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2024 PFL Europe Championship Results & Highlights (11 AM ET)

After carrying out the second PFL Europe regular season and playoffs, the Professional Fighters League’s first continental expansion has brought the SmartCage back to France for the 2024 Championship. A few weeks on from the conclusion of the PFL’s global season at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the LDLC Arena in Lyon will play […]

After carrying out the second PFL Europe regular season and playoffs, the Professional Fighters League’s first continental expansion has brought the SmartCage back to France for the 2024 Championship.

A few weeks on from the conclusion of the PFL’s global season at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the LDLC Arena in Lyon will play host to PFL Europe’s final event of this year. Unsurprisingly, a number of France’s own are in action, and that includes Abdoul Abdouraguimov at the top of the lineup.

Victories over Brad Wheeler and Jack Grant since signing with the PFL have moved “Lazy King’s” overall record to 18-1. The highly touted 29-year-old will look to further extend his winning run at the expense of former UFC veteran Laureano Staropoli in Friday’s main event.

Elsewhere on the card, the second PFL Europe welterweight, lightweight, and bantamweight kingpins will be crowned, in addition to a singular queen at 125 pounds as one woman looks to succeed Dakota Ditcheva and follow her path to global glory next year.

While the event will be available on DAZN for select countries, it unfortunately won’t be available for audiences in the United States. But you can still follow along with the action below.

PFL Europe Championship Results & Highlights

  • Welterweight: Abdoul Abdouraguimov vs. Laureano Staropoli
  • Catchweight (165lbs): Patrick Habirora vs. Catalin Safta
  • Heavyweight: Mickaël Groguhe vs. Lamine Sene
  • Bantamweight Championship: Lewis McGrillen-Evans vs. Alexander Luster
  • Lightweight Championship: Connor Hughes vs. Jakub Kaszuba
  • Featherweight: Mathys Duragrin vs. Yassin Chtatou
  • Heavyweight: Badr Medkouri vs. Karrar Hammodi
  • Bantamweight: Mehdi Saadi vs. Mahio Campanella
  • Catchweight (177lbs): Salvo Giudice vs. Atilla Kobas
  • Welterweight Championship: Florim Zendeli vs. Daniele Miceli
  • Flyweight Championship: Paulina Wi?niewska vs. Valentina Scatizzi
  • Welterweight: Brice Belghazi vs. Eoin Sheridan
  • Lightweight: Claudio Pacella vs. Oscar Ownsworth

2024 PFL Europe Championship Results & Highlights

After carrying out the second PFL Europe regular season and playoffs, the Professional Fighters League’s first continental expansion brought the SmartCage back to France for the 2024 Championship. A few weeks on from the conclusion of the PFL’s global season at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the LDLC Arena in Lyon played host to […]

After carrying out the second PFL Europe regular season and playoffs, the Professional Fighters League’s first continental expansion brought the SmartCage back to France for the 2024 Championship.

A few weeks on from the conclusion of the PFL’s global season at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the LDLC Arena in Lyon played host to PFL Europe’s final event of this year. Unsurprisingly, a number of France’s own were in action, and that included Abdoul Abdouraguimov at the top of the lineup.

Victories over Brad Wheeler and Jack Grant after signing with the PFL moved “Lazy King’s” overall record to 18-1. And the highly touted 29-year-old further extended his winning run at the expense of former UFC veteran Laureano Staropoli in Friday’s main event.

Elsewhere on the card, the second PFL Europe welterweight, lightweight, and bantamweight kingpins were crowned, in addition to a singular queen at 125 pounds as one woman looked to succeed Dakota Ditcheva and hopes to follow her path to global glory next year.

While the event was available on DAZN for select countries, it unfortunately wasn’t broadcast to audiences in the United States. But you can catch up on all the action below.

