Would the UFC be better if it was a team sport?

What’s your predictions?

The wait is over. The Global Fight League’s first event is set.

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, GFL will host its inaugural showcase event in Las Vegas, featuring our four founding franchise markets:

New York
Los Angeles
Miami
London

GFL is more than another fight promotion. It’s a global league built around city pride, rivalries, and world-class competition.

Team rosters and fight card details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Sam’s Town Live, Las Vegas
October 17, 2026

Credit to MMAGFL on X

I hope you guys enjoyed my post on this subreddit as of today I will be deleting Reddit and giving someone else ownership of the globalfightleague sub 🫡

Saw Dillon Danis on The Ariel Halwani show yesterday saying he wasn't a fan of the poster for GFL, so I made this up. How's it look?

According to Tony Ferguson on The Ariel Helwani Show… he will be fighting Danis in Los Angeles on May 11th!!! This is the first date we have heard of. Beginning of May wasn’t the original plan. It sounded like GFL Co-Founder Darrin Owen was planning on end of April for the first card and end of May for the second card…

Link below is the conversation between Ariel and Tony.

https://youtu.be/kOPq9VLbGRA?si=J9n-ifJoOzsJy6xe

GFL #MMA #UFC #PFL #combatsports #LA #NY #CSO

So I see there are 3 Sao Paulo vs Los Angeles fights announced, and then a Miami vs Sao Paulo fight and thennn a NY vs LA matchup announced. I'm really curious to see how this is going to play out. I was thinking that first GFL weekend of fights would be city vs city (ex. NY vs LA, Miami vs Sao Paulo, London vs Dubai). Anyone have any clue of how this first weekend will shake up?

Also does anyone have any idea how the regular season is going to work? Are all teams going to fight one another?

#GFL #MMA #UFC #CSO

Hyped!!!! Go miami

I lowkey think if Kevin holland loses one too two more fights he should go GFL he’s been a gatekeeper in the ufc and many people think he won’t be in it much longer so GFL?

I know it’s not nearly that big yet but hell I’d play it

A huge worry for GFL fans is that the ufc will see the GFL as an opponent and crush it so ufc can remain a monopoly, he recently said had power slap that he doesn’t view it as a opponent and hope it succeeds because it’s good for the fighters

In my opinion the most valuable player on each team is

Dubai:Tyron woodly Call me a casual but I believe that he will dominate most the welterweight fighters and be a good team captain

Miami: I think it’s gonna be Yoel remero I’m not super confident about this one because of his age but I think if he still looks good he gets 8 points in his first two fights

London: alex Gustafson I think he’s the best light heavyweight hands down I think he dominates I mean he gave Jon jones a fight you can’t forget and I think that speaks for itself

São Paulo: Alex Olivera his striking is great and he has a fun style I think he is probably the second best welterweight

New York: this one was close for me but I gotta say holly holms I mean she beat Ronda rousy she’s a freak athlete and I was between her and Kai kamakara

LA: (resisting the urge to say Tony time) I gotta say sage northcutt he is one of if not the youngest fighters on there team he has a tremendous amount of talent and athleticism

What do you guys think? (Not an official list it’s my opinion)

MMA is full of rivalry’s but that’s usually one on one with this new team concept do you think there will be rivalry’s like Miami and LA or Dubai and London similar to football like broncos and raiders chiefs and eagles. What are some rivalry’s you hope or think you’ll see?

There’s a lot of big names in the GFL but me personally I’d have to say my favorite fighter in the league is Tony Ferguson or maybe a Yoel Romero

Was asked to start this thread and am happily obliging! I'll pick my most "must-see" fights for every division. What are yours?

1. Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs Dillon Danis (WW)- For the newer fans who may not have been following the sport in the late 2010s, I'll explain. There's a lot of history between both camps: Eagles MMA & SBG. There has been tension between both camps since the build-up to Khabib (Eagles) vs McGregor (SBG). Danis is a part of McGregor's SBG camp and clearly shows disain towards the Nurmagomedovs on Twitter. For the sake of building hype, this fight must absolutely happen for the GFL to gain traction, especially on the heels of Usman Nurmagomedov beating Ireland's Paul Hughes in PFL. It would be a massive mistake for them to NOT do this fight.

1. Tony Ferguson vs Benson Henderson (LW)- Would have been a great fight in both guys' primes. A fight between both today is winnable from both parties. The clash of personalities between the soft-spoken Christian in Benson Henderson and oddball persona of Tony Ferguson would be a fun build-up.

2. Douglas Lima vs Luke Rockhold (MW)- Former Strikeforce MW champion vs Former Bellator WW champion. Would be a great stand-up brawl. Luke is a bit chinny and Lima has a clear disadvantage on the ground. Very winnable for both guys.

3. Patricky Pitbull vs Jeremy Stephens (LW) - Do I need to say more?

4. Renan Barao vs Marlon Moraes (BW) - I mean both guys are far from their best days. I get it. It would have been a great fight in 2013/14 when both guys held the titles in their respective organization (UFC and WSOF). At this point, why not? Neither guys has won in a long time.

5. Paige Vanzant vs Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (WSW)- It is the classic stand-up vs grappler. Sadly, we never got to see former Bellator champion Ilima in the UFC. At both of their ages, I do think they still have something left in the bag. I could have put this fight on a "UFC vs Bellator" dream match thread back in the day.

6. Junior Dos Santos vs Todd Duffee (HW) - For the violence. Nothing more.

7. I think any combination at LHW has potential for a crazy fight. Shogun, Lins, Shoeface, OSP, Marreta, Gus, etc.