PFL MMA Announces Regular Season Main Event

NEW YORK – The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced its main event and full card matchups for PFL 3 taking place on May 6 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, TX. 2021 PFL Women’s Lightweight Champion and global MMA superstar Kayla Harrison begins her journey to a third PFL World Championship against Marina Mokhnatkina in the evening’s headlining bout. Tickets for the event are now available.     

In the co-main event, 2021 PFL Welterweight World Champion Ray Cooper III, one of the sport’s most exciting fighters, returns to the PFL SmartCage against the undefeated Magomed “Prince” Umalatov.  

In further action, “The Red King” Rory MacDonald makes his highly anticipated return to PFL action where he’ll face American Brett Cooper.  Former UFC champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis will square off against Ireland’s Myles Price in a contest that was rescheduled from PFL 1.  

“Fight fans around the world will be thrilled with the action and night of champions we have lined up for PFL 3 on May 6,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “The return of the most dominant woman in MMA Kayla Harrison, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis seeking redemption, and the greatest Welterweight division in the entire sport led by Ray Cooper III and Rory MacDonald makes this one of the best MMA cards of the year.”  

“May 6 is set to be one of the most action-packed Regular Season cards in PFL history,” said PFL President of Fighter Operations, Ray Sefo. “I cannot wait to see returning champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III, as well as elite fighters Rory MacDonald and Anthony Pettis, begin their journey to the PFL Playoffs.”

The 2022 PFL Season begins April 20 on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ in primetime. The remaining Regular Season events will take place on April 28, May 6, June 17, June 24, and July 1.

PFL is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the Regular Season advance to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.

Professional Fighters League is the No. 2 MMA company globally and features an elite talent roster with 25 percent of its fighters independently ranked in the top-25 of the world, including 2021 PFL champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III. PFL has live event coverage in 160 countries on leading distribution platforms and delivers a unique, innovative product to more than 600 million MMA fans globally.

Full Card:

ESPN2 Card

Kayla Harrison vs. Marina Mokhnatkina
Ray Cooper III vs. Magomed Umalatov
Anthony Pettis vs. Myles Price
Rory MacDonald vs. Brett Cooper

ESPN+ Card

Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Joao Zeferino
Genah Fabian vs. Julia Budd
Sadibou Sy vs. Nikolai Aleksakhin
Larissa Pacheco vs. Zamzagul Fayzallanova
Gleison Tibau vs. Jarrah Al Silawi
Olena Kolesnyk vs. Abigail Montes
Vanessa Melo vs. Martina Jindrova

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