Lightweights Clay Collard, Jeremy Stephens Cleared to Headline PFL’s 2022 Debut

Lightweights and light heavyweights will step to the stage when the Professional Fighters League kicks off its 2022 campaign and the chase for $1 million bounties begins.

Clay Collard tipped the scales at 155 pounds in advance of his PFL 1 headliner opposite fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Jeremy Stephens (156) on Wednesday at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. Meanwhile, Raush Manfio (156) and Don Madge (155.75) were also given the green light to compete at Tuesday’s official weigh-in.

PFL 1 “Collard vs. Stephens”—which airs live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—features two other matches on the main card, as Antonio Carlos Jr. (205.5) locks horns with Delan Monte (205) at light heavyweight and Natan Schulte (156) toes the line against Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155.75) at lightweight. The six-fight undercard, highlighted by a light heavyweight tilt between Emiliano Sordi (205.5) and Cory Hendricks (205.75), will stream to ESPN+ in its entirety at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

PFL 1 Weigh-in Results:
Clay Collard (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (156)
Raush Manfio (156) vs. Don Madge (155.75)
Antonio Carlos Jr. (205.5) vs. Delan Monte (205)
Natan Schulte (156) vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155.75)
Emiliano Sordi (205.5) vs. Cory Hendricks (205.75)
Alex Martinez (156) vs. Steven Ray (155.5)
Marthin Hamlet (205.75) vs. Teodoras Aukstuolis (204.5)
Omari Akhmedov (204.5) vs. Viktor Pesta (205.5)
Rob Wilkinson (205) vs. Bruce Souto (204.5)
Simeon Powell (205.75) vs. Clinton Williams (204.5)