Upsets Galore: Several Heavy Favorites Fall at 2022 Professional Fighters League 5

By Martial Arts Videos June 25, 2022
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The
Professional Fighters League post-season is set at heavyweight,
lightweight and featherweight after
2022 PFL 5.

In the headliner, Matheus
Scheffel (16-8, 1-1 PFL) upset 2021 PFL champion Bruno
Cappelozza (15-6, 5-1 PFL) in a heavyweight clash. Scheffel
took the initiative early in Round 1 and scored with crisp punches.
Cappelozza took a few good shots on the chin and had to back down
to weather the storm. Scheffel looked fresher in the second stanza
as he moved inside and outside his foe’s guard with quick punches.
When Cappelozza attempted to move the action to the canvas, “Buffa”
stuffed his initiative. Cappelozza found his pace and distance in
the third period, stinging his adversary and making him miss most
of his power punches. Ultimately, it turned out that Cappelozza’s
late resurgence wasn’t enough. When time had expired, the cageside
judges rewarded Scheffel with three 29-28 scorecards and a
unanimous decision victory.

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The co-headliner ended after Steven Ray
upset former
Ultimate Fighting Championship and
World Extreme Cagefighting titleholder Anthony
Pettis with a contender for submission of the year. Pettis
(25-13, 1-3 PFL) showcased his unorthodox strikes, but Ray (24-10,
1-1 PFL) stayed composed and worked his way into the clinch with
combinations. Pettis fired some question mark kicks in the second
frame, whereas Ray answered with boxing combinations. When the
moment presented itself, Ray took Pettis down and captured his
back. Pettis attempted to roll out of the sticky situation, but Ray
kept his opponent stuck in a tight body triangle. Much like the
loss “Showtime” suffered at the hands of Dustin
Poirier at UFC Fight Night 120, the pressure seemed too much to
handle for Pettis, who tapped and immediately started holding his
ribs. The official end came at the 3:57 mark of Round 2.

Elsewhere, Klidson
Abreu (17-5, 1NC; 2-1 PFL) upended Renan
Ferreira (9-3, 1NC; 3-1, 1NC PFL) with a unanimous decision
(30-27, 30-37, 30-27) R3, 5:00 at heavyweight; Chris Wade
(22-7, 10-4 PFL) crushed fellow UFC vet Kyle
Bochniak (11-7, 0-2 PFL) with a head kick followed by a series
of punches 70 seconds into their featherweight bout; heavyweight
Ante
Delija (21-5, 5-2 PFL) kept Shelton
Graves (9-6, 0-1 PFL) at bay to secure a unanimous decision
(29-27, 29-27, 29-27) and a playoffs spot; Bellator MMA alum
Bubba
Jenkins (18-5, 4-1 PFL) manhandled Reinaldo
Ekson (18-6, 1-1 PFL) to take home a unanimous decision (30-27,
30-27, 30-27) and a spot in the featherweight playoffs; Denis
Goltsov (29-7, 7-2 PFL) defeated UFC vet Maurice
Greene (10-7, 0-1 PFL) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27,
30-27) and advanced to the heavyweight playoffs; two-time PFL
145-pound titleholder Lance
Palmer (25-6, 12-3 PFL) outwrestled Sheymon
Moraes (14-6, 3-2 PFL) en route to a unanimous decision victory
(30-27, 29-28, 29-28); UFC heavyweight alum Juan Adams
(10-4, 1-0 PFL) smashed Sam Kei (8-6,
0-1 PFL) with punches at the 2:30 mark of Round 2; 145-pounder
Ryoji
Kudo (11-3-1, 1-1 PFL) melted Alejandro
Flores Garcia (21-4, 2-1 PFL) thanks to a haymaker that halted
the action at 2:52 into the opening period, flying to the playoffs;
Brendan
Loughnane (22-4, 5-1 PFL) secured a place in the featherweight
playoffs after outpointing Ago Huskic
(8-4, 0-0 PFL) on all scorecards (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

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