BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » pfl 2 https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 PFL 2 Results: Larissa Pacheco defeats Julia Budd https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-results-larissa-pacheco-defeats-julia-budd.html https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-results-larissa-pacheco-defeats-julia-budd.html#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2023 07:52:05 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-results-larissa-pacheco-defeats-julia-budd.html The Professional Fighters League (PFL) resumed with the 2023 PFL Regular Season, live from The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas. The ten-fight card featured the Heavyweight and Women’s Featherweight divisions, with statement wins from Larissa Pacheco , Bruno Cappelozza, Olena Kolesnyk and Rizvan Kuniev.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-results-larissa-pacheco-defeats-julia-budd.html/feed 0 PFL 2, 2023 Full Video Highlights and Results https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-2023-full-video-highlights-and-results.html https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-2023-full-video-highlights-and-results.html#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2023 07:52:03 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-2023-full-video-highlights-and-results.html The Professional Fighters League continued their 2023 Regular Season with PFL 2, which featured bouts in the Women’s Featherweight and Heavyweight divisions.  The main event saw 2022 PFL Women’s Lightweight Champion Larissa Pacheco grind out a unanimous decision victory over women’s MMA pioneer Julia “The Jewel” Budd . The co-main event saw the return of 2021 PFL Heavyweight Champion Bruno Cappelozza, who rocketed up the Heavyweight standings with a first-round TKO victory over Matheus Scheffel in a 2022 Regular Season rematch.  In an Amateur Lightweight showcase bout, Biaggio Ali Walsh improved to 2-0 inside the PFL SmartCage with a first-round TKO win over Isaiah Figueroa. The undercard also saw some exciting stoppages, with Amber Leibrock and Maurice Greene both scoring massive TKO wins.  PFL 2, 2023 Video Highlights PFL 2, 2023 Official Results ESPN 2 Card Women’s Featherweight: Larissa Pacheco def. Julia Budd by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) Heavyweight:  Bruno Cappelozza def.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/pfl-2-2023-full-video-highlights-and-results.html/feed 0 Kenny Florian looking forward to PFL’s ‘bananas’ welterweight division the most https://www.badmma.com/kenny-florian-looking-forward-to-pfls-bananas-welterweight-division-the-most.html https://www.badmma.com/kenny-florian-looking-forward-to-pfls-bananas-welterweight-division-the-most.html#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:39:43 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/kenny-florian-looking-forward-to-pfls-bananas-welterweight-division-the-most.html PFL’s newest addition to the broadcast team, Kenny Florian , is looking forward to calling one division in particular. Florian, who will commentate the 2021 season alongside UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture and 2018 PFL light heavyweight champion Sean O’Connell, is excited for the stacked welterweight division. The Season 1 “Ultimate Fighter” finalist and three-time UFC title challenger is especially high on 2018 PFL champ Magomed Magomedkerimov, and he’s intrigued to see how he stacks up against this season’s talent. “I think the PFL’s welterweight division is pretty bananas,” Florian told MMA Junkie Radio. “There’s a ton of good guys in that division. Magomed Magomedkerimov is someone who kind of reminds me of Fedor (Emelianenko) in his prime back in the day.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/kenny-florian-looking-forward-to-pfls-bananas-welterweight-division-the-most.html/feed 0 Inside Kayla Harrison’s journey from Olympic gold medalist to MMA’s next hope https://www.badmma.com/inside-kayla-harrisons-journey-from-olympic-gold-medalist-to-mmas-next-hope.html https://www.badmma.com/inside-kayla-harrisons-journey-from-olympic-gold-medalist-to-mmas-next-hope.html#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:54:13 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/inside-kayla-harrisons-journey-from-olympic-gold-medalist-to-mmas-next-hope.html (This story first appeared on  For The Win , a fellow USA TODAY Sports site.) CHICAGO — Wearing a pair of flip flops, Kayla Harrison hops over puddles as rain flits down onto State Street and the men and women making their Friday morning commute. About 13 hours earlier, Harrison had been down the street, locked in a cage at the Chicago Theatre, taking on her first MMA opponent. She has a small cut on her lip, but it’s hardly noticeable as she sips her iced coffee. Not that anything about her is noticeable to the people in this Starbucks; she’s fit, yes, and wearing MMA gear, but nobody stops to look at her. She’s an Olympic gold medalist who broke barriers for her country, but that has only ever lent her minimal celebrity

