- Joined
- Mar 13, 2011
- Messages
- 41,744
- Reaction score
- 22,750
Professional Fighters League 5: 2018 Regular Season
Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY, U.S.
PFL 5 2018 features fighters from the Lightweight and Light Heavyweight divisions!
Play-by-play Commentators: Sean O'Connell, then Todd Harris
Color Commentators: Bas Rutten, Randy Couture, and Yves Edwards
Main Card: (NBC Sports, 9PM ET/6PM PT)
LW: Natan Schulte (12-3) vs Jason High (21-7)
LHW: Vinny Magalhaes (15-9) vs Brandon Halsey (11-3)
LW: Rashid Magomedov (20-2) vs Luiz Firmino (20-9)
LHW: Maxim Grishin (27-7) vs Rakim Cleveland (19-9-1)
LW: Will Brooks (19-4) vs Robert Watley (11-1)
Preliminary Card: (Facebook, 7PM ET/4 PM PT)
LW: Chris Wade (12-4) vs Yuki Kawana (14-2-5)
LHW: Dan Spohn (17-5) vs Artur Alibulatov (19-3)
LW: Thiago Tavares (21-8-1) vs Arthur Estrazulas (10-3)
Missing fighters who fought earlier in the tournament:
LW: Brian Foster (4 pts), injured; Ramsey Nijem (0 pts)
LHW: Sean O'Connell (5 pts); Bazigit Ataev (0 pts); Jamie Abdallah (0 pts); Jason Butcher (0 pts); Rashid Yusupov (0 pts); Ronny Markes (0 pts); Smealinho Rama (0 pts)
Cancelled bouts:
Islam Mamedov vs Efrain Escudero - Escudero missed weight
Brian Foster vs Natan Schulte - Foster injured
Smealinho Rama vs Jamie Abdallah - Cancelled
LW Standings:
Lightweight | Pts
Islam Mamedov 6 (3pts from Escudero forfeit)
Robert Watley 5
Brian Foster 4
Natan Schulte 3
Will Brooks 3
Chris Wade 0
Jason High 0
Luiz Firmino 0
Ramsey Nijem 0
Thiago Tavares 0
Yuki Kawana 0
Efrain Escudero 0 (ELIMINATED)
LHW Standings:
Light Heavyweight | Pts
Maxim Grishin 6
Vinny Magalhaes 6
Sean O'Connell 5
Brandon Halsey 4
Dan Spohn 4
Rakim Cleveland 4
Bozigit Ataev 0
Jamie Abdallah 0
Jason Butcher 0
Rashid Yusupov 0
Ronny Markes 0
Smealinho Rama 0
PFL 5 Weigh-in Results:
Jason High (155.8) vs. Natan Schulte (155.4)
Vinny Magalhaes (204.6) vs. Brandon Halsey (205.6)
Will Brooks (155.8) vs. Robert Watley (156)
Rakim Cleveland (205) vs. Maxim Grishin (204.2)
Rashid Magomedov (155.6) vs. Luiz Firmino (155.8)
Chris Wade (155.2) vs. Yuki Kawana (155.8)
Dan Spohn (205.2) vs. Artur Alibulatov (201.4)
Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Arthur Estrazulas (155.6)
PFL 5 2018 Odds as of 3:30 PM ET
Rules of the PFL Season
Unified Rules of MMA apply, but NO Elbows
6 divisions (FW, LW, WW, MW, LHW, HW), 12 fighters each, and the top 8 fighters based on score advance to the tournament
Each fighter fights twice during this season, and can earn a maximum of 12 points if they stop both of their opponents in the first round
There are a series of tiebreakers that we'll run into if we get there with tied scores
At the end of the year, there will be a multi-stage tournament with the quarterfinals and semi-finals in one night, and then a year-end show to crown the winners of each weight class
SCORING RULES:
Winners get 3 points
Draws 1 point each
Loser gets 0 points
Stoppage Win Points
Win in Round 1 - 3 points
Win in Round 2 - 2 points
Win in Round 3 - 1 point
Fighter Pay:
Winner in each weight class earns $1 million
Runner-up in each weight class earns $200,000
Semifinal losers earn $100,000
Quarterfinal losers earn $50,000
Each fighters also makes their standard show/win money depending on their contract.