Category: PFL

Twitter reacts: MMA community celebrates Father’s Day on social media

It’s Father’s Day 2023, and despite being among the toughest characters in all of sports, MMA fighters aren’t against well wishes.

It’s another Father’s Day, and despite being some of the toughest and most tenacious characters in all of sports, MMA fighters aren’t against well wishes.

Check below to see a collection of tweets and Instagram posts from MMA fighters and personalities across the globe celebrating Father’s Day 2023 on social media.

2023 PFL 5 fighter pay: Aspen Ladd among five six-figure earners

Check out the disclosed 2023 PFL 5 fighter pays released by the state of Georgia.

PFL returned to Atlanta this past Thursday for the second of three shows in consecutive weeks at Overtime Elite Arena.

2023 PFL 5 featured final regular season bouts at heavyweight and women’s featherweight, as well as a showcase fight. In the main event, 2022 PFL heavyweight champion [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] defeated former UFC fighter and Jon Jones teammate [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag].

Also on the card was 2022 PFL women’s lightweight champion [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag], former Bellator women’s featherweight champion [autotag]Julia Budd[/autotag], and former UFC notable [autotag]Aspen Ladd[/autotag].

MMA Junkie acquired a list of the 22 pro athletes’ disclosed payouts Sunday from the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission. The amounts do not include bonuses, sponsorships, or any other discretionary payments.

Six fighters topped the list at $100,000, while all other fighters received five-figure or four-figure payouts.

Scroll below to see the disclosed pay for each 2023 PFL 5 fighter.

Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Travell Miller at 2023 PFL 5: Best photos

Check out these photos from Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Travell Miller at 2023 PFL 5 in Atlanta.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Biaggio Ali Walsh[/autotag]’s amateur victory over Travell Miller at 2023 PFL 5 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)

2023 PFL 5 results: Larissa Pacheco steamrolls, victorious Ante Delija eliminated from playoffs

2023 PFL 5 took place Friday in Atlanta to complete the heavyweight and women’s featherweight playoff brackets.

2023 PFL 5 took place Thursday and MMA Junkie provided live and official results throughout the entire card.

The event featured heavyweights and women’s featherweight bouts that took place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card aired on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.

In the main event, 2022 heavyweight season winner [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] (24-5) took on [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag] (11-8). Delija competed for the first time in 2023 after withdrawing from his first scheduled bout of the season at 2023 PFL 2 in April. At the same event, Greene picked up a second-round stoppage win over Marcelo Nunes to earn five points in the standings.

In the co-feature, 2022 women’s featherweight season winner [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] (21-4) met [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag] (7-8). In her first fight of the season, Pacheco picked up a unanimous decision win over Julia Budd at 2023 PFL 2. Leibrock recorded a first-round finish of Martina Jindrova to earn six points, entering this event as the leader in the division.

Full 2023 PFL 5 results include:

‘You don’t want no smoke’: Watch Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou face off at PFL 5

Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou ran into each other at Friday’s PFL event, and had a few words to exchange.

The [autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] and [autotag]Francis Ngannou[/autotag] saga continues.

The two heavyweight stars ran into each other on Friday at 2023 PFL 5, which went down at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. Ngannou, who’s now with PFL, was there to watch the event and discuss his signing during the broadcast, while Jones was there to corner his teammate Maurice Greene, who competed in the event’s headliner.

When the main event was over, in which Greene lost a unanimous decision to Ante Delija, Jones and Ngannou had somewhat of a tense, yet respectful faceoff. Jones grabbed and sized up Ngannou while saying, ‘You don’t want no smoke.’ The two went back and forth for a bit.

You can watch video of their interaction below:

During their brief interaction, Jones can be heard asking Ngannou if he could handle his jiu-jitsu and wrestling. Ngannou replied that he’s been ready to fight Jones for over a year. The two went back and forth, but ultimately, the moment ended with smiles and a handshake.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 5.

Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5: Best photos

Check out these photos from Larissa Pacheco vs. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 in Atlanta.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag]’s victory over Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)

 

2023 PFL 5 video: Larissa Pacheco overwhelms Amber Leibrock for first-round TKO

Larissa Pacheco returned to her finishing ways at 2023 PFL 5 by stopping Amber Leibrock in the first round.

When [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] is on, she’s simply too much to handle.

In the co-feature bout of 2023 PFL 5, Pacheco (21-4) made quick work of Amber Leibrock (7-5) to clinch the top seed the women’s featherweight standings. The 2022 season winner only needed 45 seconds to end the fight.

From the moment the fight began, Pacheco took control of the cage and began stalking forward with heavy, precise punches. Each connection put Leibrock in a worse position, and Pacheco just continued to pour on the pressure until she sent Leibrock to the canvas to get the first-round stoppage.

Check out video of the entire fight below (via Twitter):

The result knocks Aspen Ladd from the playoffs, who was erroneously announced as having clinched a playoff spot after her second-round finish earlier in the evening.

The women’s featherweight playoff bracket will see Pacheco take on Kolesnyk on one side, while Marina Mokhnatkina takes on Leibrock.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 5.