Flush With Investment Money, Professional Fighters League Is Ready To Challenge UFC

Shane Burgos recently left the UFC for the Professional Fighters League. The PFL is flush with investment money from Ted Leonsis, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Elysian Park Ventures. The venture capitalist firm has backed McLaren Racing and the San Diego Padres.

Investors are buying stakes in the PFL. Alex Rodriguez and Bronfman are big fans of MMA. Pfl is second only to the UFC in terms of worldwide distribution. The P FL's 2022 Championship Finals is set for November 25 inside Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will be the first-ever pay-per-view event in company history. The card will air on PPV on ESPN+. It is expected to cost a price to be announced. In 2022, the broadcast and streaming audience share of PFl is 38% of theUFC's onESPN and ESPN+, and PF's viewership on linear and streamed is up 35%.