| PFL Europe 3 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL Europe 3 | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | September 30, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Zénith Paris | |||
| City | Paris, France | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL Europe 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on September 30, 2023, at Zénith Paris in Paris, France.
Background
The event was headlined by a welterweight bout between former two-time Glory Welterweight Champion Cédric Doumbé making his promotional debut against Jordan Zébo.
The card also host the semi-final bouts of PFL Europe's light heavyweight, lightweight, bantamweight and women's flyweight tournaments.
Results
| Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Cédric Doumbé | def. | Jordan Zébo | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:09 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | def. | Brad Wheeler | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:43 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jakob Nedoh | def. | Anthony Salamone | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Simeon Powell | def. | Daniel Ladero | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Dakota Ditcheva | def. | Cornelia Holm | KO (punch to the body) | 3 | 2:55 | |
| Lightweight | Yazid Chouchane | def. | Henrique Madureira | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (180 lb) | Laureano Staropoli | def. | Baba Boundjou Nadjombe | TKO (corner stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Khurshed Kakhorov | def. | Ali Taleb | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Frans Mlambo | def. | Moktar Benkaci | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jakub Kaszuba | def. | Dylan Tuke | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | John Mitchell | def. | Geysim Derouiche | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Shanelle Dyer | def. | Luisa Fernanda Cifuentes | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- Light Heavyweight Semi-Final
- Light Heavyweight Semi-Final
- Women's Flyweight Semi-Final
- Bantamweight Semi-Final
- Bantamweight Semi-Final
- Lightweight Semi-Final
- Lightweight Semi-Final
Brackets
Light Heavyweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Mohamed Amine | 2r. | |||||||||
 Simeón Powell | SUB | |||||||||
| Simeón Powell | UD | |||||||||
 Daniel Ladero | 3r. | |||||||||
| Abdellah Er-Ramy | TKO | |||||||||
 Mădălin Pîrvulescu | 1r. | |||||||||
| Simeón Powell | ||||||||||
 Jakob Nedoh | ||||||||||
 Riccardo Nosiglia | 1r. | |||||||||
| Jakob Nedoh | KO | |||||||||
| Jakob Nedoh | TKO | |||||||||
 Anthony Salamone | 1r. | |||||||||
| Anthony Salamone | TKO | |||||||||
| Daniel Ladero | 1r. | |||||||||
- Er-Ramy wasn not medically cleared and was replaced by Daniel Ladero
Lightweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Aleksandr Chizov | DRAW | |||||||||
| Acoidan Duque | 3r. | |||||||||
| Geysim Derouiche | 3r. | |||||||||
 John Mitchell | UD | |||||||||
| John Mitchell | UD | |||||||||
| Geysim Derouiche | 3r. | |||||||||
| John Mitchell | ||||||||||
 Jakub Kaszuba | ||||||||||
| Connor Hughes | 3r. | |||||||||
| Dylan Tuke | UD | |||||||||
| Dylan Tuke | 3r. | |||||||||
| Jakub Kaszuba | UD | |||||||||
| Maxim Radu | 1r. | |||||||||
| Jakub Kaszuba | SUB | |||||||||
- Officially a Unanimous decision victory for Duque, Chizov advanced due to the weight miss by Duque
- Chizov missed weight and was replaced by Geysim Derouiche
Bantamweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Francesco Nuzzi | KO | |||||||||
 Farbod Iran Nezhad | 1r. | |||||||||
| Moktar Benkaci | 3r. | |||||||||
 Frans Mlambo | SD | |||||||||
| Frans Mlambo | MD | |||||||||
| Rachid Haz | 3r. | |||||||||
| Frans Mlambo | ||||||||||
 Khurshed Kakhorov | ||||||||||
| Moktar Benkaci | 3r. | |||||||||
| Khurshed Kakhorov | UD | |||||||||
| Khurshed Kakhorov | UD | |||||||||
 Ali Taleb | 3r. | |||||||||
| Ali Taleb | TKO | |||||||||
 Kenji Bortoluzzi | 1r. | |||||||||
- Francesco Nuzzi pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Moktar Benkaci
Women's Flyweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Dakota Ditcheva | SUB | |||||||||
| Malin Hermansson | 1r. | |||||||||
| Dakota Ditcheva | KO | |||||||||
| Cornelia Holm | 3r. | |||||||||
| Marta Waliczek | 3r. | |||||||||
| Cornelia Holm | SD | |||||||||
| Dakota Ditcheva | ||||||||||
| Valentina Scatizzi | ||||||||||
 Lorena Cubero | 3r. | |||||||||
 Griet Eeckhout | UD | |||||||||
| Manuela Marconetto | — | |||||||||
| Valentina Scatizzi | BYE | |||||||||
| Valentina Scatizzi | SD | |||||||||
| Lizzy Gevers | 3r. | |||||||||
- Griet Eeckhout pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Manuela Marconetto
- Marconetto missed weight and Scatizzi therefore got a bye to the finals
See also
References
- ^ Mike Heck (July 6, 2023). "Cedric Doumbe to make promotional debut in PFL Paris main event in September". mmafighting.com.
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