PFL chairman and founder Donn Davis announced Monday that elbows will be legal in all fights, a major change for the promotion heading into 2025. Since its inception in 2018, the PFL had banned elbows for the regular season and playoffs. Elbows were typically allowed in non-season and non-playoff fights only.

PFL (Professional Fighters League) is planning on "evolving" MMA in 2025, and they will do so by "continuing to listen to fans." That is what PFL founder and chairman Donn Davis told Newsweek Sports in an exclusive interview.

The PFL has officially legalised elbow strikes in its fights - having previously banned the technique. The MMA promotion runs a league system in the US and Europe which means its best fighters can compete up to four times a year. With elbows increasing the chance of a cut to a fighter, the technique was banned.

The founder and co-owner of PFL, Donn Davis, posted on social media announcing the removal of the ban on elbow strikes across all PFL events. In 2024, elbow strikes had only been permitted in title fights.