2024 PFL world championships official poster.
The PFL held
their season finale
event this Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
For the first time in the promotion's history, the Professional Fighters League held their championship card outside the United States. Starting in 2023 the promotion began expanding their footprint into Europe with a separate series of events. This year marked the debut of a more ambitious project with the introduction of PFL Mena. Ushering in a new partnership with the Saudi government, PFL Mena introduced another tournament to the promotion, featuring fighters from the Middle East.
This year's PFL finale featured 10 title fights, with six PFL championship bouts on the main card and four PFL Mena title fights on the prelims.
PFL 10 2024 championship results
In the
PFL 10 main event, former million-dollar tournament winner Brendan Loughnane faced unbeaten Timur Khizriev. The Dagestani dominated Loughnane both on the mats and the feet, on his way to a unanimous decision victory. The win brought Khizriev's record to 17-0 as well as a featherweight PFL title.
In the co-main former
PFL Europe tournament winner Dakota Ditcheva
captured flyweight gold. Ditcheva scored a second round TKO win over onetime UFC title challenger Taila Santos to pick up the victory off a series of left hooks to the body. That win pushed Ditcheva's record to a perfect 14-0 and represented the first loss for Santos since joining the PFL back in March.
Here's a complete rundown of the main card, with highlights.
- Featherweight Title: Timur Khizriev def. Brendan Loughnane via UD (50-45, 49-46x2)
Timur Khizriev beats Brendan Loughnane for the PFL Featherweight World Title 🏆#PFLWorldChampionship
- Flyweight Title: Dakota Ditcheva def. Taila Santos via TKO (punches) at 4:41 of Round 2
Dangerous Dakota Ditcheva does it again! 🏴🏆 #PFLWorldChampionship Post Fight Interview
- Light Heavyweight Title: Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov def. Impa Kasanganay via KO (punches) at 0:58 of Round 1
TURKMENISTAN STAND UP! 🏆🇹🇲 Dovlet Yagshimuradov is the 2024 PFL Light Heavyweight Champion
- Welterweight Title: Shamil Musaev def. Magomed Umalatov via TKO (punches) at 1:44 of Round 3
- Lightweight Title: Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus via KO (punches) at 2:31 of Round 3
- Heavyweight Title: Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov via Sub (triangle) at 2:55 of Round 1
Denis Goltsov wants Francis Ngannou! 😱 post-fight interview #pflchampionships
PFL Mena finale results
Down on the undercard, the PFL held the finale of their inaugural 'Mena' season. With three events spanning five months, the cards highlighted regional talent from Saudi Arabia and the surrounding nations. The featured prelim showcased featherweight top prospect Abdullah Al-Qahtani against Maraoune Bellagouit. Al-Qahtani delivered a shocking counter right hand early in the first round that sent Bellagouit reeling. The Moroccan fighter was unable to recover as Al-Qahtani rained down blows upon him, leading to the stoppage just 3:21 into the opening round.
Further down the card, Omar El Dafrawy picked up a second round knockout over Mohammad Alaqraa to become the first PFL Mena welterweight champion. That win brought the Egyptian fighter's record to 13-6 overall, and proved the first blemish on Alaqraa's formerly spotless career. The complete prelim results for the PFL season finale are listed below.
- Mena Featherweight Title: Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Maraoune Bellagouit via TKO (punches) at 3:21 of Round 1
- Mena Welterweight Title: Omar El Dafrawy def. Mohammad Alaqraa vsi TKO (punches) at 0:57 of Round 2
- Amateur Atomweight: Hattan Alsaif def. Lilya Osmani via TKO (knees) at 1:37 of Round 2
- Mena Bantamweight Title: Ali Taleb def. Rachid El Hazoume via KO (punch) at 1:25 of Round 1
- Mena Lightweight Title: Mohsen Mohammadseifi def. Georges Eid via UD (49-46, 50-45x2)
- Lightweight: Mansour Barnaoui def. Alfie Davis via Sub (RNC) at 3:41 of Round 3
- Heavyweight: Slim Trabelsi def. Abraham Bably via SD (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Featherweight: Gabriel Alves Braga def. Jeremy Kennedy via UD (29-28x3)
- Featherweight: Asael Adjoudj def. Jose Perez via Sub (guillotine) at 1:10 of Round 3
- Welterweight: Costello van Steenis def. Joao Vitor Dantas via KO (head kick) at 0:48 of Round 1
EVERY FINISH FROM THE 2024 PFL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 😱💥🏆
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