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Neil Davidson May 19, 2021 - 1:28 PM Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald will face fellow UFC alumnus Gleison Tibau at PFL 5 on June 17 in Atlantic City, N.J. The fight at the Ocean Casino Resort will be the second for MacDonald in the Professional Fighters League. The 31-year-old mixed martial artist from Kelowna, B.C., who now makes his home in Montreal, submitted (Curious) Curtis Millender in the first round at PFL 2 on April 29. It marked the first outing for MacDonald (22-6-1) since Oct. 26, 2019, when he lost his Bellator title to Douglas (The Phe...

“I'm beyond excited. I never dreamed I would actually qualify, but I'd come close (4 th) the previous week,” said Pearson, who grew up in Yorkshire, England. “I was playing in a charity golf tournament when I saw I'd won, and let's just say there was a definite breach of golf course etiquette at that moment.” He bagged 17-1 Fleetridge at Tampa Bay Downs last Friday, which was among his biggest qualifying scores. Richard got a “bucket list” thrill as a part-owner of Red King with Little Red Feather Racing at last year's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. While there, he nailed a place be...

The PFL's 2021 season is officially underway. After a wild first event, it was on to the next as Rory MacDonald made his long-awaited debut.

Rory MacDonald enjoyed a perfect start to his career in the Professional Fighters League. The former UFC contender and Bellator champion made the switch to PFL in December of 2019 but his promotional debut has been delayed due to the ongoing global pandemic. MacDonald hasn’t fought since October 2019 when rematched Douglas Lima. The Canadian fell to a decision defeat and surrendered his Bellator belt in the process. ‘The Red King’ was originally slated to face David Michaud on April 29. Unfortunately, the 32-year-old was forced out of the bout due to a congenital heart condition recentl...

Canadian welterweight Rory MacDonald wins PFL debut via first-round submission Rory MacDonald takes part in an open workout at the Aberdeen Pavilion on Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang April 29, 2021 - 7:57 PM ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald, returning to action after 18 months, made short work of his Professional Fighters League debut with a first-round submission win over (Curtious) Curtis Millender at PFL 2 on Thursday. MacDonald (22-6-1) took Millender down after a lengthy struggle at th...