The Professional Fighters League (PFL) completed off their inaugural regular season agenda with a 10-bout card

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) completed off their inaugural regular season agenda with a 10-bout card from Ocean Resort and Casino. With seven playoff seeds up for grabs the action did not disappoint. Of the seven fights with playoff implications, six ended in stoppages, propelling the victors into the post-season.

“The fighters proceed to impress me every time they step into the cage,” stated PFL President of Fighting Operations Ray Sefo. “The opponents showed the form of coronary heart and willpower we hoped they would when we got here up with this league format. To watch them deliver it the way they did with so lots on the line was once so interesting for me.” two

In the main event Smealinho Rama defied belief with his last 2nd win over rugged challenger Jamie Abdallah. The two light heavyweights traded shots as momentum swung back-and-forth over the first two rounds. Rama squeaked into the playoffs as the 7th seed when the cage-side medical doctor called the contest before the start of the third frame.

Bozigit Ataev, fighting for just the third time in 12 years, turned back the clock on Sean O’Connell with a first round TKO that locked him into the 4th seed in the light heavyweight bracket. Ataev battered O’Connell from the opening bell with strikes that left the part-time broadcaster wobbled and bloody. On the strength of the five points he earned in his first regular season fight, O’Connell will be the 6th seed.

Brazilian newcomers Alexandre Bezerra and Handesson Ferreira made quite an impact in their first PFL bouts. Bezerra landed a high-light reel flying knee that ended Magomed Idrisov’s 2018 PFL campaign while Ferreira decimated Paul Bradley just 20 seconds into their win-and-get-in welterweight bout. The two first round stoppages sent each alternate combatants into the playoffs in the fifth seed. Bezerra in the featherweight bracket and Ferreira in the welterweight division.

Heavyweights Caio Alencar and Mike Kyle dueled for 15 minutes in their quest to secure a post-season berth however it wasn’t to be. Fellow heavyweight Josh Copeland’s solely hope of remaining in the playoff picture was an Alencar decision win and his prayers had been answered when the massive Brazilian failed to end off Kyle. Despite his decision win, Alencar is finished for 2018.

Swedish striker Sadibou Sy made quick work of alternate Caio Magalhaes in their do-or-die middleweight scrap. Sy, who came up quick against another Brazilian grappler in his first bout of the season was once set on getting his striking game going early. It was a head-kick that started out the finishing sequence but it was a flurry of pinpoint punches that ended Magalhaes night and dashed his post-season dreams. Sy will enter the playoffs as the fifth seed.

Emiliano Sordi was a late addition to the light heavyweight division however he didn’t take much time to establish himself as a playoff contender. The Argentinian blasted Jason Butcher with a series of punches that notched the TKO victory just sixteen seconds into the match, the quickest knockout in PFL history. Sordi will enter the playoffs as the 5th seed.

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