OFFICIAL:
#2022PFL5 Matchups are SET! @ESPNPlus |
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May 26, 2022
Defending heavyweight champion Bruno
Henrique Cappelozza will continue his bid to repeat against
Matheus
Scheffel in the PFL 5 main event on June 24.
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The promotion announced the pairings for the regular season card,
which is mostly comprised of heavyweight and featherweight bouts.
The exception is a lightweight clash between Anthony
Pettis and Steven Ray,
which will serve as the evening’s co-main event. Rounding out the
main draw is a featherweight tilt between Chris Wade
and Kyle
Bochniak and a heavyweight scrap pitting Renan
Ferreira against Klidson
Abreu.
PFL 5 takes place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta Georgia. The
main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, whle
prelims stream on ESPN+ beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
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The preliminary card will kick off the action with seven bouts:
Ante
Delija vs. Stuart
Austin at heavyweight; Denis
Goltsov vs. Sam Kei at
heavyweight; Ali Isaev vs.
Jamelle
Jones at heavyweight; Bubba
Jenkins vs. Saba
Bolaghi at featherweight; Lance
Palmer vs. Sheymon
Moraes at featherweight; Brendan
Loughnane vs. Boston
Salmon at featherweight and Alejandro
Flores vs. Ryoji Kudo
at featherweight.
“The stakes continue to rise on the road to the PFL Playoffs live
from OTE Arena in Atlanta,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “The PFL’s
unique season format makes each fight a must win and delivers the
best MMA action to the millions of fans around the world.”