This article was updated at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday to include
details of a bout’s cancelation and add missing weights.
The
Professional Fighters League playoffs continue with four
semifinal fights in the featherweight and welterweight
divisions.
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Headlining
PFL 9 is an anticipated featherweight fight between 2022
champion Brendan
Loughnane and Kai Kamaka
III. Whoever emerges as the victor in the main event will then
go up against the winner between Gabriel
Braga and Timur
Khizriev. All playoff fighters made weight, including the
participants of the welterweight semifinal bouts: Magomed
Umalatov vs. Neiman
Gracie and Shamil
Musaev vs. Murad
Ramazanov.
Welterweight Mukhamed
Berkhamov initially missed weight for his fight against
Ray
Cooper III. After receiving additional time, Berkhamov returned
to weigh in at 170.5 pounds. Additionally, welterweight Eric
Alequin reportedly
didn’t appear during the weigh-ins for his fight against Luca Poclit.
Alequin subsequently did not pass his medical exams and has been
pulled from the event.
Loughnane (28-5) has quickly become one of the faces of the
organization. The English fighter bounced back from a surprising
knockout loss in 2023 against Jesus
Pinedo with TKO wins over Pedro
Carvalho and Justin
Gonzales. He’ll look to fight his way to his second PFL finals.
Meanwhile, Kamaka III (14-5) is on an impressive five-fight win
streak that includes decision wins over Carvalho, Bubba
Jenkins and Henry
Corrales.
The PFL 9 main card will air live on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT on Friday. Prelims air at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT exclusively
on ESPN+.
PFL 9 Weigh-in Results:
Brendan
Loughnane (146) vs. Kai Kamaka
III (145.6)
Magomed
Umalatov (170) vs. Neiman
Gracie (170)
Gabriel
Braga (146) vs. Timur
Khizriev (145.8)
Shamil
Musaev (170.2) vs. Murad
Ramazanov (171)
Ray
Cooper III (171) vs. Mukhamed
Berkhamov (170.5)
Eric
Alequin (N/A)* vs. Luca Poclit
(N/A)
Tyler
Diamond (145.6) vs. Enrique
Barzola (145.4)
Jesse
Stirn (145.6) vs. Jose Perez
(145.3)
Maxwell
Djantou Nana (263.8) vs. Kent
Mafileo (248)
Shido
Boris (170.8) vs. Tyler Hill
(171)
* Alequin did not appear at weigh-ins and his fight has been
canceled.