Dilano Taylor Hoping for Revenge Tour in 2023

Professional Fighters League 2022 Season welterweight runner-up Dilano Taylor believes things would go differently if he locks horns again with some of his past rivals.

Last year was quite the ride for Taylor (10-3, 3-2 PFL), who first landed a PFL contract after winning his Challenger Series assignment, then made his way up to the finals. While he eventually lost to veteran Sadibou Sy, “The Postman” received much praise for how he handled himself throughout the past regular season, highlighted by a knockout victory over former Bellator MMA titleholder Rory MacDonald. This year, Taylor would love to run back some of his past challenges, especially the one with Magomed Magomedkharimov at 2023 PFL 3, which Taylor accepted on short notice. While talking with Sherdog, Taylor stated he won’t push to have those rematches with Magomedkharimov and Sy, but he won’t back down from them either, as he wants to test his growth as a fighter.

“I want to face all of them, but I want to get my rematches back, for sure. I’m not searching for my rematches, but if there was, I would like to get back my rematches against Magomedkharimov and, of course, Sy, for just my personal reasons and more so really, to just test my growth overall as a fighter. I lost to Magomedkharimov on a day’s notice. It is what it is; I’m not going to complain about that. Of course, Sy, I want to see how far I’ve grown as a fighter and really test myself and see if those same results happen again, which I highly bout it will.”

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro
(00:19) His path in the PFL in 2019
(01:05) Commenting on the Challenger Series performance of Impa Kasanganay
(03:20) Disagreeing with the judges’ decision
(03:55) Preparing for Umalatov
(04:41) The adjustments he made since last year
(05:40) Training with Kasanganay
(05:54) Looking to secure rematches with Magomedkerimov and Sy
(07:10) Commenting on his rivalry Thad Jean
(08:22) His motivation for 2023
(09:45) Enjoying his popularity after knocking out MacDonald in 2022
(11:28) Outro