The 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League continues!
Week 3 of the regular season happens tonight (May 6) in Arlington, TX and features a main event between the great Kayla Harrison and Marina Mokhnatkina in a women’s lightweight matchup. The co-main event pits two-time PFL welterweight champion against Carlos Leal.
Even though the card hasn’t happened yet there’s already substantial drama ahead of this event. Magomed Magomedkerimov has withdrawn from the PFL tournament due to visa issues, so Dilano Taylor has received the call-up to take on Joao Zeferino. Cooper III badly missed weight for the Leal fight, so he’s been docked a point in the standings and is ineligible to win any points. The same applies for Genah Fabian, who was well over for her bout against Julia Budd. Both Leal and Budd have banked 3 points and can earn more with stoppage victories.
If you’re unfamiliar with the PFL points system for the regular season: everyone competes twice, with three five-minute rounds (but no elbows), and the points system works as follows:
Win – 3 pts
First round stoppage – 3 bonus pts
Second round stoppage – 2 bonus pts
Third round stoppage – 1 bonus pt
Draw – 1 pt for each fighter
Loss – 0 points
Week 3 is all about the welterweights and women’s lightweights, and Bloody Elbow is the place to be to discuss the event. The prelims begin at 6:30 PM ET on ESPN+ and followed by the main card at 9 PM ET on ESPN2 and ESPN+. International viewers can find their outlet here.
The fight card is as follows:
ESPN2 Main Card (9 PM ET)
Kayla Harrison def. Marina Mokhnatkina via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Carlos Leal def. Ray Cooper III via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-27)
Anthony Pettis def. Myles Price via submission (mounted triangle choke) at 4:17 of Round 1
Rory MacDonald def. Brett Cooper via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:23 of Round 1
Larissa Pacheco def. Zamzagul Fayzallanova via TKO (strikes) at 1:25 of Round 1
ESPN+ Preliminary Card (6 PM ET)
Dilano Taylor def. Joao Zeferino via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Genah Fabian def. Julia Budd via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sadibou Sy def. Nikolay Aleksakhin via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 27-30)
Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi def. Gleison Tibau via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 27-30)
Helena Kolesnyk def. Abigail Montes via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)
Martina Jindrova def. Vanessa Melo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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