OFFICIAL: 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲. 2023
#PFLPlayoffs New York cards are now set! ✅August 18th: Heavyweights & Women’s Featherweights
August 23rd: Welterweights & LightweightsFor more information and tickets 👇https://t.co/eCMG4faqPw pic.twitter.com/CMwOs5CcmY
— PFL (@PFLMMA)
July 12, 2023
The lineups are set for the final two Professional Fighters League
playoff events.
The first card takes place on Aug. 18 at the Theater at Madison
Square Garden in New York City and features heavyweights and
women’s featherweights. The heavyweight semifinals have undergone
one significant change, as Maurice
Greene will replace the inured Marcelo
Nunes and lock horns with Renan
Ferreira on side of the bracket. That matchup will serve as the
featured bout of the evening, while the other semifinal will pit
Denis
Goltsov against Jordan
Heiderman. The main card will also feature a pair of women’s
145-pound semifinals: Larissa
Pacheco vs. Olena
Kolesnyk and Marina
Mokhnatkina vs. Amber
Leibrock.
The PFL 8 main card will air on ESPN and includes a showcase bout
between Nathan
Kelly and Damion
Nelson. A six-fight preliminary card of showcase fights will
precede the main draw on ESPN+.
Meanwhile, PFL 9 will go down on Aug. 23 at the same venue, with
the postseason for lightweights and welterweights taking center
stage. The featured pairing will be a 155-pound clash pitting
Clay
Collard against Shane
Burgos, while Olivier
Aubin-Mercier meets Bruno
Miranda in the other lightweight semifinal. In the welterweight
semis, Sadibou Sy
will lock horns with Carlos Leal, while Magomed
Magomedkerimov squares off against Magomed
Umalatov. Finally, Biaggio Ali W
alsh will face an as yet to be determined opponent in a showcase
bout on the main draw. The PFL 9 main card airs on ESPN, while a
five-bout preliminary opener airs on ESPN+.
“We are thrilled to bring two 2023 PFL Playoff events back to New
York City at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on August 18 and
23,” said PFL president of fighter operations Ray Sefo. “Our
athletes have worked all season long for this kind of opportunity,
and sixteen fighters have the chance to punch their ticket to the
2023 PFL World Championship with a $1 million purse awaiting.”
PFL 8: 2023 Playoffs
Main Card
Heavyweight Playoff Bout: Renan
Ferreira (2) vs. Maurice
Greene (5)
Women’s Featherweight Playoff Bout: Larissa
Pacheco (1) vs. Olena
Kolesnyk (4)
Heavyweight Playoff Bout: Denis
Goltsov (1) vs. Jordan
Heiderman (4)
Women’s Featherweight Playoff Bout: Marina
Mokhnatkina (2) vs. Amber
Leibrock (3)
Showcase Bout: Nathan
Kelly vs. Damion
Nelson
Prelims
Showcase Bout: Chris Mixan
vs. Eddy
George
Showcase Bout: Abraham
Bably vs. Anthony
Wint
Showcase Bout: Danilo
Marques vs. Satoshi
Ishii
Showcase Bout: Laureano
Staropoli vs. Ben Egli
Showcase Bout: Kaytlin
Neil vs. Maira
Mazar
Showcase Bout: Louie
Sutherland vs. Daiqwon
Buckley
PFL 9: 2023 Playoffs
Main Card
Lightweight Playoff Bout: Clay
Collard (1) vs. Shane
Burgos (4)
Lightweight Playoff Bout: Olivier
Aubin-Mercier (2) vs. Bruno
Miranda (3)
Welterweight Playoff Bout: Sadibou Sy
(3) vs. Carlos
Leal Miranda (2)
Welterweight Playoff Bout: Magomed
Magomedkerimov (1) vs. Magomed
Umalatov (4)
Amateur Bout: Biaggio
Ali Walsh vs. TBA
Prelims
Showcase Bout: Alexei
Pergande vs. Shawn
Stefanelli
Showcase Bout: Mostafa
Rashed Neda vs. Korey
Kuppe
Showcase Bout: Abigail
Montes vs. Michelle
Montague
Showcase Bout: Abdullah
Al-Qahtani vs. David
Zelner
Showcase Bout: John
Caldone vs. Nathaniel
Grimard