🍿 2022-08-13 20:14:18 – Paris/France.
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is jumping continents today (Saturday August 13, 2022), heading to Cardiff, Wales for their welterweight and heavyweight playoff semi-finals.
mmamania.com will provide LIVE results and real-time coverage of the entire PFL 2 Playoffs main card below, which begins at 14 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN +. We will also provide quick results for the 'Prelims' undercard on ESPN +which will start streaming at 12 p.m. ET.
Unfortunately, the card was hit late for entirely avoidable reasons. The move from the United States to the United Kingdom has left tournament favorites Magomed Umalatov and Denis Goltsov unable to obtain visas. Anyone with half a mind could have seen this coming, but apparently not the PFL brass.
As a result, UFC veteran Rory MacDonald will face late replacement Dilano Taylor in the main event, while Juan Adams will replace Goltsov against Matheus Scheffel. The rest of the main card includes Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreia and Sadibou Sy vs. Carlos Leal in the other semifinal matches, plus a featherweight bout between Nate Kelly and Ben Ellis.
PFL PLAYOFFS 2 QUICK RESULTS:
Rory MacDonald vs. Dilano Taylor
Ante Delija vs. Renan Ferreira
Matheus Scheffel vs. Juan Adams
Sadibou Sy against Carlos Leal
Nathan Kelly vs. Ben Ellis – Kelly defeats. Ellis by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:45 of the first round
Joshua O'Connor vs. Emran Sakhizada – O'Connor def. Sakhizada by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:56 of round three
Mick Stanton vs. Marcin Wojcik – Wojcik defeats. Stanton by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:04 of the first round
Chris Mixan vs. Christian Stigenberg – Mixan defeats. Stigenberg by split decision (28-29, 29-28 x2)
Ronny Markes vs. Szymon Bajor – Bajor defeats. Marks by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-27)
ROUND-BY-ROUND COVERAGE OF THE PFL PLAYOFFS:
170 pounds: Rory MacDonald vs. Dilano Taylor
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Second round:
Third round:
Final result:
265 pounds: Ante Delija vs. Renan ferreira
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Final result:
265 pounds: Matheus Scheffel vs. Juan Adams
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Final result:
170 pounds: Sadibou Sy against Carlos Leal
First round: Leal changes position as he advances. Sy is looking to circle and shoot kicks. Leal strikes in the clinch and puts Sy on the fence. They separate for a minute inside. 1-2 from Leal an da leg kick behind him. Sy digs a nice kick to the body and checks the right hook. Clean hits. Continue to land. Two minutes later. Leal looks for a combo on the fence. Heavy 1-2 lands for him, Sy hits the body back and tries a Brazilian kick behind. Sy handles range well, potshotting with jabs and low kicks. Leal is looking to open near the fence with two minutes to go.
Leal with a little more pressure, still eating jabs and a nice kick to the body. Leal 1-2, right hook from Sy in return one minute from the end. Leal long right, Sy body kick. Leal fires a punch from Superman in the clinch. Sy with a headbutt once they part ways. 10-9 Sy.
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Final result:
145 pounds: Nathan Kelly against Ben Ellis
Round one: They immediately start trading down the middle and it's Kelly who finds the mark, knocking Ellis back with heavy punches before leveling off against the fence. Ellis lands a knee before parting ways. Kelly continuing to land in the center cage a minute later. Tough 1-2 as Ellis ties up. Kelly splits, then continues to land heavy combinations. Man, Ellis' defense is atrocious. Kelly lands virtually everything he throws, and as Ellis straps in, Kelly does a backhand grab and immediately locks the RNC. Ellis fights his hands, but as he initially manages to break the hold, Kelly releases his hand and tightens it for the finish.
Final result: Kelly defeats. Ellis by submission (rear naked choke)
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SOURCE: Reviews News
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