The PFL will continue its 2024 season in June with events in three new locations. The promotion wraps up the first half of the regular season Friday in Chicago. But after a two-month break, the fighters in six divisions will be back looking to lock in postseason positions. 2024 PFL 4 will take place June 13, a Thursday, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. That location was a regular stop for Bellator before that promotion was bought by the PFL, but the PFL will be hosting an event there for the first time. Heavyweights and women’s flyweights will be in action at that event. At heavyweigh ..read more

Jake Paul appears to be very serious about making his MMA debut for the PFL. YouTuber-turned-pro boxer Paul (9-1) takes on Mike Tyson (50-6) on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. The event will stream live on Netflix. After lacing up the gloves against boxing legend Tyson, Paul wants to make his MMA debut. He has his eyes set on either Jorge Masvidal or Nate Diaz, who meet in a 10-round, 175-pound boxing match June 1 at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. “I’m being so serious when I say that I want to fight them in MMA,” Paul said on his “B/S w/ Jake Paul ..read more

2024 PFL 3 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Friday with welterweights and featherweights for the first time in the regular season at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the main event, former Bellator welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) makes his transition to the PFL against the unbeaten Magomed Umalatov (14-0). At featherweight, 2022 $1 million season winner Brendan Loughnane (27-5) missed the playoffs in 2023, but he’ll be looking for redemption when he takes on Bellator transfer Pedro Carvalho (13-8). Complete 2024 PFL 3 results include ..read more

(Editor’s note: This story first published at Boxing Junkie, part of the USA TODAY Network.) Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia have a lot in common but couldn’t be more different. The fighters, who meet for Haney’s 140-pound title on pay-per-view Saturday in Brooklyn, are both 25 and talented. They’re both from California. They both had strong amateur careers, which included six fights against one another. Each of them won three times. And they both have become popular professional fighters, with millions of dollars in their bank accounts as evidence of that. So where are they different? Where do we ..read more

Henry Cejudo doesn’t think Bo Nickal is quite ready for the top after UFC 300. Nickal (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) remained unbeaten when he submitted Cody Brundage (10-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) in Round 2 of Saturday’s main card opener at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Nickal gave himself two thumbs down for his performance, but Cejudo still sees championship potential in the standout wrestler – just not right now. “Don’t put that pressure on you, if you’re disappointed in your performance, because quite honestly, I do believe you could be a future champ at 185 pounds – but you are not ready for the top 10,” Cejud ..read more

The PFL regular season continues Friday with PFL 2024, Week 3, and all fights are now locked in after the official weigh-ins. The event, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, features light heavyweights and lightweights in their first fights of the season. In the main event, former Bellator welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) makes his transition to the PFL against the unbeaten Magomed Umalatov (14-0). At featherweight, 2022 $1 million season winner Brendan Loughnane (27-5) missed the playoffs in 2023, but he’ll be looking for redemption when he takes on Bel ..read more

If Ilia Topuria holds to his recent stipulation for a title fight with Max Holloway, it would run counter to the idea behind what Topuria wants to get his hands on to begin with, Holloway thinks. UFC featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) said after this past Saturday’s hyper-dramatic UFC 300 “BMF” title win by Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) that it’s likely the former champ had earned another title shot. But then Topuria said he only would grant Holloway a chance to win the belt if the “BMF” belt Holloway got against Justin Gaethje was up for grabs, too. And while that may seem lik ..read more

Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa will throw down in a pivotal middleweight clash in the UFC 302 co-main event. Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa preview Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC), who dethroned Israel Adesanya to become champion, lost his middleweight title in a close decision to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 297 in January – a fight he thought he won. Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) will also look to rebound. After outlasting Luke Rockhold in a Fight of the Night war at UFC 278, Costa dropped an entertaining decision to Robert Whittaker at UFC 298 in February. Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa prelimin ..read more

The PFL’s final event of the first half of its regular season has arrived with welterweights and featherweights. 2024 PFL 3 (ESPN2/ESPN+) takes place Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the headliner, former Bellator welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) makes the move to the PFL and takes on the unbeaten Magomed Umalatov (14-0). In the co-main event, 2022 PFL $1 million featherweight winner Brendan Loughnane (27-5) meets former Bellator title challenger Pedro Carvalho (13-8). The latest episode of the PFL’s fight week video blog series follows some of the event’s key fighter ..read more

The PFL wraps up the first half of its 2024 regular season with welterweights and featherweights in action at the third of three straight weeks of events. PFL 2024, Week 3 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.) Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below ..read more