NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Skilled Fighters League, the quickest rising and most progressive sports activities league on this planet, continues with 2023 PFL Playoffs, this time that includes semifinals bouts within the Heavyweight and Ladies’s Featherweight divisions. In the principle occasion, quantity 2-seed Renan “Problema” Ferreira of Brazil meets quantity 5-seed “The Crochet Boss” Maurice Greene of the USA in a Heavyweight semifinals contest.
Ferreira, who owns a few of the quickest knockouts in PFL historical past, weighed in at 259.6-pounds as he goals to lastly seize PFL gold. Greene, in the meantime, weighed in at 261.8-pounds for his first foray into the PFL postseason.
Within the co-main occasion, Ladies’s Featherweight semifinalists battle it out, as 2022 World Champion and top-seeded Larissa Pacheco of Brazil faces quantity 4-seed Olena “Cannon” Kolesnyk of Ukraine. Pacheco weighed in at 146-pounds as she makes an attempt to change into a two-division PFL World Champion. Kolesnyk, in the meantime, weighed in at 147.8-pounds as she tries to avenge final season’s defeat by the hands of Pacheco.
In a Heavyweight semifinal pairing, quantity 1-seed Denis “The Russian Bogatyr” Goltsov of Russia takes on undefeated quantity 4-seed Jordan “Thor” Heiderman of the USA. Goltsov weighed in at 243-pounds as he goes into his third PFL Playoffs stint. Heiderman, in the meantime, weighed in at 247.2-pounds for his PFL postseason debut.
In a Ladies’s Featherweight semifinal matchup, quantity 2-seed Marina Mokhnatkina of Russia goes face to face with quantity 3-seed Amber “Contact ‘Em Up” Leibrock of the USA. Mokhnatkina weighed in at 145-pounds as she enters her first PFL Playoffs look. Leibrock, in the meantime, weighed in at 145.8-pounds as she tries to cap off a powerful maiden PFL season with a Finals berth.
OFFICIAL 2023 PFL PLAYOFFS: HW & WFW WEIGH-IN RESULTS:
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Heavyweight Semifinal
#2 Renan Ferreira (259.6 lbs) vs. #5 Maurice Greene (261.8 lbs)
Ladies’s Featherweight Semifinal
#1 Larissa Pacheco (146.0 lbs) vs. #4 Olena Kolesnyk (147.8 lbs)
*Olena Kolesnyk (WFW) missed weight and will likely be penalized 1 level within the scorecards and 20% of her purse will go to her opponent, Larissa Pacheco.
Heavyweight Semifinal
#1 Denis Goltsov (243.0 lbs) vs. #4 Jordan Heiderman (247.2 lbs)
Ladies’s Featherweight Semifinal
#2 Marina Mokhnatkina (145.0 lbs) vs. #3 Amber Leibrock (145.8 lbs)
Featherweight Showcase
Nathan Kelly (145.4 lbs) vs. Damion Nelson (145.8 lbs)
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Light-weight Showcase
Chris Mixan vs. Eddy George
*Chris Mixan and Eddy George had been faraway from the cardboard because of the NYSAC choice to not license Mixan.
Heavyweight Showcase
Danilo Marques (248.0 lbs) vs. Satoshi Ishii (240.2 lbs)
Ladies’s Flyweight Showcase
Kaytlin Neil (125.8 lbs) vs. Maira Mazar (125.6 lbs)
Tremendous Heavyweight Showcase
Louie Sutherland (250.6 lbs) vs. Daiqwon Buckley (272.4 lbs)
* Daiqwon Buckley (Showcase HW) missed weight and 20% of his purse will go to his opponent, Louie Sutherland. The bout is now a Tremendous Heavyweight struggle.
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