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Like a Lead Balloon
Less than a month into the Professional Fighters League’s 2021 season, things were looking like an abject disaster. After taking all of 2020 off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, PFL had entered the new season with perhaps its strongest roster to date, bolstered by returning contenders and champs in nearly every division and spearheaded by a grip of big-name free agent signings: former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholders Fabricio Werdum and Anthony Pettis, UFC and Bellator MMA standout Rory MacDonald and superstar boxing crossover Claressa Shields, just to name a few.