PFL 9 (2021)
| PFL 9 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 9 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 27, 2021 | |||
| Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood | |||
| City | Hollywood, Florida, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2021 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 27, 2021. This was the third event of the playoffs with the Featherweight and Light Heavyweight divisions competing. This event aired on ESPN2, with the prelims airing on ESPN+.[1]
Background
[edit]The fight card marked the final playoff event with featherweights and light heavyweights competing in the playoff semifinals.
Headliners Brendan Loughnane and Movlid Khaybulaev met in a featherweight contest, each fighter looking for their first PFL Championship berth. Loughnane debuted in Season 2 with a pair of wins in one-off fights, while Khaybulaev fell short in the Season 2 quarterfinals after suffering a knockout loss against Daniel Pineda, who was later suspended for an anti-doping violation.[2]
The other featherweight bracket saw the wrestling standout Bubba Jenkins, in his first PFL season, take on three-time PFL Playoff competitor Chris Wade and light heavyweights Cezar Ferreira and Marthin Hamlet met for a shot at fighting in the PFL Championship. The other light heavyweight bout saw Season 2 light heavyweight champ and No. 4 seed Emiliano Sordi take on UFC veteran Antônio Carlos Júnior.[3]
At weigh-ins, Bobby Moffett weighed in at 148.2 pounds, missing weight by 2.2 pounds. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Moffett was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to Jason Knight.[4]
Results
[edit]| Main Card (ESPN2) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Movlid Khaybulaev | def. | Brendan Loughnane | Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Chris Wade | def. | Bubba Jenkins | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | def. | Emiliano Sordi | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Marthin Hamlet | def. | Cezar Ferreira | TKO (leg injury) | 1 | 0:13 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Sheymon Moraes | def. | Lazar Stojadinovic | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:45 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Chris Camozzi | def. | Cory Hendricks | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Anthony Dizy | def. | Jesse Stirn | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Bobby Moffett | def. | Jason Knight | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Alejandro Flores | def. | Carl Deaton III | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Brandon Jenkins | def. | Jacob Kilburn | KO (flying knee) | 1 | 2:56 | |
2021 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs
[edit]| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Antônio Carlos Júnior
| UD | |||||||
| 4 |  Emiliano Sordi
| 3 | |||||||
| 1 | Antônio Carlos Júnior
| SUB | |||||||
| 3 |  Marthin Hamlet
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Cezar Ferreira
| 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Marthin Hamlet
| TKO | |||||||
(SD)
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(Split Decision) | |
(UD)
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(Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD)
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(Majority Decision) | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T)KO
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(Technical) Knock Out | |
L
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Loss |
2021 PFL Featherweight playoffs
[edit]| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Brendan Loughnane
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 |  Movlid Khaybulaev
| SD | |||||||
| 4 | Movlid Khaybulaev
| UD | |||||||
| 2 |  Chris Wade
| 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Chris Wade
| UD | |||||||
| 3 | Bubba Jenkins
| 3 | |||||||
(SD)
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(Split Decision) | |
(UD)
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(Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD)
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(Majority Decision) | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T)KO
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(Technical) Knock Out | |
L
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Loss |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2021-06-08). "PFL 2021 playoff dates announced for August". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ Newswire, MMA Fighting (2021-08-10). "PFL announces full 2021 Playoff 3 card, Brendan Loughnane vs. Movlid Khaybulaev headlines". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ "PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FULL PLAYOFF 3 CARD SET FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 ON ESPN2". www.pflmma.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ Sherdog.com. "PFL 9: 2021 Playoffs Weigh-in Results: Featherweight & Light Heavyweight Semifinals Set". Sherdog. Retrieved 2021-08-27.