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.

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.

Davis took to X to announce that elbows will be legal in all fights in 2025. This is a huge change considering since the organization began in 2018, elbows have been banned in all regular-season and playoff matches. Elbows were allowed in non-season and non-playoff matches, but now they will be legal in the entirety of the sport.