Preview and predictions for PFL 2019 1: Regular Season, which takes place this Thursday night in Long Island, N.Y. The event is headlined by a lightweight showdown between Kayla Harrison and Larissa Pacheco.
Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental and international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events.
Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and international circuits, waiting for their shot at the bright lights and big stage of the UFC, and those veterans looking for one more chance at stardom.
It all begins here, in the small convention centers and high school gymnasiums. It all begins with promotions such as these…
It may not be the fight we were hoping for, but it’s the fight we’ll get.
After over a year on the sidelines, the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, Jon Jones, is making his return this weekend. In a perfect world, Jones would be walking into the Octagon on Saturday to go toe-to-toe with his archrival, Daniel Cormier, and look to reclaim the belt that was ripped away from him last summer. Instead, the injury epidemic that’s become the most predictable part of MMA the past few years reared its ugly head for the umpteenth time and forced Jones’ successor to the throne out of action.