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2026 UFL Playoffs Round 1 Results: Defenders Advance To United Bowl

  • DC Defenders knocked out the Orlando Storm to reach the United Bowl, avenging two regular-season losses to them in a three-game stretch.
  • Jason Bean (233 yards) and Abram Smith paced the Defenders, and Matt McCrane drilled a clutch 61-yard field goal to ice the win.
  • DC now waits on the June 14 winner of Louisville vs. St. Louis — the Battlehawks are looking to go one step further after last year’s conference-final loss.
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