Professional Fighters League Rings-In New Year With A Record Setting 2018 Championship At Madison Square Garden In NYC To Cap Breakthrough Inaugural Season
5 MILLION MMA FANS ACROSS THE GLOBE INCLUDING HUGE AUDIENCE IN CHINA WATCH 6 NEW PFL CHAMPIONS CROWNED
TOTAL PFL PLAYOFF PRIZE POOL $10 MILLION WITH EACH OF SIX CHAMPIONS EARNING $1M
WASHINGTON,Jan. 4,2019 --The Professional Fighters League (PFL) cappeditsbreakthrough inaugural season on New Year'sEve in New York City with astar-studded,record-breaking2018 Championship Event.With a globalaudience cheering them on,the PFL punctuated its regular season and post season format with a premiere championship event bycrowningsixnew worldchampionswith each taking home an unprecedented $1 million prize.
Middleweight - Louis Taylor (Chicago,IL)via TKO at :33 of the 1stRound
Featherweight – Lance Palmer (Columbus,OH)via unanimous decision
Lightweight –NatanSchulte (Joinville,Brazil)via unanimous decision
Light Heavyweight – Sean O'Connell (Salt Lake City,UT)via TKO5:00of the 3rdRound
Heavyweight –PhilipeLins(Natal,Brazil)via TKO at :33 of the 4thRound
Welterweight -MagomedMagomedkerimov(Russia)via Submissionat 2:18of the 2ndRound
For the 2018 Championship,the PFL saw a record-setting number of fans tune-inwith over 5 millionfans watching in the U.S. on NBCSN and in the rest of the world on Facebook Watch as well as on select international sports networks. In addition to the millions of passionate PFLfans who watched via broadcast and digital streaming,the League had over 15,000fans participate in the first-everDraftKings2018 World Championship Pick 'EmStyle Fantasy Game.
The League'sNew Year's Eve event also featured two-time gold medalist,Kayla Harrison who remains undefeated and is the number one ranked 155 pound MMA female athlete in the world.
"The PFL Championship on New Year's Eve from Madison Square Garden was an exclamation point on our fantastic inaugural season of reimagining MMA with the first-ever sport season format of individual fighters competing in regular season,playoffs,and championship," said Peter Murray,CEO of the PFL. "Over 5 million fans around the world watched as 6 great fighters earned championship titles and became instant millionaires. Despite the excitement of 2018,the PFL is just getting started,and look for new announcements as we continue to innovate for MMA fans in 2019."
Further details on the PFL's 2019 season will be announced in the coming weeks.
About Professional Fighters League
The Professional Fighters League(PFL)presents MMA for the first time in the sport format where individual fighters compete in a regularseason,and championship. PFL Seasonhas72 Elite MMA athletes across 6 weight-classes,with each fighting twiceinthe PFL Regular Season in June,July,and August. The top 8 fighters in each weight-class advance to the single-elimination PFL Playoffsin October. The PFL Championship is New Year's Evein Madison Square Gardens with the finals in each of six weight classes competing forthe $10 million prize pool. The PFL is broadcast live on NBCSports Network (NBCSN)andstreamed live worldwide onFacebook Watch. Founded in 2017,the PFL is backed by group of sports,media,andbusinesstitans.For more info visitPFLmma.com.