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/inside-kayla-harrisons-journey-from-olympic-gold-medalist-to-mmas-next-hope.html/feed 0 Stream or download MMAjunkie Radio #2711 with MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes https://www.badmma.com/stream-or-download-mmajunkie-radio-2711-with-mmajunkie-columnist-ben-fowlkes.html https://www.badmma.com/stream-or-download-mmajunkie-radio-2711-with-mmajunkie-columnist-ben-fowlkes.html#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:53:44 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/stream-or-download-mmajunkie-radio-2711-with-mmajunkie-columnist-ben-fowlkes.html Stream or download Monday’s episode of MMAjunkie Radio with guest Ben Fowlkes. MMAjunkie columnist Fowlkes shared his thoughts on everything from Bellator to PFL to what’s next for Josh Barnett. The hosts also recapped UFC Fight Night 132 in Singapore. You can stream the episode over at  AudioBoom.com . You also can watch a replay below.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/stream-or-download-mmajunkie-radio-2711-with-mmajunkie-columnist-ben-fowlkes.html/feed 0 Pros and cons for those ready to jump on the Kayla Harrison bandwagon https://www.badmma.com/pros-and-cons-for-those-ready-to-jump-on-the-kayla-harrison-bandwagon.html https://www.badmma.com/pros-and-cons-for-those-ready-to-jump-on-the-kayla-harrison-bandwagon.html#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:47:54 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/pros-and-cons-for-those-ready-to-jump-on-the-kayla-harrison-bandwagon.html Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Decorated judoka puts her Olympic medals to the side and jumps into MMA, winning via armbar in the first round before dazzling the assembled media with her easy, natural charisma. Considering our track record with this particular narrative in this particular sport, it would be easy to get way too hyped about Kayla Harrison , and way too soon. Thanks to her victorious pro debut at PFL 2 last week, the gold medal-winning judoka is now 1-0 as an MMA fighter. But one win over an opponent with a losing record does not a career make, and we ought to know it by now

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/pros-and-cons-for-those-ready-to-jump-on-the-kayla-harrison-bandwagon.html/feed 0 Trading Shots: Did PFL outdo the UFC this week? More importantly, how much would it matter? https://www.badmma.com/trading-shots-did-pfl-outdo-the-ufc-this-week-more-importantly-how-much-would-it-matter.html https://www.badmma.com/trading-shots-did-pfl-outdo-the-ufc-this-week-more-importantly-how-much-would-it-matter.html#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2018 02:18:00 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/trading-shots-did-pfl-outdo-the-ufc-this-week-more-importantly-how-much-would-it-matter.html On a week in which PFL arguably put on a better and more accessible event than the UFC, what does it take for competing MMA organizations to steal some of the spotlight from the industry leader? Retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes joins MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes to discuss in this week’s Trading Shots.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/trading-shots-did-pfl-outdo-the-ufc-this-week-more-importantly-how-much-would-it-matter.html/feed 0 As Thiago Tavares plans appeal of bizarre PFL 2 loss, longtime manager calls for Illinois rule change https://www.badmma.com/as-thiago-tavares-plans-appeal-of-bizarre-pfl-2-loss-longtime-manager-calls-for-illinois-rule-change.html https://www.badmma.com/as-thiago-tavares-plans-appeal-of-bizarre-pfl-2-loss-longtime-manager-calls-for-illinois-rule-change.html#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2018 19:58:58 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/as-thiago-tavares-plans-appeal-of-bizarre-pfl-2-loss-longtime-manager-calls-for-illinois-rule-change.html This past Thursday’s PFL 2 event in Chicago featured one of the most bizarre finishes in recent memory, but one the Illinois State Athletic Commission insists was ruled correctly. Longtime MMA manager Alex Davis believes that needs to change. The contest in question saw featherweights Robert Watley (11-1) and Thiago Tavares (22-8-1) clash in each of their first regular season contest for the PFL’s inaugural season.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/as-thiago-tavares-plans-appeal-of-bizarre-pfl-2-loss-longtime-manager-calls-for-illinois-rule-change.html/feed 0 Will Brooks happy to be reunited with winning, but knew Firmino would be tough out at PFL 2 https://www.badmma.com/will-brooks-happy-to-be-reunited-with-winning-but-knew-firmino-would-be-tough-out-at-pfl-2.html https://www.badmma.com/will-brooks-happy-to-be-reunited-with-winning-but-knew-firmino-would-be-tough-out-at-pfl-2.html#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2018 04:17:53 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/will-brooks-happy-to-be-reunited-with-winning-but-knew-firmino-would-be-tough-out-at-pfl-2.html CHICAGO – To say Will Brooks really needed a win is probably understating things. Brooks was one of the hottest things in the lightweight division when he was Bellator’s lightweight champion. He vacated his belt there and went to the UFC, but after a debut win he was finished in three straight fights and found himself looking for work elsewhere. In the main event of Thursday’s second event for the new Professional Fighters League, Brooks (19-4) outworked fellow UFC vet Luiz Firmino (20-9) for a unanimous decision in front of his home fans in Chicago. “It was definitely one of those things like, ‘Winning … I miss you so much!’” Brooks told MMAjunkie after the fight. “It took us a little bit to get back together, but we’re back

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/will-brooks-happy-to-be-reunited-with-winning-but-knew-firmino-would-be-tough-out-at-pfl-2.html/feed 0 Sean O’Connell gives thanks to PFL for shot at two kinds of career resurgence https://www.badmma.com/sean-oconnell-gives-thanks-to-pfl-for-shot-at-two-kinds-of-career-resurgence.html https://www.badmma.com/sean-oconnell-gives-thanks-to-pfl-for-shot-at-two-kinds-of-career-resurgence.html#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2018 03:15:58 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/sean-oconnell-gives-thanks-to-pfl-for-shot-at-two-kinds-of-career-resurgence.html CHICAGO – Sean O’Connell thought he was probably done with his fighting career. Then the Professional Fighters League came along and gave him a boost not just in the cage, but outside it, as well. O’Connell (18-9) knocked out Ronny Markes (18-6) early in the second round Thursday at PFL 2 in Chicago.

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