The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden hosts the 2022 PFL championships. As the PFl says “it’s the richest night in MMA”. The 11-fight card features six-championship bouts where each winner receives a million dollar check.
The main event will see the trilogy bout between the only women’s Lightweight champion the promotion has known and knockout artist Larissa Pacheco. Battle tested Englishman Brendan Loughnane squares off with tenacious wrestler Bubba Jenkins. The Heavyweight final will see a rematch between Ante Delija and Matheus Scheffel who he knocked out in his first fight of the season. A pair of well rounded UFC vets meet in the Lightweight finals as Canada’s Oliver Aubin-Mercier takes on Scotland’s Stevie Ray. The welterweight final is a strikers delight between Jamacia’s Dilano Taylor & Sweden’s Sadibou Sy. And in the Light-Heavyweight finals Australian striker faces Omari Akhmedov.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+ pay-per-view, 8 p.m. ET)
- Women’s Lightweight Championship: Larissa Pacheco (19-4) def. Kayla Harrison (15-1) by (48-47 x3) unanimous decision
- Featherweight Championship: Brendan Loughnane (26-4) def. Bubba Jenkins (19-6) by TKO 2:38 R4
- Heavyweight Championship: Ante Delija (23-5) def. Matheus Scheffel (17-9) by TKO 2:50 R1
- Lightweight Championship: Olivier Aubin-Mercier (17-5) def. Stevie Ray (25-11) by KO 2:40 R2
- Welterweight Championship Sadibou Sy (13-6-2) def. Dilano Taylor (10-3) by (49-46 x3) unanimous decision
- Light Heavyweight Championship: Robert Wilkinson (17-2) def. Omari Akhmedov (24-8-1) by TKO (Dr. Stoppage) 5:00 R2
- Women’s Featherweight: Aspen Ladd (10-3) def. Julia Budd (16-5) by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) by split decision
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Featherweight: Sheymon Moraes (15-6) def. Marlon Moraes (23-11-1) by TKO 0:58 R3
- Lightweight: Natan Schulte (23-5-1) def. Jeremy Stephens (29-21) by submission (head an arm choke) 1:32 R2
- Welterweight: Magomed Mogomedkerimov (30-6) def. Gleason Tibau (36-16) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
- Women’s Flyweight: Dakota Ditcheva (7-0) def. Katherine Corogenes (1-1) by KO 4:20 R1
- Amateur Lightweight: Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Tom Graesser by KO 0:45 R1
