All six reigning PFL champions will aim to repeat next season.
The promotion announced this week that [autotag]Kayla Harrison[/autotag], [autotag]Lance Palmer[/autotag], [autotag]Natan Schulte[/autotag], [autotag]Ray Cooper III[/autotag], [autotag]Emiliano Sordi[/autotag] and [autotag]Ali Isaev[/autotag] will return to be part of the 2020 season as they look to earn another $1 million.
Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Harrison, who remains undefeated in MMA at 7-0, claimed the PFL lightweight title last season with a unanimous decision win over Larissa Pacheco in the finals. Back-to-back champs, featherweight Palmer (22-3) and lightweight Schulte (20-3-1) are yet to lose in PFL.
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Light heavyweight champ Sordi (22-8) became the first Argentinian fighter to win a championship in MMA, finishing every fight last season. Welterweight champ Cooper (20-7-1) found redemption in 2019 after falling short in the 2018 finals by finishing UFC veteran David Michaud in the finals last December.
Former Olympic freestyle wrestler Isaev (9-0) claimed the heavyweight title with a fourth-round finish over ex-UFC fighter Jared Rosholt. The unbeaten Russian’s run also included a last-second stoppage win over Denis Goltsov.
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