The Skilled Fighters League opens the 2022 PFL Playoffs with semifinal matchups within the Light-weight and Mild Heavyweight divisions tomorrow, Friday, August fifth from Hulu Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York Metropolis. Headlining the cardboard can be American Anthony “Showtime” Pettis taking up Scotland’s Stevie “Braveheart” Ray in a light-weight semifinal bout.
Pettis, who got here in at 155.6-pounds, completed the common season as the highest seed within the light-weight division. Showtime will attempt to even the rating on this must-see rematch towards Ray, who got here in at 155.8-pounds. Ray scored an upset over Pettis at PFL 5 to clinch the quantity 4-seed within the playoffs.
Within the co-main occasion, Omari Akhmedov will face undefeated Josh Silveria in a Mild Heavyweight semifinal contest.
Akhmedov, who got here in at 204.6-pounds, earned the second seed within the Mild Heavyweight bracket following stoppage victories over Viktor Pesta and Teodoras Aukstuolis. Silveria, in the meantime, got here in at 206-pounds, and completed the season because the quantity 5-seed on the energy of his first spherical knockout of Marthin Hamlet in his solely Common Season combat. He will get his alternative within the semifinals after stepping in for the injured 2021 Champion Antonio Carlos Jr.
Within the different Light-weight semifinal pairing, quantity 2-seed Olivier Aubin-Mercier of Canada (155 lbs.) meets quantity 3-seed Alexander Martinez of Paraguay (156 lbs.).
In the meantime on the opposite facet of the Mild Heavyweight bracket, prime seed Rob Wilkinson of Australia (205.8 lbs.) takes on quantity 3-seed Delan Monte of Brazil (205.2 lbs.).
2022 PFL Playoffs: Lighweight and Heavyweight Weigh-in Video
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2022 PFL Playoffs: Light-weight and Heavyweight Weigh-in Outcomes
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2023 Season Qualifier – Mild Heavyweight:
Cory Hendricks (204.6 lbs) vs. Marthin Hamlet (206 lbs)
2023 Season Qualifier – Heavyweight:
Marcelo Nunes (244.2 lbs) vs. Dylan Potter (255.2 lbs)
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2022 Mild Heavyweight Semifinal:
Robert Wilkinson (205.8 lbs) vs. Delan Monte (205.2 lbs)
2022 Light-weight Semifinal:
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (155 lbs) vs. Alexander Martinez (156 lbs)
2022 Mild Heavyweight Semifinal:
Omari Akhmedov (204.6 lbs) vs. Josh Silveira (206 lbs)
2022 Light-weight Semifinal:
Anthony Pettis (155.6 lbs) vs. Stevie Ray (155.8 lbs)
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2023 Challenger Sequence Qualifier – Featherweight
Brahyan Zurcher (146 lbs) vs. Ricardo Jimenez (144.2 lbs)
2023 Challenger Sequence Qualifier – Light-weight:
Elvin Espinoza (154.4 lbs) vs. Corey Jackson (156 lbs)
Welterweight Showcase:
Lucas Barbosa (169.6 lbs) vs. Elmar Umarov (171 lbs)
Light-weight Showcase:
Alexei Pergande (155.8 lbs) vs. Elvis Lebron-Quiles (155.8)
Welterweight Swing Bout:
Mahmoud Sebie (170.8 lbs) vs. Itso Babulaidze (170.8 lbs)
