The 2024 PFL Championship $1 million matchups are set now that the fighters have made weight.
The 2024 PFL Championship (ESPN+) event takes place Friday at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Brendan Loughnane (30-5), the 2022 season winner, takes on the unbeaten and favored Timur Khizriev (17-0) in the featherweight headliner. In the women’s flyweight co-feature, Dakota Ditcheva (13-0) is the second biggest betting favorite on the card against Taila Santos (22-3).
One of the showcase fights on the preliminary card got an 11th hour change. Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) reportedly came in 6 pounds heavy for his featherweight fight against Jeremy Kennedy (19-4). So instead, Kennedy now will take on Gabriel Braga (14-2), who stepped up on a day’s notice.
The 2024 PFL Championship weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 1 p.m. ET)
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Brendan Loughnane (144.8) vs. Timur Khizriev (144.7) – featherweight championship
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Dakota Ditcheva (124.9) vs. Taila Santos (125) – women’s flyweight championship
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Impa Kasanganay (204.6) vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (204.1) – light heavyweight championship
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Magomed Umalatov (168.8) vs. Shamil Musaev (169.8) – welterweight championship
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Brent Primus (154.3) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (155) – lightweight championship
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Denis Goltsov (245.8) vs. Oleg Popov (249.5) – heavyweight championship
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 9:30 a.m. ET)
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Mansour Barnaoui (153.6) vs. Alfie Davis (155.7)
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Abraham Bably (251.8) vs. Slim Trabelsi (243.5)
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Gabriel Braga (TBA) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (TBA)
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Asael Adjoudj (145.9) vs. Jose Perez (145)
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Alan Galvao (185) vs. Costello van Steenis (185.9)
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2024 PFL Championship.
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