Looks like the PFL (Professional Fighters League) is finally getting off the ground soon, with a schedule and venues reserved, athletic commissions on board, etc. This used to be the WSOF, and they rebranded with a league concept with a "regular season" followed by playoffs and a $1MM prize for each of 6 winners. Featured bouts will be aired on NBCSN during 2 hour shows, with the other bouts that dont make it onto TV streamed on Facebook. The plan is to try to make Thursday Night MMA a thing by holding all their regular season events on Thursdays.
http://mmajunkie.com/2018/04/profess...tournament-mma
They signed 72 fighters, 12 each in 6 weight classes at FW, LW, WW, MW, LHW, and HW. During the "regular season" in June, July, and August, each of the 72 fighters will be scheduled for 2 fights. A win is worth 3 points and a draw is worth 1 point. Bonus points for finishing in the first round (3), 2nd round (2), or 3rd round (1). After the regular season they cut each weight class down to an 8-man playoff (48 fighters), with tiebreakers used where needed for the cut to 8 and for seeding. Playoffs in October, and the 6 championship fights on New Year's Eve.
The pay in the regular season is traditional show/win contracts. Quarterfinal losers get 50k, Semifinal losers get 100k, the runner up in each division gets 200k, and the champions each get $1MM. (so if you do the math, the total purse for the playoffs is $8.1MM)