Hollywood, FL \u2014 Light heavyweight Sullivan Cauley (8-1) went from being sidelined completely in 2024, to being in the PFL World Tournament final in 2025.<\/p>\n
What a difference a year can make.<\/p>\n
Speaking with Cageside Press and other media outlets this week, the PFL Hollywood star noted that in 2024, \u201cthere was the acquisition of Bellator and at the same time, I injured myself. I actually had an ACL reconstruction. So those things kind of compounded and made for a long absence from the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was really tough, but by the time I recovered from that ACL, I was ready to go. I wanted to be busy this year, I wanted to fight as much as possible.\u201d When his manager reached out to tell Cauley that he was in the PFL World Tournament, it was music to his ears. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly the opportunity we were looking for. This is the plan. We thought I was going to win this tournament at the beginning, we knew it would be tough though. And it\u2019s gone according to plan. We\u2019ve been working hard, winning fights, and this has been the most fun in this sport I can remember.\u201d<\/p>\n
Should he win the PFL World Tournament at 205lbs, it\u2019s safe to say Sullivan Cauley has options.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think a fight against Corey Anderson would be incredible. In the back of my mind, we\u2019ve always wanted to step into boxing a little bit too. So maybe something there,\u201d he suggested. \u201cI think I\u2019m one of the few guys in the sport of MMA that could box at the professional level really.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, there\u2019s Antonio Carlos Junior to deal with first. \u201cFirst thing\u2019s first. We\u2019ve got to beat \u2018Shoeface,\u2019 which is no easy task,\u201d said Cauley.<\/p>\n
Breaking down his opponent, Cauley, who trains alongside former Bellator double-champ Ryan Bader, said that ACJ \u201cbrings experience, toughness, world class jiu-jitsu. He brings a lot. He\u2019s got more experience, than me, but I proved in my last fight I can beat guys with a lot of experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s a tough guy, I think he can grind out wins in close fights, he\u2019s proven that. I don\u2019t think he can strike like I can, I don\u2019t think he can wrestle like I can, I don\u2019t think he has the conditioning I have. I think I can get it done,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n
Watch the full PFL Hollywood media day appearance by Sullivan Cauley above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood, FL \u2014 Light heavyweight Sullivan Cauley (8-1) went from being sidelined completely in 2024, to being in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,12059,802,4736,786,15810,15803,11877,15805,801,10280,785,2843,15808,5963,15804,15809,85,15806,787,15807],"class_list":["post-86324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bellator","tag-boxing","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-fighting","tag-gsp","tag-invicta","tag-jon-jones","tag-lfa","tag-martial-arts","tag-mixed-martial-arts","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-fc","tag-pfl","tag-rizin","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-sports","tag-titan-fc","tag-ufc","tag-wsof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}