2024 PFL Championships faceoff off between Denis Goltsov vs Oleg Popov in the course of the ceremonial weigh-ins at King Saud College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (Matt Ferris / PFL)
In Friday’s PFL Heavyweight World Championship ultimate, Russian contenders Denis Goltsov and Oleg Popov met with a million {dollars} on the road. Popov got here into the competition with the longest lively profitable streak within the heavyweight division (17). Goltsov was defeated in final 12 months’s ultimate however marched via the 2024 season for this opportunity at championship redemption.
Within the opening moments of the struggle each rivals met within the heart of the cage, with Goltsov touchdown a jab early. Shortly after, Popov took Goltsov to floor touchdown a takedown towards the fence. Goltsov expertly threw up a triangle that nobody together with Popov noticed coming. Popov struggled to outlive and get his head out of the damaging place, however Goltsov put the surging prospect to sleep with the submission.
An unimaginable victory for Goltsov who lastly captured PFL gold after developing brief simply final 12 months. Goltsov earned himself 1 Million {dollars} and probably a matchup towards PFL Heavyweight Francis Ngannou. After snapping Popov’s impressively lengthy win streak, Goltsov has positioned himself for the largest struggle of his profession.
Throughout his post-fight interview Goltsov acknowledged “I am really happy because this is my fifth time… I feel my condition was much better than last year… Now I’m ready I want a big fight!” Goltsov additionally stated that he “of course” desires to struggle Ngannou in a Tremendous-Battle subsequent October.
Official End result: Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov by submission (triangle choke), Spherical 1, 2:55
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