PFL 9 Playoff Results: Collard and Burgos put on a war!

Results and highlights

Clay Collard (24-10) 🇺🇸 def. Shane Burgos (16-5) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision

Olivier Aubin-Mercier (19-5) 🇨🇦 def. Bruno Miranda (16-3) 🇧🇷 via TKO (GnP) at 4:41 of Rd 2

Sadibou Sy (15-6-2) 🇸🇪 def. Carlos Leal (19-4) 🇧🇷 via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)

Magomed Magomedkerimov (33-6) 🇷🇺 def. Solomon Renfro (11-4) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision

Biaggio Ali Walsh (5-1) 🇺🇸 def. Ed Davis (2-2) 🇺🇸 via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of Rd 2;

Alexei Pergrande (4-0) 🇺🇸 def. Shawn Stefanelli (4-3) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision

Mostafa Rashed Neda (8-3) 🇸🇦 def. Korey Kuppe (11-6) 🇺🇸 via TKO (GNP) at 1:55 of Rd 1

Preview

The PFL playoffs continue tonight with PFL 9. Tonight’s card has the welterweights and lightweights vying for a spot in the million dollar finals. On the lightweight side of the bracket there’s PFL’s other big signing, Shane Burgos, versus Clay Collard. The opposite side of the bracket is former PFL champ Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Bruno Miranda.

The welterweight bracket has Carlos Leal vs. Sadibou Sy and Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Solomon Renfro.

Also on the card is Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Biaggio Ali Walsh. He fights Ed Davis in the lightweight division. Deeper down the card is Abigail Montes, who defeated Claressa Shields in MMA action. She fights Michelle Montague.

PFL 9 complete results

Main card

• – Clay Collard (24-10) 🇺🇸 def. Shane Burgos (16-5) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; Lightweight semifinal
• – Olivier Aubin-Mercier (19-5) 🇨🇦 def. Bruno Miranda (16-3) 🇧🇷 via TKO (GnP) at 4:41 of Rd 2; Lightweight semifinal
• – Sadibou Sy (15-6-2) 🇸🇪 def. Carlos Leal (19-4) 🇧🇷 via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29); Welterweight semifinal
• – Magomed Magomedkerimov (33-6) 🇷🇺 def. Solomon Renfro (11-4) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; Welterweight semifinal
• – Biaggio Ali Walsh (5-1) 🇺🇸 def. Ed Davis (2-2) 🇺🇸 via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of Rd 2; Lightweight

Prelims

• – Alexei Pergrande (4-0) 🇺🇸 def. Shawn Stefanelli (4-3) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; Featherweight
• – Mostafa Rashed Neda (8-3) 🇸🇦 def. Korey Kuppe (11-6) 🇺🇸 via TKO (GNP) at 1:55 of Rd 1; Middleweight
• – Michelle Montague (4-0) def. Abby Montes (4-3) 🇲🇽 via submission (RNC) at 3:38 of Rd 2 Featherweight
• – Abdullah Al-Qahtani (7-1) 🇸🇦 def. David Zelner (4-3) 🇺🇸 via unanimous decision; Featherweight
• – John Caldone (5-1) 🇺🇸 def. Nathaniel Grimard (4-3) 🇺🇸 via KO/TKO (punches) at 2:32 of Rd 1; Featherweight

Tickets

Tickets for this event, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, can be purchased here.

Start time and date

PFL 8 goes down on Friday, August 18, 2023. The prelims begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and the main card goes live at 9 p.m. ET.

How to watch

This event will be broadcast on ESPN+. The main card is to be shown on ESPN+ and ESPN.

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