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All six Professional Fighters League champions from 2019 will be returning to defend their titles in the upcoming campaign.
The organization announced Monday that Kayla Harrison (women’s lightweight), Lance Palmer (featherweight), Ray Cooper III (welterweight), Natan Schulte (lightweight), Emiliano Sordi (light heavyweight) and Ali Isaev (heavyweight) will be coming back in 2020 for another attempting at earning a $1 million prize in their respective weight class.
“We are thrilled to welcome back our six champions, elite MMA fighters who have embraced the PFL’s season format and the transparency it brings to the sport,” PFL CEO Peter Murray said in a release. “They earned their way through a regular season, fight twice in one-night playoffs and championship finale on New Year’s Eve, a challenging yet rewarding journey to the pinnacle of MMA. But to repeat in 2020, they’ll need to earn it again by battling a refreshed, elevated roster of next-level talent. Fighters from around the world are vying for spots in the PFL, and we look forward to unveiling new challengers on the road to PFL 2020.”
There figures to plenty of new challengers for those repeat champs in the coming year, as the PFL plans to turn over its roster by 50 percent from the previous season. Notable free-agent additions include former Bellator welterweight champ Rory MacDonald and Dana White’s Contender Series alum and featherweight prospect Brendan Loughnane.
The 2020 PFL season begins in May and will be distributed to 160 countries worldwide, according to a release. PFL events air in the United States on ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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