The PFL begins its 2021 season on Friday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and ends the show with “Showtime”.
Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis makes his PFL debut at the main event at Ocean Casino Resort, competing against a fighter who has made a name for himself in two sports: Clay Collard, a former UFC fighter who has Dedicated to professional boxing and a five-fight winning streak in the boxing ring in 2020.
Their meeting is at the top of a 10-fight lightweight and featherweight map, with each division being represented by a two-time defending champion of the season. Lightweight Natan Schulte takes on PFL newcomer Marcin Held, a veteran of the UFC and Bellator, and Lance Palmer begins his featherweight season against former college wrestling rival Bubba Jenkins.
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The map begins at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN + and continues at 9:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Running its season more like traditional sport than other MMA organizations (including rankings and playoffs), the PFL is returning after a year-long hiatus. The 2021 season is the organization’s third after 2018 and 2019, as the 2020 season has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pettis, who is 34 years old and fights out of his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, won the UFC title in 2013 and ruled until 2015. He has two wins apiece against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and defeated former UFC champion Benson Henderson also Charles Oliveira, who will be going for the UFC belt next month.
Pettis and Collard are among 14 fighters who will make their PFL debut on Friday.
Lightweight: Loik Radzhabov (13-2-1, 2-2-1 PFL) against Alexander Martinez (7-0, 0-0 PFL)
Fight in progress …
How to watch the fights
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Check out the preliminary rounds on ESPN +. Get ESPN + here.
There is also FightCenter which has live updates for every PFL card.
To come …
Lightweight: Anthony Pettis (24-10, 0-0 PFL) versus Clay Collard (18-8, 1 NC; 0-0 PFL)
Lightweight: Natan Schulte (20-3-1, 9-0-1 PFL) against Marcin Held (26-7, 0-0 PFL)
Featherweight: Movlid Khaybulaev (15-0-1, 1-1 PFL) against Lazar Stojadinovic (14-7, 0-0 PFL)
Featherweight: Lance Palmer (22-3, 10-0 PFL) versus Bubba Jenkins (14-4, 0-0 PFL)
Featherweight: Brendan Loughnane (19-3, 0-0 PFL) versus Sheymon Moraes (11-4, 0-0 PFL)
Lightweight: Joilton Lutterbach (34-8, 1 NC; 0-0 PFL) vs. Raush Manfio (11-3, 0-0 PFL)
Lightweight: Akhmed Aliyev (19-6, 2-2 PFL) vs. Mikhail Odintsov (18-2, 0-0 PFL)
Featherweight: Chris Wade (17-6, 5-3 PFL) versus Anthony Dizy (13-3, 0-0 PFL)
Featherweight: Jo Sungbin (9-1, 0-0 PFL) versus Tyler Diamond (11-1, 0-0 PFL)
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