The first season of the Professional Fighters League is about to come to a close, as six titles will be on the line Monday night with the winner of each earning $1 million.
Top seeded Ray Cooper III weighed in at 169.6 pounds as he contends for the welterweight title against No. 3 seed Magomed Magomedkerimov (169.8) at the PFL Championship at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Co-headlining the event at heavyweight will be third seed Philipe Lins (234.8), who faces the eighth seeded Josh Copeland (257).
PFL Championship, which airs live on NBCSN at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, also features a light heavyweight matchup between top seed Vinny Magalhaes (204.2) and sixth seed Sean O’Connell (204.2). At lightweight, No. 1 seed Natan Schulte (154) meets seventh seed Rashid Magomedov (154). Facing off at featherweight will be top seed Steven Siler (144.8) against Lance Palmer (144.4). Finally, first seed Abusupiyan Magomedov (184) and second seed Louis Taylor (183.6) will square off at middleweight. All six of those bouts are five-round title fights for their respective inaugural belts, and every fighter successfully made weight.
Slotted between the lightweight and light heavyweight title bouts will be a women’s lightweight affair between Kayla Harrison (155.2) and Moriel Charneski (155), with both women hitting their marks without issue.
PFL Championship Weigh-in Results
Ray Cooper III (169.6) vs. Magomed Magomedkerimov (169.8)
Philipe Lins (234.8) vs. Josh Copeland (257)
Vinny Magalhaes (204.2) vs. Sean O’Connell (204.2)
Kayla Harrison (155.2) vs. Moriel Charneski (155)
Natan Schulte (154) vs. Rashid Magomedov (154)
Steven Siler (144.8) vs. Lance Palmer (144.4)
Abusupiyan Magomedov (184) vs. Louis Taylor (183.6)