PFL 1 2022: Lightweights & Light Heavyweights - Collard vs. Stephens is an upcoming mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League scheduled for April 20, 2022 at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+)
Lightweight Clay Collard vs. Jeremy Stephens
Lightweight Raush Manfio vs. Don Madge
Light Heavyweight Antônio Carlos Júnior vs. Delan Monte
Lightweight Natan Schulte vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Emiliano Sordi vs. Cory Hendricks
Lightweight Alexander Martinez vs. Stevie Ray
Light Heavyweight Marthin Hamlet vs. Teodoras Aukštuolis
Light Heavyweight Omari Akhmedov vs. Viktor Pešta
Light Heavyweight Rob Wilkinson vs. Bruce Souto
Light Heavyweight Clinton Williams vs. Simon Powell
Background
The event will be headlined by a lightweight clash between Clay Collard and UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens while 2021 champion Raush Manfio faces two-time UFC veteran Don Madge. The remaining two fights of the main card will see defending light heavyweight champion Antônio Carlos Júnior face off against Delan Monte while 2019 champion Natan Schulte takes on Olivier Aubin-Mercier.
A lightweight bout between former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis and Bellator veteran Myles Price was scheduled for the event but the bout was later moved to PFL 3.
