{"id":37389,"date":"2026-03-24T15:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Bryan-Battle-vows-to-look-for-finish-in-PFL-debut-200573"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:26:25","slug":"bryan-battle-vows-to-look-for-finish-in-pfl-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/bryan-battle-vows-to-look-for-finish-in-pfl-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Battle vows to look for finish in PFL debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bryan
\nBattle<\/a> will risk it all to make a statement in his
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> debut. <\/p>\n

Battle is scheduled to make his debut against Johnny
\nEblen<\/a> at
\nPFL Pittsburgh<\/a> on Saturday at the UPMC Events Center in
\nPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While Eblen has never been knocked out
\nbefore, Battle warns that he has previously handed other fighters
\ntheir first-ever knockout losses. Battle isn\u2019t just content with
\nwinning in his PFL debut, as winning isn\u2019t enough to sell tickets.
\nWhile Battle knows that Eblen can try to control him on the ground,
\n\u201cThe Butches\u201d promises to leave it all inside the cage to make it a
\n\u201ckill or be killed\u201d kind of fight.<\/p>\n

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Willing to Risk it All<\/h2>\n

\u201cWinning being the name of the game is just pretty lame,\u201d Battle
\ntold MMAjunkie.com<\/a>. \u201cWinning being the name of the
\ngame does not sell tickets. Nah, I\u2019m coming in to knock him out.
\nThere\u2019s a lot of guys that I\u2019ve fought that hadn\u2019t been knocked out
\nbefore I fought them. I\u2019m not looking just for the knockout, I\u2019ll
\ntake what he gives me. If he gives me his neck, I\u2019ll take his neck.
\nIf he gives me his arm, I\u2019ll take his arm. But I\u2019m leaving with
\nsomething. He\u2019s not gonna leave the cage whole. I\u2019m willing to risk
\nit all to get some of that. If he wants to beat me, he\u2019s gonna have
\nto fight to finish me. He can take me and hold me down. But I\u2019ll
\ntry to make it a kill or be killed kind of fight. One of us either
\nneeds to be knocked out or choked out by the end of
\nit.\u201d  <\/p>\n

A
\nhigh stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in
\nLIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Battle (12-2) was released from the
\nUFC<\/a> after consecutive weight misses in different weight
\nclasses. Battle missed weight for his welterweight win over
\nRandy
\nBrown<\/a> in 2024. Battle again missed weight by four pounds for a
\nmiddleweight clash against Nursulton
\nRuziboev<\/a> at UFC 319 last year, leading to the cancellation of
\nthe bout. Battle has since picked up two knockout wins in Dirty
\nBoxing before signing with the PFL last year. Meanwhile, Eblen
\n(16-1) is coming off his lone career loss against PFL middleweight
\nchampion Costello
\nvan Steenis<\/a> in July 2025. <\/p>\n