| PFL 9 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | October 13, 2018 (2018-10-13) | |||
| Venue | Long Beach Arena | |||
| City | Long Beach, California | |||
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The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on October 13, 2018, at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.
Background
The event was the ninth of the 2018 season and marked the start of the playoffs for the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions.
Results
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Vinny Magalhães | def. | Bazigit Atajev | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:58 | |
| Lightweight | Natan Schulte | def. | Chris Wade | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Sean O'Connell | def. | Smealinho Rama | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:45 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Thiago Tavares | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:36 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Vinny Magalhães | def. | Rakim Cleveland | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:20 | |
| Lightweight | Natan Schulte | def. | Johnny Case | Draw (majority) (19-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Bazigit Atajev | def. | Emiliano Sordi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:43 | |
| Lightweight | Chris Wade | def. | Robert Watley | Decision (majority) (20-18, 20-18, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Sean O'Connell | def. | Dan Spohn | Decision (majority) (19-19, 19-18, 19-18) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Islam Mamedov | def. | Thiago Tavares | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Smealinho Rama | def. | Maxim Grishin | Draw (majority) (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Will Brooks | Draw (unanimous) (19-19, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Brandon Halsey | def. | Ronny Markes | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Ramsey Nijem | def. | Yuki Kawana | Decision (unanimous) (19-18, 19-18, 19-18) | 2 | 5:00 | |
- Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Semi-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs.
- Quarter-final round bout of the 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs.
- 2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs Alternate.
- 2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs Alternate.
2018 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Vinny Magalhães (1) | SUB 1 | |||||||||
 Rakim Cleveland (8) | L | |||||||||
| Vinny Magalhães (1) | SUB 1 | |||||||||
 Bazigit Atajev (4) | L | |||||||||
| Bazigit Atajev (4) | TKO 1 | |||||||||
 Emiliano Sordi (5) | L | |||||||||
| Vinny Magalhães (1) | L | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | TKO 3 | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | MD 2 | |||||||||
| Dan Spohn (6) | L | |||||||||
| Sean O'Connell (3) | KO 1 | |||||||||
 Smealinho Rama (7) | L | |||||||||
| Maxim Grishin (2) | L | |||||||||
| Smealinho Rama (7) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
2018 PFL Lightweight playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
| Johnny Case (8) | L | |||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | SD 3 | |||||||||
| Chris Wade (4) | L | |||||||||
| Chris Wade (4) | MD 2 | |||||||||
| Robert Watley (5) | L | |||||||||
| Natan Schulte (1) | UD 5 | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | L | |||||||||
| Islam Mamedov (3) | UD 2 | |||||||||
| Thiago Tavares (6) | L | |||||||||
| Thiago Tavares (6) | L | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | TKO 2 | |||||||||
| Will Brooks (2) | L | |||||||||
| Rashid Magomedov (7) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
* Islam Mamedov was originally scheduled to face Rashid Magomedov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent, Thiago Tavares.
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2018-08-31). "Playoff matchups set for PFL's first season of $1 million winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- "Fight Card - PFL 9". PFL.
- ^ Staff (2018-08-31). "Playoff matchups set for PFL's first season of $1 million winners". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- "PFL 9 Results". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
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