The
Professional Fighters League returns with its first installment
of the 2021 playoff series. The 10-fight card features four
semifinal bouts in the welterweight and lightweight divisions with
Rory
MacDonald vs. Ray Cooper
III atop the card. While all semifinalists made weight, two
PFL 7 undercard fighters missed weight: Darrell
Horcher and Leandro
Silva.
MacDonald (22-7-1) most recently suffered a controversial decision
loss to Gleison
Tibau and will look to rebound against Cooper III (22-7-1), who
is on a four-fight win streak. The other welterweight semifinal
sees Magomed
Magomedkerimov (27-5) facing off against the 34-year-old Swede
Sadibou
Sy (9-5-2, 1 NC). Meanwhile, the lightweight semifinals will
see Clay
Collard (20-8, 1 NC) go up against Raush
Manfio (13-3), and Loik
Radzhabov (14-3-1) face Alex
Martinez (8-1)
PFL Playoffs will begin at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+ and
the main card movies to ESPN+ and ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
PFL Playoffs Weigh-in Results:
Rory
MacDonald (170.75) vs. Ray Cooper
III (169.75)
Sadibou
Sy (169.25) vs. Magomed
Magomedkerimov (171)
Clay
Collard (155.75) vs. Raush
Manfio (156)
Loik
Radzhabov (156) vs. Alexander
Martinez (155.5)
Micah
Terrill (170.75) vs. Gleison
Tibau (171)
Darrell
Horcher (159.25)* vs. Olivier
Aubin-Mercier (155.5)
Tyler
Hill (171) vs. Brett
Cooper (169.75)
Magomed
Umalatov (171) vs. Leandro
Silva (172.5)**
Kyron
Bowen (170.75) vs. Michael
Lombardo (171)
Elvin
Espinoza (155.25) vs. Hopeton
Stewart (154.75)
*Horcher missed weight by 3.25 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
**Silva missed weight by 1.5 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.