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Rob Wilkinson
Rob Wilkinson (born 22 February 1992) is an Australian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL), where he won the championship in 2022. A professional competitor since 2011, he previously competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and was the middleweight champion in Australian Fighting Championship and BRACE. Background Wilkinson was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia where he currently resides. Wilkinson started training at the age of 17 at Hobart’s Hybrid Training Centre, and was a personal trainer prior to taking up a career in MMA. He started training MMA after watching a video on YouTube of Randy Couture which he instantly fell in love with the sport. Mixed martial arts career Early career Wilkinson made his professional debut in 2011 and amassed a record of 11-0. He has won all fights via stoppage but one and holds 9 out of his 11 fights in the 1st round, en route to ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/ Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest if territories are taken into account, before Darwin, Northern Territory. Hobart is located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, making it the most southern of Australia's capital cities. Its skyline is dominated by the kunanyi/Mount Wellington, and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world, with much of the city's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land. The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart, one of the five local government areas that cover the city. It has a mild maritime climate. The city lies on country which was known by the local Mouheneener people as nipaluna, a name which includes surrounding features such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Adesanya
Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer with multiple championships in all three disciplines. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of November 14, 2022, he is #1 in the UFC middleweight rankings, and #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Adesanya is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in mixed martial arts, both offensively and defensively. Early life and background Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the eldest of five children. His father, Oluwafemi, is an accountant and his mother, Taiwo, is a nurse. Adesanya attended Chrisland School, Opebi, and enrolled in its Taekwondo after-school club until he was removed by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Spohn
Daniel Brian Spohn (born October 12, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, and was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn. Background Spohn was born in Abilene, Texas on October 12, 1984 to Frank and Joan Spohn. Dan has one brother, Jonathan Spohn, two half brothers, Frank Spohn Jr. and Jason Hammonds, and two half sisters, Kelly and Christie. In 1996 Joan and her three sons, Jason, Dan, and Jonathan moved to Cambridge, Ohio where three years later Dan attended classes at Cambridge Mixed Martial Arts where he studied under Tim McConahay. Spohn attended John Glenn High School in New Concord, Ohio and graduated in 2003. Spohn began training in Kung Fu at the age of 12 and at age 14 began training in Aiki Jitsu. Dan has studied traditional Kachido Aikijitsu for the past 17 years under Sensei Tim McConahay. He holds the rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 4 (2023 Season)
''PFL 4'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on June 8, 2023, at the Overtime Elite Arena in, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This marked the fourth regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Featherweight and Light heavyweight divisions. Background The 2023 PFL regular season continued on June 8, featuring featherweight and light heavyweight matches. After the first three events in Las Vegas, the series moves to Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, with live broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN+. In the main event, 2022 featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane faced Jesus Pinedo. Loughnane started the 2023 season with a victory over Marlon Moraes, while Pinedo lost a close match to Gabriel Braga. Loughnane leads the featherweight standings with 5 points. The co-main event, in the light heavyweight division, was to have 2022 champion Rob Wilkinson going against Will Fleury. Wilkinson won his first match of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 1 (2023 Season)
The ''PFL 1'' mixed martial arts event for the 2023 season of the Professional Fighters League will be held on April 1, 2023, at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. This marked the first regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Featherweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. Background The first event of 2023 feature a bout between Brendan Loughnane and Marlon Moraes in the featherweight division. Meanwhile, Rob Wilkinson faced Thiago Santos, a former UFC title challenger, in the co-main event. A light heavyweight bout between Omari Akhmedov and Will Fleury was expected to take place at the event. However, Akhmedov was forced to withdraw due to suffering an injury and was replaced by Krzysztof Jotko. Sung Bin Jo was expected to face Jesus Pinedo. However, Jo was not medically cleared and was replaced by alternate Gabriel Alves Braga. Results Standings after event The PFL points system is based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos de Lima (born January 7, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL), competing in the light heavyweight division. Prior to signing with the PFL, Santos competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions, and he challenged for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship once in July 2019. A professional competitor since 2010, he gained entrance into the UFC by competing on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2. Background Santos was born into a poverty-stricken family in Rio de Janeiro. In early childhood, he suffered from an undiagnosed disease that spawned growing cysts in his stomach, but which were surgically removed. In one of the occasional floods in his city, Santos' family lost their belongings and after a period of homelessness, they settled in the notorious neighborhood of Cidade de Deus. Santos' father died just days after his mixed martial arts debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 10 (2022 Season)
The ''PFL 10'' mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on November 25, 2022, at the Hulu Theater in New York City, New York, United States. This was the finale of the playoffs for all 2022 divisions, with the winners getting a $1 million cash prize. The event also marked the organization's first pay-per-view card, being available on ESPN+ ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ... PPV. Background Kayla Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo and seeking her third PFL championship, headlined the PFL event opposite Larissa Pacheco, who previously faced Harrison in two other title bouts, losing both by unanimous decision. The event also featured five other finals matchups, with the winner of each weight cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omari Akhmedov
Omari Akhmedov (born October 12, 1987) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). He previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Akhmedov was born on October 12, 1987 in the town of Kizlyar in modern-day Dagestan, Russia, in a Lak family and is a devout Sunni Muslim. Like many children in Dagestan, Akhmedov engaged in freestyle wrestling from a young age and would go on to hold an accomplished career in the sport before transitioning to MMA. Before his career in MMA, Akhmedov also had accomplished careers in combat sambo, as well as Russian hand-to-hand combat and Russian pankration. Mixed martial arts career Early career Akhmedov made his professional MMA debut on January 30, 2010, when he faced Iskhan Zakharian at ProFC: Fight Night 2. He won the fight via rear-naked choke. Following this, Akhmedov would compile a professional record of 12–1 before bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Professional Fighters League
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 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. The PFL Challenger Series will debut on fuboTV. The eight events will stream on consecutive Friday nights starting Feb. 18, and run through March. It will also air on its linear network, Fubo Sports Network. 2022 Contract Winners: * HW: ''Adam Keresh'' * LHW: ''Bruce Souto, Simeon Powell was signed to a development league contract'' * WW: ''Jarrah Al Silawa'', ''Chris Mixan'' was signed to a development league contract * LW: ''Bruno Miranda, Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 7 (2022 Season)
The ''PFL 7'' mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 5, 2022, at the Hulu Theater in New York City, New York, United States. This event marked the start of the playoffs for the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions. Background This event featured the semifinal bouts of the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight playoffs. Rob Wilkinson and Delan Monte will face each other in the Light Heavyweight division. Wilkinson made his third appearance with PFL cage, going 2-0 in the regular season with a first and second round stoppages. Monte was 1-1 during the regular season in 2022. The other side of the bracket was to see two former UFC veterans, Antônio Carlos Júnior and Omari Akhmedov, face off against each other. However, Antonio suffered an ACL injury requiring surgery, sidelining him for the rest of the year and he was replaced by Josh Silveira for the playoffs. The Lightweight bracket saw former UFC Champion Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFL 4 (2022 Season)
The ''PFL 4'' mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 17, 2022 at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This marked the fourth regular season event of the tournament and included fights in the Lightweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. Background The event was headlined by a lightweight clash between Clay Collard and Alexander Martinez, while defending light heavyweight champion Antônio Carlos Júnior faces off against Bruce Souto in the co-main event. The remaining two fights off the main card include 2021 champion Raush Manfio taking on former UFC veteran Olivier Aubin-Mercier, while long-time UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens takes on Myles Price. Results Standings After Event 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. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Pešta
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