2022 in Professional Fighters League

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 8. 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]

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]

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]
Denis Goltsov	2	0	0	1	0	0	9
Ante Delija	2	0	0	0	1	0	8
Renan Ferreira	1	0	1	1	0	0	6
Bruno Cappelozza	1	0	1	1	0	0	6
Klidson Abreu	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
Juan Adams	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Matheus Scheffel	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Sam Kei	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shelton Graves	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Maurice Greene	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Adam Keresh	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cody Goodale	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jamelle Jones	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Stuart Austin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

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Light Heavyweight

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

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Welterweight

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

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Lightweight

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Fighter	Wins	Draws	Losses	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points[21]
Anthony Pettis	1	0	1	1	0	0	6
Olivier Aubin-Mercier	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
Alex Martinez	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
Stevie Ray	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Raush Manfio	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
Natan Schulte	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Clay Collard	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Jeremy Stephens	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Myles Price	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Marcin Held	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Don Madge	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

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Women's Lightweight

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Fighter	Wins	Draws	Losses	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points[22]
Larissa Pacheco	2	0	0	2	0	0	12
Kayla Harrison	2	0	0	1	0	0	9
Martina Jindrová	2	0	0	1	0	0	9
Olena Kolesnyk	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
Marina Mokhnatkina	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Julia Budd	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Abigail Montes	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vanessa Melo	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Zamzagul Fayzallanova	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Kaitlin Young	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Genah Fabian	1	0	1	0	0	0	-1

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Featherweight

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

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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]

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