PFL Europe Championship Results & Highlights

  • Welterweight: Abdoul Abdouraguimov def. Laureano Staropoli via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
  • Catchweight (165lbs): Patrick Habirora def. Catalin Safta via KO (punch): R3, 2:16
  • Heavyweight: Mickaël Groguhe def. Lamine Sene via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Bantamweight Championship: Lewis McGrillen-Evans def. Alexander Luster via TKO (punches): R2, 3:52
  • Lightweight Championship: Jakub Kaszuba def. Connor Hughes via TKO (punches): R4, 4:07
  • Featherweight: Mathys Duragrin def. Yassin Chtatou via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-25, 30-25)
  • Bantamweight: Mahio Campanella def. Mehdi Saadi via submission (arm-triangle choke): R1, 4:45
  • Catchweight (177lbs): Salvo Giudice def. Atilla Kobas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25)
  • Welterweight Championship: Florim Zendeli def. Daniele Miceli via submission (rear-naked choke): R1, 4:24
  • Flyweight Championship: Paulina Wi?niewska def. Valentina Scatizzi via TKO (knee & punches): R1, 0:20
  • Welterweight: Eoin Sheridan def. Brice Belghazi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Lightweight: Claudio Pacella def. Oscar Ownsworth via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Claudio Pacella Def. Oscar Ownsworth

Eoin Sheridan Def. Brice Belghazi

Paulina Wi?niewska Def. Valentina Scatizzi

Florim Zendeli Def. Daniele Miceli

Salvo Giudice Def. Atilla Kobas

Mahio Campanella Def. Mehdi Saadi

Mathys Duragrin Def. Yassin Chtatou

Jakub Kaszuba Def. Connor Hughes

Lewis McGrillen-Evans Def. Alexander Luster

Patrick Habirora Def. Catalin Safta

Abdoul Abdouraguimov Def. Laureano Staropoli

Former UFC Fighter Sage Northcutt Makes Move to PFL After ONE Championship Departure

Former UFC Fighter Sage Northcutt Makes Move to PFL After ONE Championship DepartureAfter stints with the UFC and ONE Championship, ‘Super’ Sage Northcutt has officially signed with the Professional Fighters League….

Former UFC Fighter Sage Northcutt Makes Move to PFL After ONE Championship Departure

After stints with the UFC and ONE Championship, ‘Super’ Sage Northcutt has officially signed with the Professional Fighters League.

According to a report from Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie, Northcutt has inked a deal with the promotion and is expected to make his debut in 2025.

Northcutt first burst onto the mixed martial arts scene in 2015 under the UFC banner. During his three-year run with the promotion, the Texas native scored himself a solid 6-2 record with noteworthy wins against Michel Quiñones, Thibault Gouti, and Zak Ottow.

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After fighting out his contract in 2018, Northcutt traded in the Octagon for the Circle, signing with ONE Championship in search of greener pastures and a greater opportunity to compete.

Unfortunately, Northcutt’s plan backfired when he suffered a horrifying 29-second knockout in his promotional debut against Cosmo Alexandre. ‘Super’ was left with eight facial fractures that required nine hours of surgery to repair.

Sage Northcutt cuts ties with ONE after pulling out of long-awaited fight with shinya Aoki

The injury put him on the shelf for four years before making his return to ONE in May 2023. Northcutt secured a quick-fire submission victory over Ahmed Mujtaba at ONE Fight Night 10 and was later scheduled for a scrap against Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki in January.

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Unfortunately, that fight never came to fruition after Northcutt pulled out of the bout hours before it was scheduled to go down after his coaches failed to obtain visas to corner him at the event in Tokyo.

“I sent ONE Championship the necessary paperwork they required to get my coaches visas 48 days ahead of the event,” Northcutt wrote on social media. I was told by them over the phone and by text my main jiu-jitsu coach Fabio Prado did not need a visa since I paid for his airfare flights and trip so he was not classified as a working employee that needed a visa and that my other coach could get in as a tourist so he didn’t need one either.

“My coaches were there for almost a week, and I was not informed that two of them could not coach until hours before my match. I received a text from an unknown number that texted me for the first time that day that was a ticket salesman asking me about getting my two coaches complimentary tickets to watch my fight in the audience. I personally believe that ONE Championship was not going to inform me that my coaches were not allowed to corner me until I arrived at the arena to fight if I did not hear from a ticket salesman hours earlier.”

Northcutt exited the promotion shortly after, wrapping up a run that saw him compete just twice over five years.

