{"id":37451,"date":"2026-03-27T00:54:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PostUFC-Bryan-Battle-eager-to-turn-the-page-at-PFL-Pittsburgh-200603"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:54:03","slug":"post-ufc-bryan-battle-eager-to-turn-the-page-at-pfl-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/post-ufc-bryan-battle-eager-to-turn-the-page-at-pfl-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-UFC Bryan Battle eager to turn the page at PFL Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/post-ufc-bryan-battle-eager-to-turn-the-page-at-pfl-pittsburgh.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pflmma.com\/event\/pfl-pittsburgh\">A<br \/>\nhigh-stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in<br \/>\nLIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bryan-Battle-249825\">Bryan<br \/>\nBattle<\/a> could not ask for more in terms of a promotional<br \/>\ndebut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d Season 29 winner and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> veteran will draw his first<br \/>\nassignment under the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> flag when he meets former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Bellator-MMA-1960\">Bellator<br \/>\nMMA<\/a> titleholder <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Johnny-Eblen-263051\">Johnny<br \/>\nEblen<\/a> in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Pittsburgh-Eblen-vs-Battle-110924\"><br \/>\nPFL Pittsburgh<\/a> main event on Saturday at the UPMC Events<br \/>\nCenter. It signals a new chapter in Battle\u2019s life and career.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what, it feels so good to be with the PFL,\u201d he told<br \/>\nSherdog.com. \u201cI wish I could\u2019ve fought sooner. I\u2019m happy to be<br \/>\nhere, and I\u2019m ready to rock and roll. I\u2019m ready to compete. I\u2019m<br \/>\nhungry. I\u2019m ready to get after it. I\u2019m happy that the first fight<br \/>\nis here.\u201d<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sR7bM14oS0?si=DQB-A-rX4xvKYFf9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>After departing from the UFC on the heels of a tumultuous,<br \/>\nup-and-down tenure with the company, Battle found a new home in the<br \/>\nPFL. His only mission now? Thrill the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be hard to get away with a script like this in Hollywood,\u201d<br \/>\nBattle said. \u201cIt\u2019s just off the rip. Forget the numbers. The<br \/>\nnumbers are there for the fans. Just getting to fight a guy of<br \/>\nJohnny\u2019s caliber, getting to go against a guy like that with what<br \/>\nhe\u2019s done and what he\u2019s accomplished, that fires me up. Getting to<br \/>\ncome here to the PFL [and] get a main event in Pittsburgh against<br \/>\nJohnny, that\u2019s really cool. There\u2019s just not a whole lot to not<br \/>\nlike about being here. I\u2019m just ready to come in. After how long<br \/>\nI\u2019ve had to wait, I\u2019m ready to f&#8212;ing captivate the people<br \/>\nagain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Battle already finds himself in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pflmma.com\/rankings\">Top 10 rankings of the PFL<br \/>\nmiddleweight division<\/a> and sees plenty of opportunities ahead.<br \/>\nHe wants to send a message to the rest of the weight class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a really deep division,\u201d Battle said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t give it<br \/>\nenough credit for how deep it is and how solid the talent is. The<br \/>\n185-pound division in the PFL matches up very well with any other<br \/>\n185-pound division on the planet. This is where I\u2019m at. I\u2019ve got to<br \/>\ncome in and f&#8212;ing let people know who the man is now. I\u2019ve got to<br \/>\ncome in and f&#8212;ing mark my territory. I\u2019m pretty stoked. It\u2019s<br \/>\ngoing to be different. The PFL is putting a lot of faith in me, and<br \/>\nI get to come in and skip the line. But I have to deliver. We\u2019ve<br \/>\nseen a lot of guys come over and sleep on the competition level in<br \/>\nthe PFL and come in and get smacked, but I refuse to let that<br \/>\nhappen to me. I am not sleeping on anybody. I\u2019m not looking past<br \/>\nanybody. I\u2019m just grateful for the opportunity and looking to make<br \/>\nthe most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Expect a good show\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Battle plans to put on a show for those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got a high-IQ fighter coming in,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m going to go in<br \/>\nthere and put on pressure, make my reads, assess and act on him. No<br \/>\nhesitation. Just f&#8212;ing go. If something happens, if he catches me<br \/>\nalong the way, if I die, I die, but it\u2019s not hesitation. We see an<br \/>\nopening, f&#8212;ing go for it. So that\u2019s what Pittsburgh should<br \/>\nexpect. At the end of the day, when \u2018The Butcher\u2019 is on the card,<br \/>\nyou expect a good show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The path could not be clearer for the North Carolina-based Battle,<br \/>\nwho steps into the spotlight on the strength of back-to-back<br \/>\nvictories over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kevin-Jousset-300519\">Kevin<br \/>\nJousset<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Randy-Brown-115641\">Randy<br \/>\nBrown<\/a>. He has not lost in more than three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vision I have for while I\u2019m in the PFL: I want to come in,<br \/>\nmake highlights and make memories. Create moments, get the belt and<br \/>\nthen bring the belt back to Charlotte,\u201d Battle said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a<br \/>\nwhile since I\u2019ve fought in Charlotte, but I want to bring the PFL<br \/>\nback, bring the title back to Charlotte and defend it in Charlotte.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s make these fights happen. Let\u2019s make it happen, and let\u2019s<br \/>\nmake some money.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in LIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET. Advertisement Bryan Battle could not ask for more in terms of a promotional debut. \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d Season 29 winner and Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran will draw his first assignment under the Professional Fighters League flag when he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}