Carlos
Leal Miranda will be facing an uphill climb if he is to advance
to the Professional Fighters League Championships in November.
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Miranda tipped the scales at 172 pounds for his welterweight
semifinal clash against defending champion Sadibou Sy
(170.8) at PFL 9. As a result, Miranda will be fined 20% of his
purse and deducted one point heading into the bout. Additionally,
John Caldone (148.6) missed weight for his featherweight showcase
against Nathaniel Grimard (145.8) and has been fined 20% of his
purse. Everyone else on the card hit their contracted marks without
issue.
PFL 9 takes place on Wednesday night at The Theater at Madison
Square Garden and is headlined by a lightweight semifinal between
Clay
Collard (155) and Shane
Burgos (156). The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET/4:30
p.m. PT.
A UFC veteran with professional boxing experience, Collard is
gunning for his first PFL championship. The Pit Elevated Fight Team
export kicked off his 2023 campaign with a unanimous decision
triumph over Yamato
Nishikawa at PFL 3 before scoring a second-round TKO of
Steven
Ray at PFL 6. “Cassius” is 5-2 during his tenure with the
organization.
Burgos entered the PFL as a high-profile free agent acquisition but
dropped a unanimous verdict to defending lightweight champ Olivier
Aubin-Mercier in his debut. He righted the ship with a decision
triumph over Nishikawa at PFL 6 and then entered the postseason
when Natan
Schulte was removed from the bracket due to a lackluster bout
against friend and training partner Raush
Manfio.
PFL 9 Weigh-in Results:
Clay
Collard (155) vs. Shane
Burgos (156)
Olivier
Aubin-Mercier (155.6) vs. Bruno
Miranda (154)
Carlos
Leal Miranda (172)* vs. Sadibou Sy
(170.8)
Magomed
Magomedkerimov (170) vs. Solomon
Renfro (170.4)
Biaggio
Ali Walsh (155.2) vs. Ed Davis
(155.6)
Alexei
Pergande (145.6) vs. Shawn
Stefanelli (144.8)
Mostafa
Rashed Neda (184.8) vs. Korey Kuppe
(184.8)
Abigail
Montes (145.6) vs. Michelle
Montague (145.4)
Abdullah
Al-Qahtani (145.8) vs. David
Zelner (145.8)
John
Caldone (148.6)** vs. Nathaniel
Grimard (145.8)
*Leal missed weight and will forfeit 20% of his purse.
Additionally, he must win by at least two points on the scorecards
or finish the fight to advance to the PFL Championships.
**Caldone missed weight and will forfeit 20% of his purse.