Rob Wilkinson has been atop the Professional Fighters League mountain before, having won it all back in 2022 as the light heavyweight champion. He then faced a disastrous 2023, as he was suspended for nine months due to failed drug tests, and had his only fight of the year, a win over Thiago Santos, overturned to a no contest.
Entering this season on the heels of what was effectively a lost year, professionally speaking, Wilkinson came out firing. A first-round finish of Tom Breese and a split-decision win over Joshua Silveira led to Wilkinson earning nine points on the 2024 Regular Season and a berth in the playoffs, placing him back in pursuit of the title he once had.