The long New Year’s weekend proved to be a real treat for mixed martial arts fans and not just because of UFC 232. The Professional Fighters League on Monday hosted its six tournament finals inside the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Over in Japan, the stacked Rizin Fighting Federation 14 card, also on New Year’s Eve, featured a number of entertaining bouts, including two title fights with emphatic finishes.
GOODNIGHT GUILLOTINE … The PFL welterweight final was a showdown between Russian Magomed Magomedkerimov and Hawaii’s Ray Cooper III.