Credit score: PFL
The PFL has been beneath hearth of late, criticized for every thing from occasion pacing to a scarcity of exercise for Bellator fighters, the previous quantity two MMA promotion globally, who the league bought final 12 months.
On Friday, the promotion shall be in Saudi Arabia for its PFL Championship 2024, with six title fights and an opportunity to silence the critics, at the very least for one evening.
Among the promotion’s largest stars, together with Brendan Loughnane, Impa Kasanganay, and Dakota Ditcheva shall be in motion, trying to declare gold. The occasion shall be a part of a double-header, with the ultimate PFL MENA card set for the exact same day.
Jesus Pinedo, who was anticipated to face Jeremy Kennedy on the occasion, weighed in six kilos heavy and has been pulled from the cardboard. He’s now anticipated to face Gabriel Braga, per a report by MMA Combating.
Weigh-ins for the 2024 PFL Championship card happened on Thursday in Saudi Arabia; outcomes could be discovered beneath.
PFL Championship 2024 Weigh-In Outcomes
Fundamental Card
Brendan Loughnane (144.8) vs. Timur Khizriev (144.7) – for the PFL featherweight championshipDakota Ditcheva (124.9) vs. Taila Santos (125) – for the PFL girls’s flyweight championshipImpa Kasanganay (204.6) vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (204.1) – for the PFL gentle heavyweight championshipMagomed Umalatov (168.8) vs. Shamil Musaev (169.8) – for the PFL welterweight championshipBrent Primus (154.3) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (155) – for the PFL light-weight championshipDenis Goltsov (245.8) vs. Oleg Popov (249.5) – for the PFL heavyweight championship
PFL MENA Championship
Featherweight: Maraoune Bellagouit (144.4) vs. Abdullah Al-Qahtani (144.3)Welterweight: Mohammad Alaqraa (169.6) vs. Omar El Dafrawy (170)Girls’s atomweight: Hattan Alsaif (105.4) vs. Lilia Osmani (108.3)* – novice boutBantamweight: Ali Taleb (134) vs. Rachid El Hazoume (134.8)Light-weight: Mohsen Mohammadseifi (154.6) vs. Georges Eid (155)
* Osmani missed weight by 2.3 kilos
Preliminary Card
Mansour Barnaoui (153.6) vs. Alfie Davis (155.7)Abraham Bably (251.8) vs. Slim Trabelsi (243.5)Gabriel Braga () vs. Jeremy Kennedy ()Asael Adjoudj (145.9) vs. Jose Perez (145)Alan Galvao (185) vs. Costello van Steenis (185.9)
