NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional
Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative
sports league, today announced that the PFL Challenger Series will
continue from Universal Studios in Orlando, FL on Friday,
March 11 at 9 p.m. ET with
featherweight action. The PFL Challenger Series airs live
exclusively on Fubo Sports Network, the live TV network from
sports-first live TV streaming platform fuboTV Inc. (NYSE:
FUBO).
The PFL Challenger Series is a platform in which MMA fighters
can earn a PFL contract and an opportunity to compete in the PFL
Regular Season. The PFL continues to innovate the sport of MMA by
expanding opportunities for exceptional fighters from around the
globe.
The PFL Challenger Series has seen more than 500 fighters from
around the world apply to compete. Out of the applicants, eight,
one per week, will earn a PFL contract which will put them in
the 2022 Regular Season or set them on a development path with the
league in hopes of joining a future Season.
"Featherweights have a blend of power and speed that make it one
of the most entertaining divisions in MMA," said Ray Sefo, President of Fighter Operations of
PFL. "We have a talented roster of up-and-coming fighters looking
to prove themselves and I'm looking forward to them facing off in
Orlando."
The Challenger Series will continue with the featherweight
division on March 11 and it will
feature a number of fighters vying for a spot in the 2022 PFL
Season. EFC featherweight champion Reinaldo Ekson (17-5) is primed
to take his place among the best 145-pound fighters in the world.
The Brazilian will have a chance to punch his ticket to the league
with an impressive performance.
American wrestling standout Edwin Cooper
Jr. is another fighter on the rise. The Jackson-Wink product
was a junior college national champion who went on to compete for
the prestigious University of Iowa
program. Cooper (5-1) will look to establish himself as one of the
top featherweight prospects in MMA.
Australian Aaron Blackie (8-2) is
a blackbelt in both Judo and jiu-jitsu. the grappling ace likes to
utilize his considerable ground skills to submit his opponents and
he has been very successful, stopping all eight of his wins, seven
by submission. He'll be making his North American debut at
Challenger Series.
Scottie Stockman is a wrestler
out of the Roufusport camp in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Despite his grappling background, Stockman (3-1)
has a tendency to stand and sling bombs a la Dan Henderson and Justin
Gaethje. The Oregon native
has rattled off three straight wins, two by KO and also added a KO
victory in his boxing debut this past September.
South Korean Do Gyeom Lee (8-4) and Americans Brahyan Zurcher
(2-0), Josh Blyden (9-2) and
Mike Barnett (11-3) round out the
division.
Viewers watching the PFL Challenger Series can also interact
with the featherweight live competition through fuboTV's popular
predictive, free-to-play games to earn points and compete for a
cash prize. During the bouts, fans can answer predictive questions
about the action all on one screen using their remote control. Fubo
Sportsbook, now live in Iowa and
Arizona, is also the exclusive
gambling sponsor of the PFL Challenger Series.
Fubo Sports Network is fuboTV's linear TV network dedicated to
featuring sports stories on and off the field. Fans can stream live
sports, original programming and partner content on Fubo Sports
Network as part of fuboTV's subscription packages of 100+ sports,
news and entertainment channels.
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SOURCE Professional Fighters League (PFL)