zamzagul Fayzallanova 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
United States Kaitlin Young 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
New Zealand Genah Fabian 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1

Featherweight

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Fighter Wins Draws Losses 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Points[23]
United States Chris Wade 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
Japan Ryoji Kudo 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
United States Bubba Jenkins 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
England Brendan Loughnane 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Brazil Sheymon Moraes 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
United States Lance Palmer 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Mexico Alejandro Flores 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
United States Kyle Bochniak 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ago Huskić 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brazil Reinaldo Ekson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States Boston Salmon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Germany Saba Bolaghi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Broadcast

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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+.[24]

The 2022 PFL season will be broadcast by RMC Sport in France.[25] Both the 2022 PFL season and the inagurual PFL Challenger Series will be broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[26]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Stitt, Anthony. "PFL Challenger Series Gearing Up For Debut, With Undiscovered Talent Set To Get A Big Break". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
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  17. ^ "2021 Official Rules" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-07.
  18. ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
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