The 2024 PFL season concludes on Friday afternoon in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with playoff finals in each of the six weight classes.
All of the PFL World Championship fights at King Saud University Stadium will be on ESPN+, starting at 1 p.m. ET.
Among the 12 finalists are one defending champion (Impa Kasanganay, light heavyweight) and a champ from a previous season (Brendan Loughnane, featherweight in 2022). Two unbeatens, Shamil Musaev and Magomed Umalatov, meet in the welterweight finale, and there are two other undefeated fighters on the card (featherweight Timur Khizriev and women’s flyweight Dakota Ditcheva). There’s also a former Bellator champion, lightweight Brent Primus, and a onetime UFC title challenger, flyweight Taila Santos.
ESPN betting expert Ian Parker breaks down the six championship fights and offers betting guidance, and Jeff Wagenheim lays out the fight card’s storylines, starting with the day’s first fight and going through the card.
Fight most likely to be short and sweet
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Denis Goltsov uses heavy punches to grab TKO win over Tim Johnson
Denis Goltsov throws a flurry of heavy punches to grab TKO win over Tim Johnson and head to the PFL World Championship.
Heavyweight championship: Denis Goltsov vs. Oleg Popov
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