PFL 9 (2018)
| PFL 9 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | October 13, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Long Beach Arena | |||
| City | Long Beach, California | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on October 13, 2018, at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1]
Background
[edit]The event was the ninth of the 2018 season and marked the start of the playoffs for the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions.[1][2]
Results
[edit]| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Vinny Magalhães | def. | Bazigit Atajev | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:58 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Natan Schulte | def. | Chris Wade | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Light Heavyweight | Sean O'Connell | def. | Smealinho Rama | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:45 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Thiago Tavares | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:36 | [d] |
| Light Heavyweight | Vinny Magalhães | def. | Rakim Cleveland | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:20 | [e] |
| Lightweight | Natan Schulte | def. | Johnny Case | Draw (majority) (19-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [f] |
| Light Heavyweight | Bazigit Atajev | def. | Emiliano Sordi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:43 | [g] |
| Lightweight | Chris Wade | def. | Robert Watley | Decision (majority) (20-18, 20-18, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [h] |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Sean O'Connell | def. | Dan Spohn | Decision (majority) (19-19, 19-18, 19-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [i] |
| Lightweight | Islam Mamedov | def. | Thiago Tavares | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [j] |
| Light Heavyweight | Smealinho Rama | def. | Maxim Grishin | Draw (majority) (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [k] |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Will Brooks | Draw (unanimous) (19-19, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [l] |
| Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Ronny Markes | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [m] |
| Lightweight | Ramsey Nijem | def. | Yuki Kawana | Decision (unanimous) (19-18, 19-18, 19-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [n] |
- ^ Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- ^ Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- ^ 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs Alternate.
- ^ 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs Alternate.
2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vinny Magalhães (1) | SUB 1 | |||||||||
 Rakim Cleveland (8) | L | |||||||||
| Vinny Magalhães (1) | SUB 1 | |||||||||
 Bazigit Atajev (4) | L | |||||||||
| Bazigit Atajev (4) | TKO 1 | |||||||||
 Emiliano Sordi (5) | L | |||||||||
| Vinny Magalhães (1) | L | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | TKO 3 | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | MD 2 | |||||||||
| Dan Spohn (6) | L | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | KO 1 | |||||||||
 Smealinho Rama (7) | L | |||||||||
| Maxim Grishin (2) | L | |||||||||
| Smealinho Rama (7) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
(SD)
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(Split Decision) | |
(UD)
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(Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD)
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(Majority Decision) | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T)KO
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(Technical) Knock Out | |
L
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Loss |
2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
| Johnny Case (8) | L | |||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | SD 3 | |||||||||
| Chris Wade (4) | L | |||||||||
| Chris Wade (4) | MD 2 | |||||||||
| Robert Watley (5) | L | |||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | UD 5 | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | L | |||||||||
| Islam Mamedov (3) | UD 2 | |||||||||
| Thiago Tavares (6) | L | |||||||||
| Thiago Tavares (6) | L | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | TKO 2 | |||||||||
| Will Brooks (2) | L | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
* Islam Mamedov was originally scheduled to face Rashid Magomedov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent, Thiago Tavares.[4]
(SD)
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(Split Decision) | |
(UD)
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(Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD)
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(Majority Decision) | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T)KO
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(Technical) Knock Out | |
L
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Loss |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Staff (2018-08-31). "Playoff matchups set for PFL's first season of $1 million winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Fight Card - PFL 9". PFL.
- ^ a b Staff (2018-08-31). "Playoff matchups set for PFL's first season of $1 million winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "PFL 9 Results". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2018-10-22.