2024 PFL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - 11/29

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PFL RESULTS

Sadibou Sy’s speed and kicks on display en route to a last-minute finish

June 21, 2024

A four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, Sadibou Sy has been one to produce highlights in the PFL SmartCage. In 2022, Sy went through Nikolay Aleksakhin, Rory MacDonald, Carlos Leal, and Dilano Taylor to capture the PFL welterweight ch...

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Gadzhi Rabadanov dominates with pressuring and grappling, but playoff spot not guaranteed just yet

June 21, 2024

After a 5-0 amateur run that culminated in a championship, Gadzhi Rabadanov made his name on the Russian regional scene, eventually winning a regional interim lightweight title in 2020. The former World Combat Sambo champion, who trains alongside...

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Adam Piccolotti earns split decision but falls short of postseason

June 21, 2024

A former training partner to the two-time PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier, Michael Dufort went 7-3 as an amateur before making his professional MMA debut in 2012, coming into tonight with a 13-4 record. The TriStar Gym product is cu...

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Sergio Cossio’s aggressive attack helps earn him decision win in alternate bout

June 21, 2024

Beginning his combat sports journey from a young age, Anthony Romero sports a junior black belt in taekwondo and black belts in both Brazilian and Japanese jiu-jitsu. Romero went 9-1 as an amateur, capturing lightweight gold on the circuit, before...

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Brahayn Zurcher emphatically keeps unbeaten record with Showcase KO

June 21, 2024

A former amateur MMA champion in Mexico, Brahyan Zurcher is currently 8-0 with six victories via stoppage. The Xtreme Couture product, a striking specialist influenced by his uncle, a Muay Thai fighter, is 3-0 in the PFL cage. Zurcher scored a dec...

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Linton Vassell wins the rubber match; gets Tim Johnson a playoff spot & Denis Goltsov the No. 1 seed

June 13, 2024

Valentin Moldavsky, a protegee of the legendary Fedor Emelianenko, has trained in wrestling, Sambo and judo before joining MMA, turning pro in 2015. Signing with Bellator in 2017, Moldavsky won seven straight, including a win over Tim Johnson to c...

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Another first round finish and the No. 1 seed for Dakota Ditcheva, pursuing a second PFL belt

June 13, 2024

After impressing in a Showcase bout during the 2022 PFL World Championships, Dakota Ditcheva has continued to be dominant in the PFL SmartCage. Ditcheva ran through Malin Hermansson, Cornelia Holm and Valentina Scatizzi to earn the inaugural PFL E...

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Denis Goltsov takes care of business quickly, back yet again in the PFL heavyweight playoffs

June 13, 2024

After coming so close to earning PFL gold last season, falling short in the championship matchup, Denis Goltsov is so close to getting back to the postseason. The former Russian Combat Sambo world champion is 11-3 in the PFL, with 27 finishes to h...

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Liz Carmouche locks up PFL playoff spot with last-second, hail-mary armbar

June 13, 2024

Making her professional MMA debut in 2010, Liz Carmouche is regarded as one of the pioneers of women’s MMA, competing in numerous noteworthy promotions and challenging for a number of titles at both flyweight and bantamweight. Signing with Bellato...

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Taila Santos clinches flyweight playoff spot in close split decision victory

June 13, 2024

Taila Santos, who began her MMA career in 2013, started things off with 15 victories in a row – including 10 straight first-round finishes. A former flyweight champion on the regional scene, Santos has been in there with the likes of Valentina She...

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Oleg Popov overwhelms with takedowns and top pressure, clinching playoff spot

June 13, 2024

Oleg Popov currently finds himself on the longest active win streak out of all MMA heavyweights, coming out victorious in his last 15 fights in a row. Popov, who has 12 finishes to his credit, is a veteran of the Russian MMA scene, having won a re...

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Tyrell Fortune rocks and wrestles his way to dominant decision win

June 13, 2024

Marcelo Golm’s MMA career began in 2015, scoring five straight first-round knockouts. Golm went 1-3 in her next four fights but ended up winning back-to-back bouts before signing with Bellator in 2021. The American Top Team product scored finishes...

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Ilara Joanne lands at will, taking unanimous decision win in spite of missing playoffs

June 13, 2024

Ilara Joanne built up an 8-4 record to start her career in her native Brazil before signing with Bellator in 2019. A product of the Pitbull Brothers gym, Joanne went 3-4 in Bellator. While she has seven finishes in her 11 wins, it’s been a rough p...

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Low blow stops Tim Johnson’s first first-round finish attempt, so he does it again

June 13, 2024

Danilo Marques’s combat sports journey began when he was 10, starting with taekwondo before eventually picking up boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Marques is a former state champion in the latter two disciplines, a former national jiu-jitsu champio...

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Juliana Velasquez scores second-round finish to keep pursuit of playoffs alive

June 13, 2024

Prior to entering this PFL season, Juliana Velasquez signed with Bellator in 2017, going on to build up a 7-2 record in that promotion. Her only losses coming in title fights against Liz Carmouche, Velasquez defeated Ilima-Lei Macfarlane at Bellat...

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Sumiko Inaba scores split decision in back-and-forth striking battle

June 13, 2024

A successful amateur run that included three title wins in two weight classes was good enough to get Sumiko Inaba signed to Bellator as she turned pro. Entering her PFL debut tonight, she has matched the same record she ended her time as an amateu...

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Savannah Marshall brings the heat to the MMA cage, delivers with a first-round TKO

June 8, 2024

After already showcasing superiority in one combat discipline, Savannah Marshall now gets to try her hand at MMA, making her professional debut here tonight in her hometown of Newcastle. Marshall became the first female British world champion in b...

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Dylan Tuke uses clinch, grappling control to get decision win

June 8, 2024

Kane Mousah is a striking specialist, coming from a karate background to working with Michael Bisping. Fighting out of Tiger Muay Thai, Mousah has won 14 of 20 fights in his career thus far, which includes a 3-3 record in Bellator and a previous a...

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Jack Grant lands brutal suplex that leads him to welterweight playoff spot

June 8, 2024

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Jack Grant’s grappling prowess can be seen on full display every time he enters competition. Grant holds 19 professional MMA victories entering tonight, with 10 wins coming via submission and another eight via KO/...

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Lewis McGrillen outlasts Matiss Zaharovs, gets decision in action-packed battle

June 8, 2024

Manchester native Lewis McGrillen has proven to be a rising star in England in the sport since making his debut in September 2021. McGrillen, a former multiple-time regional champion, has won eight of nine, with all of his wins coming via KO/TKO....

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