PFL 2019: LHW and HW tournament and discussion

PFL MMA

Watch and discuss the welterweight and women’s lightweight tournaments for the Professional Fighters League, starting at 5 PM ET/2 PM PT on Thursday, October 31st.

Tonight (Thursday, October 31st) from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas sees the heavyweights and lightweights take center stage, as we’ve reached the playoff portion of season 2 of the Professional Fighters League.

Barring injury replacement, fighters have to win twice in one night in order to make the $1 million tournament final on New Year’s Eve. The top seed at light heavyweight is Emiliano Sordi, who will take on Sigi Pasaeli in the quarterfinals. At heavyweight, Denis Golstov is the #1 seed and he’ll face Satoshi Ishii in his quarterfinal.

As a reminder, the quarterfinal tiebreakers are no longer based on who won round one. There’s a much more sensible process this time around.

You can watch tonight’s PFL card at 5 PM ET on ESPN+, with main card action starting on ESPN2 at 8 PM ET. International viewers can look here to find their ways to watch.

Here’s the fight lineup:

Main Card (8 PM ET, ESPN2)

Nicholson/Barroso vs. DeReese/Rosholt – Heavyweight semifinals

Golstov/Ishii vs. Tiller/Isaev – Heavyweight semifinals

#3 Alex Nicholson vs. #6 Francimar Barroso – Heavyweight quarterfinals

#1 Denis Golstov vs. #8 Satoshi Ishii – Heavyweight quarterfinals

#2 Muhammed DeReese vs. #7 Jared Rosholt – Heavyweight quarterfinals

#4 Kelvin Tiller vs. #5 Ali Isaev – Heavyweight quarterfinals

Preliminary Card (5 PM ET, ESPN+)

Grishin/Johnson vs. Magalhaes/Yasupov – Light heavyweight semifinals

Sordi/Pesaleli vs. Ataev/Nemkov – Light heavyweight semifinals

#3 Vinny Magalhaes vs. #6 Rashid Yusupov – Light heavyweight quarterfinals

#2 Maxim Grishin vs. #7 Jordan Johnson – Light heavyweight quarterfinals

#4 Bozigit Ataev vs. #5 Viktor Nemkov – Light heavyweight quarterfinals

#1 Emiliano Sordi vs #8 Sigi Pesaleli – Light heavyweight quarterfinals