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The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, will be hosting two major back-to-back 2022 Playoffs in Cardiff and London in the United Kingdom on August in partnership with Live Nation, the world's largest music and entertainment promoter. Mixed martial arts (MMA) fans in the UK will experience for the first time the greatest fighters on the planet compete in the PFL's win-and-advance season format. The 2022 PFL Playoffs will kick off in New York City on Friday, August 5 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, before the league heads over the Atlantic to Cardiff, Wales on Saturday, August 13 at the Motorpoint Arena, with the final playoff event taking place at London's Copperbox Arena on Saturday, August 20.
"We're thrilled to announce our international partnership with Live Nation as the world's top music and entertainment promoter makes its move into the world's fastest growing sport. MMA fans in the United Kingdom will experience PFL's star fighters battle it out for a shot at the PFL World Championship and the US$6 million dollar prize money," said PFL CEO Peter Murray. "We're delighted to partner with the Professional Fighters League to deliver their first U.K. events this Summer. The PFL is a global brand in combat sports with an elite roster of athletes, the U.K. is excited and ready for this and it's long overdue," said Live Nation UK Vice President for Sports and Family Entertainment Sean Ryman. The pathway to the 2022 PFL World Championships and US$1 million purse that comes with it will begin with a field of 24 fighters across six divisions. Each of the three Playoff events will feature the top-four fighters across two weight divisions battling to earn a spot in the final – the biggest night in MMA – with no other sports league able to match the thrilling action in this win-and-advance, lose-and-go-home format.
The second half of the 2022 PFL Regular Season begins Friday, June 17 from OTE Arena at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, with additional events on June 24 and July 1. PFL is the #2 MMA company worldwide by all key metrics, including distribution reach, broadcast and streaming audience per event, and fighter roster quality. The PFL talent roster is world-class with 25% of the fighters independently ranked in the top-25 of their respective weight class including 2x PFL Champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III, former Bellator Champions Rory MacDonald and Julia Budd, and former UFC Champion Anthony Pettis.
