OFFICIAL: @BiaggioAli1234,
Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Signs Contract with the Professional
Fighters League! pic.twitter.com/UUQB6EpXO1— PFL (@PFLMMA)
September 14, 2022
Professional Fighters League is hoping to tap into a legendary
legacy with its latest addition.
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The promotion announced Wednesday that it has signed Biaggio Ali
Walsh, the grandson of boxing great Muhammad Ali. Walsh is
currently an amateur MMA fighter and is expected to compete on the
undercard of the PFL Championships on Nov. 25 against an as yet to
be announced opponent. He is expected to eventually make his
professional debut under the PFL banner, as well.
“The Professional Fighters League is committed to growing the
league and the sport of MMA, it is incumbent upon us to look for
the future stars of our sport, we have found one of those stars in
Biaggio” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “We are excited to watch
Biaggio’s journey from amateur to professional on the world stage
with the PFL.”
The 24-year-old Walsh was born in Chicago and attended high school
in Las Vegas. He began training MMA in 2020 at Xtreme Couture. His
brother, Nico Ali Walsh, is an undefeated middleweight boxer.
“I want to thank Professional Fighters League for their support and
confidence in me. I can’t wait to enter the PFL SmartCage,” he
said. “I have a legacy to live up to, a legacy that my grandfather
began, that my brother and I continue, I chose to continue that
legacy here in the Professional Fighters League. My one and only
goal is to one day become a PFL World Champion.”
The PFL Championships will feature fighters in six weight classes
vying for a $1 million prize. A venue has not been announced for
the event, but it will likely be headlined by a women’s lightweight
tilt pitting Kayla
Harrison against Larissa
Pacheco.