There has been a shakeup in the bracket for the Professional
Fighters League welterweight playoffs.
Joao
Zeferino has suffered an undisclosed injury and will not be
able to face Magomed
Magomedkerimov in a scheduled 170-pound semifinal bout on Aug.
13. As a result, Sadibou Sy
will step in as an alternate and square off against
Magomedkerimov.
Sy went 1-0 with one no contest during the 2021 PFL season. Most
recently, the 34-year-old Pancrase Gym Sweden representative earned
a unanimous decision over Alexey
Kunchenko on June 17.
There have been several changes to the preliminary portion of the
PFL Playoff 1 card, as well. With Sy moving into the playoffs,
Gleison
Tibau will now face Curtis
Millender in a welterweight contest. Additionally, Darrell
Horcher will step in for Natan
Schulte and meet Olivier
Aubin-Mercier at lightweight, while Tyler Hill
will replace Nikolay Aleksahkin and lock horns with Brett
Cooper at welterweight.
Finally, a lightweight clash pitting Elvin
Espinoza against Hopeton
Stewart has been added to the card.
PFL Playoff 1 takes place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in
Hollywood, Fla., and features the lightweight and welterweight
seminfinals. The card is headlined by a 170-pound matchup between
Rory
MacDonald and Ray Cooper
III. The main card airs on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m.
PT, while the prelims stream on ESPN+ at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m.
PT.