2022 American TV series or program
This is a list of events and standings for the Professional Fighters League, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States, for the 2022 season.
2022 (defending) world champions
PFL Challenger Series
PFL Challenger Series is an American mixed martial arts promotion. Young and up-and-coming male and female MMA prospects will compete for a slot in the PFL tournament season and a chance at $1 million. Each week, the PFL Challenger Series will consist of a celebrity guest panel featuring personalities in film, athletics, and music.[1][2][3] The PFL Challenger Series will debut on fuboTV. The eight events streamed on consecutive Friday nights starting Feb. 18 until April 8th. It also aired on its linear network, Fubo Sports Network.[4]
2022 Contract Winners:
- HW: Adam Keresh[5]
- LHW: Bruce Souto, Simeon Powell was signed to a development league contract[6][7]
- WW: Jarrah Al Silawa, Chris Mixan was signed to a development league contract[8]
- LW: Bruno Miranda, Alexei Pergande was signed to a development league contract[9][10]
- W LW: Martina Jindrová[11]
- FW: Boston Salmon[12]
Events
As part of a new multi-year deal with ESPN, the first event of the 2022 PFL season will kick off on April 20, 2022. The new deal includes “expanded media rights,” with the entirety of the PFL's 2022 playoffs, as well as the “majority of regular season events” to simulcast on ESPN and ESPN+. Additional event coverage will also be featured on ESPN2.[13][14][15]
Playoffs
2022 PFL Heavyweight playoffs
- Bruno Cappelozza was originally scheduled to face Denis Goltsov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #7 ranked Matheus Scheffel.
- Denis Goltsov was originally scheduled to face Matheus Scheffel but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #6 ranked Juan Adams.
2022 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs
2022 PFL Welterweight playoffs
- Magomed Umalatov was originally scheduled to face Rory MacDonald but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #7 ranked Dilano Taylor.
2022 PFL Lightweight playoffs
2022 PFL Women's Lightweight playoffs
2022 PFL Featherweight playoffs
Standings
The PFL points system is based on results of the match. The winner of a fight receives 3 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. A no-contest will be scored as a draw. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. The bonus for winning in the third round requires a fight be stopped before 4:59 of the third round. No bonus point will be awarded if a fighter wins via decision. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. A decision win will result in three total points. If a fighter misses weight, the opponent (should they comply with weight limits) will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory, regardless of winning or losing the bout, with the fighter who missed weight being deducted 1 standings point; if the non-offending fighter subsequently wins with a stoppage, all bonus points will be awarded. A fighter who was unable to compete for any reason, will receive a 1-point
penalty (-1 point in the standings). The fighters who made weight will not receive a walkover, but will earn points and contracted purse amounts based on their performance in the altered matchup.[17]
Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
Welterweight
Lightweight
Women's Lightweight
Featherweight
Broadcast
On January 26, 2022, it was announced that PFL had extended their broadcast deal with ESPN. The contract extension included the seven events planned for the 2022 season, which would be broadcast on the main ESPN channel and simulcast on ESPN+.[24]
The 2022 PFL season will be broadcast by RMC Sport in France.[25] Both the 2022 PFL season and the inagurual PFL Challenger Series will be broadcast by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[26]
See also
References
- ^ Newswire, MMA Fighting (2022-01-19). "PFL Challenger Series debuts Feb. 18 on Fubo Sports Network". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Stitt, Anthony. "PFL Challenger Series Gearing Up For Debut, With Undiscovered Talent Set To Get A Big Break". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "PFL Announces "Challenger Series" To Scout Up-And-Coming Talent". MMA News. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "Everything you need to know about PFL's Challenger Series". FanSided. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Professional Fighters League Signs Adam Keresh Following PFL Challenger Series 6 Stoppage". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Professional Fighters League Signs Simeon Powell in Wake of PFL Challenger Series 8 Rout". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ Leonte, Tudor (18 February 2022). "Bruce Souto Takes Contract After Highlight-Reel KO at PFL Challenger Series 1". sherdog.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Becker, Dana (27 February 2022). "PFL Challenger Series 2: Jarrah Al-Silawi, Chris Mixan Earn Contracts". themix.net. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Bruno Miranda Wins Contract at Professional Fighters League Challenger Series 5". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "Alexei Pergande Arm-Triangle Nets Professional Fighters League Contract at PFL Challenger Series 7". Sherdog. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Knapp, Brian (4 March 2022). "Martina Jindrova Awarded Professional Fighters League Contact at PFL Challenger Series 3". sherdog.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Staff (2022-03-11). "PFL Challenger Series 4 Full Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "PFL announces multi-year renewal with ESPN; 2022 season kicks off on April 20". MMA Junkie. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2022-01-25). "PFL announces multi-year broadcast deal with ESPN". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "pfl espn - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Alexander K. Lee (April 28, 2022). "PFL announces venue for upcoming trio of Atlanta events". mmafighting.com.
- ^ "2021 Official Rules" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-07.
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- ^ Dixon, Ed (26 January 2022). "PFL stays on ESPN in expanded broadcast rights deal". sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Dixon, Ed (9 February 2022). "PFL adds RMC Sport in latest broadcast rights deal". sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ "Professional Fighters League Announces Exclusive Media Partnership With Channel 4". finance.yahoo.com. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.