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PFL Austin results: Johnny Eblen wins interim title with KO finish

BAD MMA News — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:30:56 +0000

Johnny “Pressure” Eblen became the PFL Interim Middleweight World Champion in the main event at PFL Austin after closing the rivalry with Impa “Tshilobo” Kasanganay as he landed big punches to score a thrilling third round knockout.

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Costello van Steenis reacts to Johnny Eblen’s call for rematch, ‘lucky’ comments after viral submission to win PFL title

BAD MMA News — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Costello van Steenis and Johnny Eblen | Matt Ferris, PFL New PFL champion Costello van Steenis knows he’ll fight Johnny Eblen again after his Hail Mary submission win at PFL Africa , but it may not be next—and if Eblen had survived those final 10 seconds, van Steenis feels the rematch storyline would look much different on Eblen’s side. Van Steenis choked Eblen unconscious in the final seconds of their main event championship fight this past Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa

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Costello van Steenis reacts to Johnny Eblen’s call for rematch, ‘lucky’ comments after viral submission to win PFL title – MMA Fighting

Johnny Eblen demands immediate championship rematch with ‘lucky’ Costello van Steenis

BAD MMA News — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Johnny Eblen and Costello van Steenis | Matt Ferris, PFL Johnny Eblen wants to run it back with Costello van Steenis right away.

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PFL Africa Results: Eblen vs. Van Steenis

BAD MMA News — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Johnny Eblen and Costello van Steenis will clash for a PFL title on Saturday afternoon. | PFL MMA Fighting has PFL Africa results for the Eblen vs.

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Ex-Turner executive John Martin takes over as PFL CEO

BAD MMA News — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000

The PFL has a new chief executive officer. On Thursday, the PFL announced that John Martin would be taking over as CEO after Peter Murray previously served in that role with the fight promotion. There’s no word on why Murray is out, but Martin takes over after an extensive career working in broadcast television.

Ex-Turner executive John Martin takes over as PFL CEO – MMA Fighting

Town Hall Q&A with PFL’s Jonathan Coachman

BAD MMA News — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:30:00 +0000

Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images PFL spokesperson and broadcaster Jonathan Coachman joins us for a special town hall with the MMA Fighting community. Heading into 2025, the promotion made significant changes to the format, while also parting ways with a number of highly-touted fighters and former world champions such as Patricio Pitbull , Patchy Mix , and Aaron Pico

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The 25 greatest Bellator fighters who never fought in the UFC

BAD MMA News — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:34:25 +0000

The official end of Bellator MMA (originally known as Bellator Fighting Championships from its debut in 2009 through 2012), coupled with the constant news of former Bellator fighters expressing their discontent with the PFL, has definitely brought on a wave of nostalgia for me – perhaps a bigger wave than I would have imagined. I’m extremely grateful for my time as a Bellator play-by-play commentator, which spanned 127 events and (somehow) exactly 1,250 fights from 2010 through 2015. One to never keep track of things like this, I went back and counted for this article. Even though I had already commentated Pride and M1 Global, when Bellator founder Bjorn Rebney hired me in November 2009, he gave me a gig that fully shifted me from being a soccer commentator to a fight commentator – which is exactly what I wanted, and for which I will always be extremely grateful. The announcement of Patricio Freire – arguably the greatest fighter in Bellator history and inarguably the fighter with the best-ever Bellator career – signing with the UFC definitely created a conversation about which other Bellator alumni could soon make this move. This also has opened up discussions about which now-retired Bellator greats could have gone to the UFC had they been given the chance, or seized the opportunity presented.

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Dan Hardy: No shortage of 2025 PFL fighters who could hang in UFC right now

BAD MMA News — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:43:40 +0000

Dan Hardy is confident many of the PFL’s top stars would succeed in the UFC. The PFL analyst specifically referred to Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov ’s (19-0) successful title defense against Paul Hughes (13-2) in the main event of PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series in January, which turned out to be one of the more exciting and competitive fights of the year so far. Hardy also likes undefeated Bellator champion Johnny Eblen ’s (16-0) chances against any UFC middleweight. “The UFC is such a strong brand and they really do dominate the sport,” Hardy told MMA Junkie Radio. “It’s easy for fans to look outside of the UFC and go, ‘These fighters aren’t good enough, otherwise they would be in the UFC.’ We all know that’s the case. We’ve got the likes of Paul Hughes now signed up and had a fantastic bout against Usman Nurmagomedov.

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Top 20 Undefeated MMA Fighters – Part Two

BAD MMA News — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:42:34 +0000

In part one of this two-part series, I gave my list of undefeated fighters, 11 through 20 . Here, in part two, you will see my list of top 10 undefeated fighters, which consists of many champions and title contenders. Top 10 Undefeated Fighters 1. Ilia Topuria (16-0, 8-0 UFC) Ilia Topuria made his pro debut in April of 2015 in his home country of Spain. Fighting out of Spain, by way of Georgia, Topuria went 7-0 on the regional scene including two first-round victories for the Brave CF organization in 2019

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Video: Is Cris Cyborg the No. 1 P4P in women’s MMA? What’s next for A.J. McKee? More on PFL: Battle of the Giants

BAD MMA News — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:28:57 +0000

A lot happened outside the heavyweight main event at PFL: Battle of the Giants. This past Saturday, MMA legend Cris Cyborg returned to the cage to add yet another belt to her decorated career. She did so by defeating Larissa Pacheco in a hard-fought unanimous decision win. Cyborg wasn’t the lone champion in the card as Johnny Eblen defended his Bellator middleweight title against Fabian Edwards . Bellator star A.J

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Video: Is Cris Cyborg the No. 1 P4P in women’s MMA? What’s next for A.J. McKee? More on PFL: Battle of the Giants – MMA Junkie