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BBC News
21-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Davis reaches PFL finals but Hadley loses
Britain's Alfie Davis reached the final of the PFL lightweight tournament with a unanimous decision win against Brent Primus in Wichita, 33, was the busier striker in a back-and-forth contest, sealing a 29-28 victory on all three judges' scorecards at the Intrust Bank sees Davis compete for his first world title and the chance to win £395,000 ($500,000) in prize will face Russia's Gadzhi Rabadanov in the PFL Finals on 15 August at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North was disappointment for fellow Briton Jake Hadley, however, who was outclassed by Brazil's Marcirley Alves in the bantamweight 28, was on the back foot throughout as Alves dominated with his striking, landing a number of thudding combinations. Davis edges entertaining contest The PFL has been a breeding ground for success for Britons in recent years with Brendan Loughnane winning the featherweight title in 2022 and Dakota Ditcheva securing women's flyweight gold last will have the chance to become Britain's first PFL lightweight champion after delivering the more eye-catching moments in an entertaining contest with Primus. Primus, who was last year's beaten finalist, edged the first round, controlling the action on the ground but Davis came alive in the unleashed a selection of eye-catching strikes, hurting Primus with knees to the body and catching the American with a couple of spinning back the crowd showing their appreciation, Davis danced in the middle of the cage as the final seconds of the round ticked continued to land in the final round and despite being taken down, reversed the position to end the fight on top, before celebrating victory with his team. Hadley, who parted ways with the UFC last year after his contract expired, failed to join Davis as he was overpowered by started strongly and never looked back, landing a number of combinations to the body with Hadley using his jab in vain to disrupt the Brazilian exerted more control in the second round, dropping Hadley with a straight right and opening a cut below his left continued to struggle with Alves' power and the Brazilian stamped his authority on the contest by landing a takedown in the final the prelims, Ireland's Darragh Kelly extended the unbeaten start to his career to eight by submitting American lightweight Mike Hamel in the third some clean shots from Hamel, Kelly was the better striker throughout before securing a rear-naked choke with two minutes remaining to end the Fabian Edwards faces American Josh Silveira in the middleweight semi-finals at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois on 27 Briton Simeon Powell fights Brazil's Antonio Carlos Jr in the light-heavyweight semi-finals on the same card.
USA Today
20-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Ex-Bellator lightweight champ Brent Primus eyeing statement with title for PFL
Ex-Bellator lightweight champ Brent Primus eyeing statement with title for PFL Show Caption Hide Caption Brent Primus, PFL 2025 Week 3 post-fight video interview Brent Primus met the media after his win over Vinicius Cenci Brent Primus knows what it's like to become an unexpected champion, so winning a PFL title would be old hat. And it's not even that a lightweight belt in the PFL, like he did in Bellator when he stopped Michael Chandler, would be out of the question now for Primus (16-4), who beat Vinicius Cenci (8-3) with a third-round submission this past Friday. He moved on to a semifinal matchup against Alfie Davis in late June. Still, he's been overlooked before only to prove doubters wrong, and he'd gladly do it again. Primus spoke to the media following his win at 2025 PFL World Tournament 3, which took place at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla. Watch Primus' full post-fight interview in the video above courtesy of the PFL.
USA Today
20-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Brent Primus, PFL 2025 Week 3 post-fight video interview
Brent Primus, PFL 2025 Week 3 post-fight video interview Brent Primus met the media after his win over Vinicius Cenci
USA Today
18-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 PFL 3 video: Brent Primus hits buzzer-beater vs. Vinicius Cenci
2025 PFL 3 video: Brent Primus hits buzzer-beater vs. Vinicius Cenci Former Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus could've cruised to a unanimous decision win Friday in Orlando, Fla., but chose to remove the judges from the equation in the final seconds. On the 2025 PFL World Tournament 3 prelims, Primus (16-4) submitted Vinicius Cenci (8-3) with eight seconds left in Round 3 of their quarterfinal matchup. Primus advances to the June 27 semifinal in Chicago against an opponent to be determined later on Friday. The win bounced him back from a 2024 PFL championship loss to Gadzhi Rabadanov. Cenci comes up short in his major promotion debut. He appeared on Dana White's Contender Series in 2022 and lost to Sam Patterson. Up-to-the-minute 2025 PFL 3 results include:
USA Today
15-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 PFL 3: Make your predictions for Fabian Edwards vs. Impa Kasanganay
We want your predictions for Friday's 2025 PFL 3 event in Orlando, Fla. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we'll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). Those reader consensus picks will be part of the main card staff predictions we release Friday ahead of 2025 PFL 3 (ESPN/ESPN+), which takes place at Universal Studios. Make your picks below. Brent Primus vs. Vinicius Cenci Records: Primus (15-4), Cenci (8-2) Division: Lightweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Nick Maximov Records: Murtazaliev (17-3), Maximov (11-2) Division: Middleweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov Records: Jeffery (15-5), Ramazanov (12-2) Division: Middleweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Clay Collard vs. Alfie Davis Records: Collard (25-14), Davis (17-5-1) Division: Lightweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Mike Shipman vs. Josh Silveira Records: Shipman (17-4), Silveira (13-4) Division: Middleweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Mads Burnell vs. Jay Jay Wilson Records: Burnell (20-6), Wilson (10-1) Division: Lightweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Marc Diakiese vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov Records: Diakiese (18-7), Rabadanov (24-4-2) Division: Lightweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Dalton Rosta vs. Sadibou Sy Records: Rosta (9-1), Sy (17-8-2) Division: Middleweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A Fabian Edwards vs. Impa Kasanganay Records: Edwards (13-4), Kasanganay (18-5) Division: Middleweight Rankings: None Odds (as of 04.14.25): N/A 2025 PFL 3 fight card (as of April 14, noon ET) MAIN CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET) Fabian Edwards vs. Impa Kasanganay Dalton Rosta vs. Sadibou Sy Marc Diakiese vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov Mads Burnell vs. Jay Jay Wilson PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4:30 p.m. ET) Mike Shipman vs. Josh Silveira Clay Collard vs. Alfie Davis Aaron Jeffery vs. Murad Ramazanov Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Nick Maximov Brent Primus vs. Vinicius Cenci For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2025 PFL World Tournament 3.
