Women’s lightweights and men’s heavyweights will be in the
spotlight during the second Professional Fighters League playoff
event on Aug. 19.
PFL Playoffs 2 will be headlined by a 155-pound clash between
second-seeded Kayla
Harrison and No. 3 Genah
Fabian, while No. 1 Larissa Pachecho will square off against
No. 4 Taylor
Guardado on the other half of the bracket. In men’s heavyweight
action, top seed Bruno Cappelozza will lock horns with No. 4
Jamelle
Jones, while No. 2 Denis
Goltsov will face No. 3 Ante
Delija.
The semifinal winners will advance to the PFL Championship, where
they will have a chance to earn a $1 million prize.
“PFL’s second playoff event on Thursday, Aug. 19 will feature an
incredible and action-packed card that only the PFL can deliver to
the 550 million MMA fans worldwide,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray.
“These athletes are putting it all on the line to secure a spot in
the PFL Championship. Nothing in sports compares to the intensity
of a must-win scenario and each of these fights are must-win.”
PFL Playoffs 2 takes place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
in Hollywood, Fla.. The main card airs at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on
ESPN and ESPN+, while the prelims, which features a lineup of six
non-playoff matchups, stream on ESPN+ beginning at 5:30 p.m.
ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
PFL Playoffs 2 Card:
ESPN/ESPN+ Main Card
Kayla
Harrison vs. Genah
Fabian
Bruno Cappelozza vs. Jamelle
Jones
Larissa
Pacheco vs. Taylor
Guardado
Denis
Goltsov vs. Ante
Delija
ESPN+ Preliminary Card
Renan
Ferreira vs. Stuart
Austin
Kaitlin
Young vs. Marina
Mokhnatkina
Carl
Seumanutafa vs. Muhammed
DeReese
Mariana
Morais vs. Zamzagul
Fayzallanova
Cynthia
Vanessa Vescan vs. Amanda
Leve
TBD vs. TBD