Professional Fighters League (PFL) is a specialized tournament for MMA that was established in 2018 by an organization from the US. The FPL's competition format includes the qualifying and play-offs, which works similar to the group stage and the Knockout round of the European Cup.
The qualifying round is called the main season (Regular Season). The boxers in each weight class will play 2 points in the main season. Top 4 boxers will enter the playoff round (semi -finals and finals) of each weight class to compete for the championship belt and $ 1 million bonus.
The CEO of PFL, Pete Murray believes that the MMA competition format has never been seen before bringing the tournament to the peak of this sport. Currently, PFL is only behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in terms of scale as well as the level of identification.
Sharing with Sunsport, Murray said: “Our vision is to raise the MMA subject and continue to expand the global FPL tournament. We want to create a C1 Cup of MMA. Now, PFL has spent the 5th year and is now the 2nd world martial arts tournament in the world.”
With the statement that the tournament is only behind UFC, the big boss of the FPL confidently provides statistics to prove that. He said on the MMA Hour channel: “According to all aspects, from the quality of production, the size of the boxers and the extensive range of access, we ranked second after UFC.
Our tournament has reached NHM in 160 districts/counties in the US. Even our commercial business activities are ranked 2nd. We are satisfied with the current position. “
Murray believes that like football where many leagues can coexist on the peak, PFL will also meet the MMA demand worldwide.
“We are ready to play a leading role in this sport with UFC. MMA still has a large number of potential NHMs that have not been exploited. Football has many major tournaments around the world that produce more than $ 1 billion in revenue, while MMA has ever been UFC.
This sport is growing rapidly on all levels – audiences, growth in NHM, commercial business and revenue. Therefore, MMA still has many things to exploit compared to other sports such as football, basketball … “, Murray shared more.