You know... giving the opportunity to Ural Hulk seems kinda strange considering how he flunked out of the UFC over PED-issues and PFL just had a big drop-off due to said PED-issues in their last tournament. But Ali gonna Ali I suppose. It's all just a show to make him money anyways. 4-man LW tournament seems cool though. However, with the PFL bouts, it would mean that said winner will fight an inordinate amounts of time in 2020.
This bout is not part of the tournament bro, the tournament is at Lightweight Timur Nagibin (15-4) is expected to take part in it
If the winner of one of these tournaments makes it to the PFL final that'd mean he is gonna fight at least 7 times in 2020
Throw Alexander Shlemenko in one of these and I'm in. I think its worth bringing back MW for him alone. Anyone who watched Shlemenko fuck it up in the Bellator tournaments back in the early 10s would agree.
Opening matchups (Feb. 22 - lightweight) Timur Nagibin (15-4) vs. Muratbek Kasimbay (9-1) Mikhail Odintsov (16-2) vs. Vladimir Kanunnikov (10-2)