PFL Regular Season Opens April 20th on ESPN
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— PFL (@PFLMMA)
March 22, 2022
The matchups are official for
Professional Fighters League’s 2022 season opening event.
The card, which spotlights lightweights and light heavyweights,
will be headlined by a lightweight clash between 2021 champion
Raush
Manfio and two-time UFC veteran Don Madge. PFL
1: 2022 Regular Season takes place at ESports Stadium in Arlington,
Texas, on April 20 and will also see ex-UFC champ Anthony
Pettis face PFL newcomer Myles Price
in a 155-pound co-main event.
The rest of the main card, which airs on ESPN beginning at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT, will see defending light heavyweight champion
Antonio
Carlos Jr. square off against Delan
Monte, while UFC vets Jeremy
Stephens and Clay
Collard will lock horns in another lightweight tilt.
The main card will be preceded by a six-bout preliminary draw on
ESPN and ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m PT. The prelim bouts are as
follows: Emiliano
Sordi vs. Joshua
Silveira at light heavyweight; Olivier
Aubin-Mercier vs. TBA at lightweight; Marthin
Hamlet vs. Teodoras
Aukstuolis at light heavyweight; Omari
Akhmedov vs. Viktor
Pesta at light heavyweight; Rob
Wilkinson vs. Bruce Souto
at light heavyweight and Alexander
Martinez vs. Steven Ray at
lightweight.
“The highly anticipated 2022 PFL season kicks off April 20 on ESPN
and ESPN+ in the U.S. and will be distributed internationally to
over 160 countries on premium sports platforms,” said PFL CEO Peter
Murray. “We are excited to deliver fans our next-gen product as
well as the opportunity to follow the season-long journeys of our
returning PFL Champions and top-ranked fighters from around the
world compete in MMA’s most challenging and rewarding
format.”