Qualified Fighters League is returning to New York.
The 1st PFL playoff celebration is established to be held at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Sq. Backyard garden on Aug. 5, CEO Peter Murray informed The Write-up.
“We simply cannot wait to convey back again the finest in MMA to the enthusiasts of New York, the house of the PFL,” Murray reported in a statement to The Article.
PFL has robust hyperlinks to the Empire Point out. The original common-time occasion all through the league’s inaugural campaign was held June 7, 2018, at the Hulu Theater. Two more situations were held that summertime at Nassau Coliseum prior to returning to Manhattan again for the championship event on New Year’s Eve.
The upcoming year, all 3 functions from the first leg of the season went off from Nassau Coliseum right before once more returning to the Hulu Theater for the finale. That marked the past time PFL had arrive to New York as the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the third season, which took location solely in Atlantic City and Hollywood, Fla.
The playoff function in New York is the to start with of three, with the remaining two set for Aug. 13 and 20 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales and Copperbox Arena in London, respectively.
The Nov. 25 championship occasion, also with a location nonetheless to be introduced, will function the finals of each and every of the 6 PFL pounds classes — men’s heavyweight, light-weight heavyweight, welterweight, light-weight and featherweight as perfectly as women’s light-weight. Every single champion earns $1 million.
Very last 7 days, PFL announced that former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez experienced invested in the league and has joined its board of administrators.
“I really like the world-wide attain of MMA,” Rodriguez explained in a statement released by the league. “The PFL carries on to create and innovate for lovers, media, and fighters and there is significant demand from customers in the marketplace.”
Talking with The Put up past week, chairman and co-founder Donn Davis explained that the Sequence E fairness round, led by Waverley Capital, which introduced Rodriguez into the fold would enable the firm to improve in two crucial spots.
“With this new round of funding, we can do world-wide growth,” Davis stated, “and we can launch our Pay out-For every-Look at Tremendous Fight Division.”
Davis mentioned the PPV Tremendous Fight Division would launch in 2023 with two or three “super fights” that would not be held inside the constraints of the league’s trademark period structure.
The new undertaking will mark the end of Kayla Harrison as a competitor in the period structure following this period. The unbeaten two-time PFL winner and previous two-time Olympic judo gold medalist would shift in excess of to the Super Struggle Division.
“This will be her very last yr in the league,” Davis mentioned. “She’ll transfer, and she’s our 1st signing to our Pay back-For every-See Super Fight, and she’ll be on that first card up coming year.”
Davis said athletes would share the PPV profits “50-50.” Cost of the shell out-for each-look at giving was not shared, with Davis indicating “all all those facts are rather early for 2023.”
The regular season resumes on three consecutive Fridays commencing June 17, all at Time beyond regulation Elite Arena in Atlanta. Events will broadcast on ESPN and stream on ESPN+.
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