The second half of the PFL‘s 2024 common season kicks off on the dinner hour tonight with PFL 4. Mohegan Solar Enviornment in Uncasville, CT is the host venue for tonight’s MMA occasion. ESPN+ is the place for gavel-to-gavel protection starting at 5:30 pm ET/ 2:30 pm PT with the early card, adopted at 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT on ESPN correct.
It’s win or go dwelling time for girls’s flyweights and heavyweights this night. By evening’s finish, two of the six playoff brackets shall be all set.
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IT’S FIGHT DAY
Heavyweights & Girls’s Flyweights kick off the 2nd half of the #PFLRegularSeason as 2024 #PFLPlayoffs spots are on the road
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Principal Occasion
Your headlining bout tonight takes place at 265 lbs. Valentin Moldavsky (13-3, 1 NC MMA, 1-0 2024 PFL, six factors within the standings) will get into the playoffs with a win by any methodology over Linton Vassell (24-9, 1 NC MMA, 0-1 2024 PFL, zero factors within the standings.) He’ll additionally e-book a playoff spot if the sooner Marcelo Golm vs. Tyrell Fortune combat advances past the opening spherical.
To ensure that Vassell to advance to the Aug. 2 postseason, he’ll must win by stoppage within the opening spherical. Anything and he’ll be accomplished for the season after tonight. This can be a three-round affair at 5 minutes per spherical.
Co-Principal Occasion
Instantly prior, you’ll see a combat at girls’s flyweight. Dakota Ditcheva (11-0 MMA, 1-0 2024 PFL, six factors within the standings) clashes with Chelsea Hackett (4-2-1 MMA, 0-1 2o24 PFL, zero factors within the standings.)
Ditcheva books a playoff spot with a win, whereas Hackett wants a victory by the 4:14 mark into spherical one to remain alive within the postseason race.
Remainder of the Card
Additionally on the primary card tonight, you’ll see a heavyweight bout matching Denis Goltsov (33-8 MMA, 1-0 2024 PFL, 4 factors within the standings) with Thiago Santos (22-10, 1 NC MMA, 0-0 2024 PFL, zero factors within the standings) [who moves up from light heavyweight] and a girls’s flyweight contest between Liz Carmouche (21-7 MMA, 1-0 2024 PFL, three factors within the standings) and Kana Watanabe (13-2-1 MMA, 1-0 2024 PFL, three factors within the standings.)
Within the case of the Goltsov/ Santos contest, Denis Goltsov will clinch a postseason spot if he wins by any methodology and Santos must cease Goltsov by the three:14 mark of spherical one to clinch, whereas Carmouche or Watanabe will advance to the 125-lb. bracket if both fighter defeats her opponent by stoppage at any level within the combat, with the loser’s season ending.
2024 PFL 4 Outcomes:
Principal Card: (9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT, ESPN & ESPN+)
Principal Occasion: Linton Vassell def. Valentin Moldavsky by Break up Determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28.) Tim Johnson clinches postseason berth (No. 4 seed) as combat advances to second spherical. Vassell eradicated from playoff competition. Denis Goltsov clinches No. 1 seed.
Co-Principal Occasion: Dakota Ditcheva def. Chelsea Hackett by KO (Punches) at 3:22 into Spherical 1. Ditcheva clinches No. 1 seed. Hackett eradicated from playoff competition with loss.
Denis Goltsov def. Thiago Santos by TKO (Floor and Pound) at 2:22 into Spherical 1. Goltsov clinches postseason berth. Santos eradicated from playoff competition with loss.
Liz Carmouche def. Kana Watanabe by Submission (Armbar) at 4:52 into Spherical 3. Carmouche clinches postseason berth. Watanabe eradicated from playoff competition with loss.
Prelims: (5:30 pm ET/ 2:30 pm PT, ESPN+ solely)
Featured Prelim: Talia Santos def. Jena Bishop by Break up Determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28.) Santos clinches postseason berth.
Co-Featured Prelim: Oleg Popov def. Davion Franklin by Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-25.) Popov clinches postseason berth with win. Franklin eradicated from playoff competition as combat advances to second spherical.
Tyrell Fortune def. Marcelo Golm by Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-26.) Valentin Moldavsky clinches playoff berth as combat advances to second spherical. Each fighters eradicated from playoff competition.
Ilara Joanne def. Shanna Younger by Unanimous Determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28.) Each fighters eradicated from playoff competition.
Tim Johnson def. Danilo Marques by TKO (Floor and Pound) at 3:14 into Spherical 1. Marques eradicated from playoff competition with loss.
Juliana Velasquez def. Lisa Mauldin by TKO (Hammerfists) at 1:30 into Spherical 2. Mauldin eradicated from playoff competition with loss.
Sumiko Inaba def. Saray Orozco by Break up Determination (29-28, 28-29, 29-28.) Showcase Bout
Playoff Brackets: (PFL 7, Aug. 2, Nashville, TN)
Girls’s Flyweight: No. 1 seed Dakota Ditcheva vs. No. 4 seed Jena Bishop
No. 2 seed Talia Santos vs. No. 3 seed Liz Carmouche
Heavyweight: No. 1 seed Denis Goltsov vs. No. 4 seed Tim Johnson
No. 2 seed Oleg Popov vs. No. 3 seed Valentin Moldavsky
