2023 PFL Challenger Series returns to
Universal Studios in Orlando, FL!The Heavyweights are set to throw down in Week 3⃣
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December 29, 2022
The Professional Fighters League is bring the boom
with eight up-and-coming heavyweights vying for a contract.
On Thursday, the PFL sent out via press release the four
heavyweight matchups that will be airing on the PFL Challenger
Series show on Feb. 10.
The all-heavyweight event, which will air on Fubo TV at 9 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. PT, will include eight competitors that have only gone to
six combined decisions. The marquee attraction will see unbeaten
Brazilian Giacomo
Lemos (8-0) throw hands with fellow countryman and ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Danilo
Marques (12-4).
The remainder of the heavyweight affairs for the third week of the
Challenger Series are as follows: Cage Fury Fighting Championships champ Greg
Velasco (5-0) vs. towering 6-foot-9 Brazilian powerhouse Vitor
Resende (4-0); 2022 PFL Europe qualifier Abraham
Bably (2-0) vs. Massachusetts-based neophyte Hassan
Graham (1-0) and Bably’s unsuccessful PFL Europe foe Louie
Sutherland (4-1) vs. Dana White’s Contender Series Season 3
competitor Alton Meeks
(4-1).
Ray
Sefo, PFL’s President of Fighter Operations, was amped up to
discuss fellow heavyweights joining the roster, saying, “As the PFL
looks ahead to the new year, we are thrilled to reveal our
Heavyweight division for the 2023 PFL Challenger Series, which will
be held for a second straight year at Universal Studios
Florida.”
Unlike the
recently announced 145-pound women’s division, heavyweights
have served as a staple of the PFL’s tournament series since its
inception. When compared to the other weight categories, there has
never been a repeat tourney champion in any of the four seasons. In
2018, Philipe
Lins conquered the division by stopping Josh
Copeland early into Round 4. The following year, Ali Isaev ran
roughshod over Jared
Rosholt until he put the American wrestler away late in the
fourth frame. The 2021 season saw Bruno
Cappelozza top Ante Delija
on the scorecards to win that $1 million check, while in 2022,
Delija made good on his attempt to run the table by knocking
Matheus
Scheffel out in less than three minutes. The winner of the
Challenger Series contract may be eligible to compete in the 2023
season, depending on the victor and the remainder of the
heavyweight field.