Six championship fights. Six life-changing $1 million paydays.
The PFL closes out its 2021 season Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Hollywood, Florida (4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+), with the PFL World Championships hosting the high-stakes finals in a half-dozen weight classes and a handful of other showcase fights. Each winner earns pockets the champion’s prize and a gold PFL championship belt.
The evening’s headliner knows a thing or two about gold. Kayla Harrison won gold medals in judo at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She also captured the PFL women’s lightweight title in 2019, the promotion’s most recent season. When she faces Taylor Guardado on the final step of her pursuit of a second straight championship, Harrison will be a massive favorite — 16-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, and as high as 30-1 elsewhere.
The women’s lightweight division is the star of this show in several ways. Aside from Harrison’s presumed coronation, two other bouts at 155 pounds feature champions from across the combat sports spectrum.
Making her PFL debut will be newly signed Julia Budd. The 38-year-old, from Canada, is the former Bellator featherweight champ, and faces Kaitlin Young in her PFL debut. She’s lost just three times in her career — to Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes and Cris Cyborg — so let’s just say Budd is undefeated other than against the Mount…
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