Landry Ward VS Michael Boylan

Landry Ward defeated Michael Boylan by split decision on the preliminary card of PFL Charlotte: Battle vs. Rosta in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 7, 2026. The lightweight bout went the full three rounds, with two judges scoring it 30-27 for Ward and the third returning a 29-28 card for Boylan. The starkly divergent scorecards — two officials seeing Ward winning every round, one seeing Boylan doing the same — reflect a contest that each fighter controlled by stretches. Ward's output across the three frames proved persuasive enough for the majority of the judging panel, earning him the split-decision victory at 155 pounds.

Texas's Landry "The Lone Star Kid" Ward (9-3) brings regional finishing experience — including a 59-second KO win at LFA — into this PFL lightweight bout against Iowa's Michael "The Ninja" Boylan, who arrives undefeated at 6-0 with KOs and submissions across his entire win column. Two fighters who have never gone the distance before meeting on the PFL stage for the first time makes this a legitimate early-stoppage candidate.