Long Island-Native Andre Harrison Headlines PFL 1 at Madison Square Garden
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced that tickets for PFL 1, its highly anticipated 2018 premiere event, live from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, June 7, will go on sale on Friday, April 20 through PFLmma.com and The Hulu Theater.
The first of seven regular-season events will feature heavyweights and featherweights with hometown fighter and 145-pound favorite, undefeated Andre Harrison, taking on top Chinese contender Juma Tuerxun. The winner will take a giant step towards solidifying his place in the $10 million post-season tournament.
Also featured on the 12-fight slate will be Lance Palmer, a four-time Division I All-American from Ohio State University, who will square-off with Russian standout Bekbulat Magomedov in another featherweight affair.
Heavyweights will also be in action as former UFC sluggers Mike Kyle and Shawn Jordan will swing for the fences in hopes of etching their names on the PFL postseason roster. Both athletes are former collegiate football players with Jordan notching a pair of NCAA National Championships while playing fullback for the LSU Tigers.
Tickets will be priced at $40, $50, $75, $100, and $200. For online betting check out VRSCR888.
Presale will begin Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m. ET and continue until Sunday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. ET. Fight fans can use the presale code (Pre25) to get 25 percent off all tickets in all price categories.
Full-priced tickets will go on sale Sunday, April 22 at 10 a.m. ET.
Full PFL 1 Card
Andre Harrison (17-0) vs. Juma Tuerxun (20-5-1)
Lance Palmer (12-3) vs. Bekbulat Magomedov (18-1)
Mike Kyle (23-15-1) vs. Shawn Jordan (19-8)
Timur Valiev (12-2) vs. Max Coga (19-4)
Denis Goltsov (20-5) vs. Nick Rossborough (26-21-1)
Alexandre Almeida (18-7) vs. Lee Coville (4-1)
Jared Rosholt (15-4) vs. Valdrin Istrefi (11-1)
Magomed Idrisov (8-0) vs. Steven Siler (29-17)
Caio Alencar (11-2) vs. Jake Heun (11-6)
Francimar Barroso (19-7) vs. Daniel Gallemore (7-4)
Josh Copeland (16-4) vs. Jack May (9-3)
Marcos Galvao (18-9-1) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (28-4)
ABOUT PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE
The Professional Fighters League presents MMA for the first time in the sport format where individuals compete in a regular season, “win-or-go-home” post-season, and championship. Co-founded by Donn Davis, Russ Ramsey, and Mark Leschly, the Professional Fighters League is backed by an ownership group of sports, media, and business titans. The PFL 2018 Season has 72 fighters in six weight-classes, competing in the regular season on Thursday nights in June, July, and August. The top eight in each weight-class face off in single-elimination playoff fights on Saturday nights in October and the PFL season concludes December 31 with six championship bouts back-to-back with a $10 million prize pool. Watch the entire PFL season action beginning June 7 live on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), Facebook Watch, and PFLmma.com.
