The main event for
PFL 5 is official, as both Clay
Collard and Mads
Burnell hit their contracted marks on Thursday.
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Collard tipped the scales at 155.8 pounds, while Burnell checked in
at 155.6 ahead of their lightweight headliner, which is scheduled
for Friday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. PFL 5, which
features regular season bouts at lightweight and light heavyweight,
begins with a preliminary card on ESPN+ at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m.
PT before moving to the main draw on ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5
p.m. PT.
A 2023 PFL lightweight finalist, Collard kicked off his current
campaign with a second-round technical knockout victory against
Patricky
Freire on April 12. He currently sits xth in the PFL
lightweight standings with five points.
Burnell has some work to do if he is to advance to the posteason.
The
UFC and Bellator
MMA veteran had a two-bout winning streak snapped at PFL 2,
where he suffered a second-round submission loss to Michael
Dufort.
PFL 5 Weigh-in Results:
Clay
Collard (155.8) vs. Mads
Burnell (155.6)
Impa
Kasanganay (204.8) vs. Jakob Nedoh
(206)
Patricky
Freire (155) vs. Bruno
Miranda (154.6)
Rob
Wilkinson (205.6) vs. Joshua
Silveira (206)
Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov (205) vs. Simon
Biyong (203.8)
Antonio
Carlos Jr. (205.6) vs. Alex
Polizzi (203.4)
Brent
Primus (155.8) vs. Solomon
Renfro (*156.4: Missed Weight)
Sadibou
Sy (205.2) vs. Tom Breese
(206)
Gadzhi
Rabadanov (156) vs. Elvin
Espinoza (155.8)
Michael
Dufort (156) vs. Adam
Piccolotti (155.8)
Anthony
Romero (156) vs. Sergio
Cossio (156)
Andrew
Sanchez (204.8) vs. Karl
Albrektsson (205.2)
Brahyan
Zurcher (146) vs. Julian Ruiz
(145.6)
Renfro missed weight by .4 pounds and will be fined a portion of
his purse.