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PFL Founder Donn Davis Reveals Previously Banned Elbows Will Now be Legal
Davis took to X to announce that elbows will be legal in all fights in 2025. This is a huge change considering since the organization began in 2018, elbows have been banned in all regular-season and playoff matches. Elbows were allowed in non-season and non-playoff matches, but now they will be legal in the entirety of the sport.
Donn Davis announces that elbows now legal in all PFL bouts
PFL chairman and founder Donn Davis announced Monday that elbows will be legal in all fights, a major change for the promotion heading into 2025. Since its inception in 2018, the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were typically allowed in non-season and non-playoff fights only.
Donn Davis: PFL to Allow Elbows for All Fights in 2025
It appears that Professional Fighters League will have a significant revision to its rule set for 2025. In a post on social media, PFL CEO and founder Donn Davis announced that the promotion will allow elbows for all bouts going forward.
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PFL Lifts Ban on Elbow Strikes in All Fights
The founder and co-owner of PFL, Donn Davis, posted on social media announcing the removal of the ban on elbow strikes across all PFL events. In 2024, elbow strikes had only been permitted in title fights.
Donn Davis' PFL finally legalizes elbows for all fights: "New Year…New Adjustments"
The founder of Professional Fighters League (PFL), Donn Davis announced an unprecedented change of rules for the promotion's 2025 season on Monday. Davis revealed that elbow strikes will now be allowed in the PFL. The decision marks a shift in the company's long-standing rule, which banned all sorts of elbow strikes.
Donn Davis announces elbows now legal in all PFL fights going forward
In the past, elbows were banned in PFL contests due to the league’s season and playoff format. The decision was made to minimize cuts, which could risk fighter availability for
PFL makes elbow strikes legal in all fights
With elbows increasing the chance of a cut to a fighter, the technique was banned. But after permitting elbows in the 2024 PFL finals last November, chairman Donn Davis announced the strike was now a permanent fixture of the PFL.
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