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Professional Fighters League 1: 2018 Regular Season
Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S.PFL 2018 #1 features fighters from the Featherweight and Heavyweight divisions ONLY
Play-by-play Commentator: Sean O'Connell, former UFC LHW
Color Commentators: Bas Rutten, Randy Couture, and Yves Edwards
Main Card (NBC Sports, 9:00 PM ET)
FW: Andre Harrison (17-0) vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun (20-6-1)
FW: Lance Palmer (12-3) vs. Bekbulat Magomedov (19-2)
FW: Timur Valiev (12-2) vs. Max Coga (19-4)
HW: Alex Nicholson (11-5) vs. Jake Heun (11-6)
Preliminary Card (Facebook, 6:15 PM ET)
HW: Jared Rosholt (15-4) vs. Valdrin Istrefi (12-1)
HW: Josh Copeland (16-4) vs. Jack May (9-3)
FW: Marcos Galvao (18-9-1) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (34-4)
HW: Caio Alencar (11-2) v. Kelvin Tiller (8-1)
FW: Magomed Idrisov (8-1) v. Steven Siler (29-17)
FW: Alexandre Almeida (18-7) v. Lee Coville (4-1)
HW: Francimar Barroso (19-7) v. Daniel Gallemore (7-4)
Weigh-in Results
Andre Harrison (145.2) vs. Jumabieke Tuerxun (144.8)
Lance Palmer (145.6) vs. Bekbulat Magomedov (145.2)
Timur Valiev (146) vs. Max Coga (145.6)
Alex Nicholson (214.6) vs. Jake Heun (224)
Jared Rosholt (245) vs. Valdrin Istrefi (248.2)
Josh Copeland (258.4) vs. Jack May (262)
Marcos Galvao (145.4) vs. Nazareno Malegarie (145.8)
Caio Alencar (243.2) v. Kelvin Tiller (265.4)
Magomed Idrisov (145) v. Steven Siler (145.2)
Alexandre Almeida (145.8) v. Lee Coville (143.8)
Francimar Barroso (240.2) v. Daniel Gallemore (255.2)
Link to weigh-in results
Odds from 5Dimes
Rules of the PFL Season
Unified Rules of MMA apply, but NO Elbows
In NY, fighters cannot be within 25 pounds of one another, which caused difficulty for the HW fights
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
Notes:
Shawn Jordan missed weight at HW by 9 pounds, and his fight with Philipe Lins was scuttled. Lins automatically gets 3 points added to his score.
Originally, the following fights were set:
Alex Nicholson vs. Kevin Tiller
Caio Alencar vs. Jake Heun
Due to NY not allowing fighters compete with a >25 lb weight difference between the two, the day before the fight, they reorganized the fights to:
Alex Nicholson vs. Jake Heun
Caio Alencar vs. Kevin Tiller
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