Rory MacDonald draws David Michaud in his first fight in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2021 season. The PFL announced their full fight card for the April 29 event, PFL 2 which is headlined by MacDonald and Michaud along with some other famili…
Rory MacDonald draws David Michaud in his first fight in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2021 season. The PFL announced their full fight card for the April 29 event, PFL 2 which is headlined by MacDonald and Michaud along with some other familiar welterweights and light-heavyweights. At the end of 2019 during their last event, […]
Anthony Pettis and Clay Collard will face each other in the PFL’s first event of the 2021 season. The PFL announced the full lineup for their first event of the 2021 season and along with some familiar names from their previous seasons come some very n…
Anthony Pettis and Clay Collard will face each other in the PFL’s first event of the 2021 season. The PFL announced the full lineup for their first event of the 2021 season and along with some familiar names from their previous seasons come some very noticeable new ones. The featherweight and lightweight matchups for its […]
Former WEC and UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis has his welcoming party nailed down for his promotional debut under the PFL (Professional Fighters League) banner on April 23. Headlining the event, Pettis draws fellow former UFC feature, professional boxer, Clay Collard in his first outing to boot — as the pair open up the 2021 […]
Former WEC and UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis has his welcoming party nailed down for his promotional debut under the PFL (Professional Fighters League) banner on April 23.
Headlining the event, Pettis draws fellow former UFC feature, professional boxer, Clay Collard in his first outing to boot — as the pair open up the 2021 lightweight tournament.
Also featured on the card is former two-time PFL 155-pound titleholder, Natan Schulte who clashes with former UFC, Bellator, and ACA grappling talent, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Marcin Held in a co-main event slot.
Opening the event’s four-fight main card as the PFL return to a schedule for the first time since December 2019 amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, featherweight kingpin, Lance Palmer clashes with another promotional newcomer, former Brave CF titleholder, Bubba Jenkins.
Recent Dana White’s Contender Series alum, Manchester standout, Brendan Loughnane also makes his return, hoping to make it six wins on the trot as he opens the event against former UFC featherweight contender, Sheymon Moraes. Another former Octagon talent also lands on the card as Canada’s, Olivier Aubin-Mercier clashes with Joliton Lutterbach on the ESPN+ portion of the event. (H/T MMA Fighting)
Pettis joins a list of hugely-recognisable acquisitions for the promotion recently, linking up with the likes of former UFC heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, as well as Olympic gold medalist and boxing world champion, Claressa Shields.
A former UFC lightweight titleholder, Pettis submitted fellow grappling ace, Benson Henderson at UFC 164 in August of 2013 to claim the throne, before knocking back former Strikeforce gold holder, Gilbert Melendez with a second round guillotine at UFC 181 in December of 2014 in his sole successful title defence.
Making his return to mixed martial arts for the first time since April of 2019, three-fight UFC veteran, Collard returned his hand to professional boxing in May of that year — establishing a commendable 9-3-3 professional résumé since then.
18-8(1) as a professional mixed martial artist, Collard is currently riding a two-fight winning run, dropping his UFC debut to former featherweight kingpin, common-foe, Max Holloway back in August of 2014. In his sole promotional win, Collard took a judging victory over Alex White before decision losses to both Gabriel Benitez and Tiago Trator.
Former UFC featherweight Clay Collard seems to be doing pretty well for himself outside the Octagon. Collard competed in the UFC from 2014-2015 where he compiled a 1-3 record, including a TKO loss to former featherweight champion Max Holloway. He has since competed for various MMA promotions while also embarking on a professional boxing career […]
Former UFC featherweight Clay Collard seems to be doing pretty well for himself outside the Octagon.
Collard competed in the UFC from 2014-2015 where he compiled a 1-3 record, including a TKO loss to former featherweight champion Max Holloway.
He has since competed for various MMA promotions while also embarking on a professional boxing career since 2017. He took a big step in the latter when he defeated former unbeaten prospect Ray Guajardo via second-round TKO in their super welterweight matchup on Saturday night.
Collard is now 6-2-3 in his boxing career while he is also 18-8 (1NC) in his mixed martial arts career. It remains to be seen what is next for the 26-year-old, but he certainly has options when it comes to combat sports.
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Former WEC and UFC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis has his welcoming party nailed down for his promotional debut under the PFL (Professional Fighters League) banner on April 23. Headlining the event, Pettis draws fellow former UFC feature, professional boxer, Clay Collard in his first outing to boot — as the pair open up the 2021 […]
Former UFC featherweight Clay Collard seems to be doing pretty well for himself outside the Octagon. Collard competed in the UFC from 2014-2015 where he compiled a 1-3 record, including a TKO loss to former featherweight champion Max Holloway. He has since competed for various MMA promotions while also embarking on a professional boxing career […]