Pillow Fighting Becomes A Professional Sport, First Ever Champion Crowned, Twitter Reacts!

The 24 contenders included 16 males and 8 women who were mostly MMA fighters. In the new sport, they mixed both mixed martial arts & specially made pillows.

Pillow Fighting Championship (Image Source: Instagram)

New Delhi: Whoever thought pillow fighting was child's play, did not see this new combat sport coming. Pillow Fighting Championship (PFC) first edition was played on January 29 in Florida. 

The 24 contenders included 16 males and 8 women who were mostly MMA fighters. In the new sport, they mixed both mixed martial arts & specially made pillows.

"It's not something where you sit there and laugh and feathers are flying," Steve Williams, CEO of PFC, told Reuters.

"It's serious. It's hardcore swinging with specialised pillows."

The Pillow Fighting Championship crowned its first ever champions in Florida as the children's pastime was turned into a professional combat sport https://t.co/0iLG8xgza5 pic.twitter.com/M8HX87p6bo

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 31, 2022

The bracket styled tournament was introduced as a pay-per-view tournament. Williams hopes that the sport taps a new audience because so many people grew up bashing their siblings, friends & parents making pillow fighting more relatable.

At the end of the championship, Istela Nunes emerged as the women’s winner, after defeating Kendahl Voelker. On the men’s side, Hauley Tillman defeated Marcus Brimage to win the top spot. Both the winner got a cash prize of 5,000 US dollars and a belt.

Though Twitteratis did find the whole idea a bit amusing: 

Pillow fighting becomes professional combat sport.

I demand special status for Piithuu and gilli danda too.

— Ravi Vaka (@vakaravi) February 1, 2022

I'll just have to watch since my prime pillow fighting days were a good 40 years ago.
I still might be able go a couple rounds of towel snapping though. 🤔

— Dwight Bishop 🇨🇦 (@dabertime) February 1, 2022

Only in America would there be a professional pillow fighting league 😩😂 pic.twitter.com/Sj1M2S7zuC

— Blay 🤞🏿🇬🇭 (@Blayofficial) February 1, 2022

I honestly wish I had a time machine to go 20 years in the future to see PillowFighting 2042 in it's prime pic.twitter.com/XaE6sHX7XF

— Jacob_Racine (@jacob_racine) January 28, 2022

Professional pillow fighting is a thing. pic.twitter.com/jf1GBzW8ne

— C R W N (@TheThomasCRWN) January 27, 2022

I just saw that the professional pillow fighting championship was this weekend and I’m trying to figure out how I missed my calling? pic.twitter.com/kvHa7jrD0f

— Ms. Jazzy if you’re sassy (@JazzyfrizzleVo) January 29, 2022

Pillow Fighting Championship fans. https://t.co/zN9EHPIhRy pic.twitter.com/eW7e1V4cWp

— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 1, 2022

Yes, I am both a ‘professional’ as well as ‘for’ pillow fighting pic.twitter.com/U09dLpQvmT

— eLeni 🥂 (@eleniZarro) February 1, 2022

So from now on, encourage kids to pillow-fight 👀 https://t.co/79M2KEIJbW

— Jaspreet Singh Sahni (@JaspreetSSahni) January 31, 2022