PFL cofounder Donn Davis and boxing legend Mike Tyson award $1 million and championship belt to PFL ... [+] 2019 Welterweight Champion Nathan Schulte. A half-dozen champions in different weight classes were crowned, with boxing great Mike Tyson delivering oversized checks in the ring to each winner. The league closed a $50 million Series C funding round on Christmas Eve; it brings the PFL’s total funding to $100 million. “Mike is going to help recruit and sharpen the marketing of some of our new fighters,” says PFL cofounder Donn Davis. The PFL Championship on New Year’s Eve had a global audience of 3 million viewers via 30 media partners.

Source: Forbes January 16, 2020 16:19 UTC