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Paul Hughes Willing To Go To ‘Depths Of Hell’ To Knock Out Undefeated Usman Nurmagomedov

MMA fans, specifically those in the UK, have been hearing a lot about Paul Hughes and his potential for some time now. After he signed to the PFL earlier this year, he would now have the platform to really progress up the ladder and show what he is truly capable of. Hughes has always been […]

MMA fans, specifically those in the UK, have been hearing a lot about Paul Hughes and his potential for some time now. After he signed to the PFL earlier this year, he would now have the platform to really progress up the ladder and show what he is truly capable of.

Hughes has always been incredibly confident in his own ability and he’s not afraid to put himself out there but even with that in mind, his last fight came as a shock. Many believed that taking on A.J. McKee in his second fight with the promotion would be an instance of too much, too soon for the Irishman.

At PFL’s Battle of the Giants, he rose to the occasion by putting on a great performance to beat McKee in Riyadh and after defeating such a high-level opponent, there was only one logical next step for “Big News” and that’s the world championship. At the Road to Dubai Champions Series on January 25, Hughes will take on the undefeated Bellator lightweight champ, Usman Nurmagomedov.

The 27-year old knows that this is a huge test for him but he believes that even the win over McKee was only scratching the surface of what he’s capable of. He expects Nurmagomedov to really push him in this fight but just like in October, that pressure will bring the best out of him.

Hughes spoke about the fight in a recent interview with the Belfast Telegraph where he explained where he’s at mentally going into the biggest fight of his career.

“I see a knockout, 100 per cent. I may have to go to the depths of hell to beat this guy, and I will be prepared for that but I trust in my fight IQ, instincts and killer ability to find a way to get Usman out of there. I said I would knock out AJ and came within millimetres of doing it.

“I still beat him up, but I was close to knocking him out with the exact shot I called. I definitely see a knockout against Usman. There is a lot more to come from me. My last performance was a six out of ten, for many reasons. I have to be a ten out of ten to beat Usman, he is that good.”

Former UFC Fighter Sage Northcutt Signs With PFL After Failed ONE Championship Stint

The once-promising Sage Northcutt has his next career move set. Northcutt (12-3) was once widely seen as a future UFC star following a debut victory inside the Octagon aged 19 at UFC Fight Night 80. However, “Super Sage” didn’t have his contract renewed following its expiration in 2018. The 28-year-old subsequently joined ONE Championship’s ranks, where he […]

The once-promising Sage Northcutt has his next career move set.

Northcutt (12-3) was once widely seen as a future UFC star following a debut victory inside the Octagon aged 19 at UFC Fight Night 80. However, “Super Sage” didn’t have his contract renewed following its expiration in 2018.

The 28-year-old subsequently joined ONE Championship’s ranks, where he had a rough start to life in the Circle by falling via knockout to Brazil’s Cosmo Alexandre at ONE: Enter the Dragon. As well as losing his opening outing in the promotion, Northcutt was also sidelined after suffering eight facial fractures that required extensive surgery to repair.

While that left the American out of action for four years, he returned with a bang in 2023. But after recording his first win on the ONE stage by submitting Ahmed Mujtaba in quick time, it’s safe to say that the momentum did not continue.

Northcutt had a public falling out with the promotion this past January when he pulled out of a clash with Shinya Aoki on fight night after his cornermen were reportedly denied visas.

That relationship was evidently not able to be repaired, with the Californian having his departure from ONE confirmed in October. And over a month on, his next destination has been confirmed as the Professional Fighters League (PFL).

The news was first reported by MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn.

As of this writing, it’s unclear whether Northcutt will enter the PFL’s regular season and playoff format for 2025 or compete at the pay-per-view Super Fights events. It has been confirmed, however, that the 28-year-old will be fighting at welterweight.

Two More Ireland vs. Dagestan Fights Added To Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes PFL Card

On January 25, the PFL is set to host its first event in Dubai with the Road To Dubai Champions Series at the Coca-Cola Arena. In the main event, the undefeated Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov will face the rising star Paul Hughes in a highly anticipated title fight. Following Hughes’ win over A.J. McKee […]

On January 25, the PFL is set to host its first event in Dubai with the Road To Dubai Champions Series at the Coca-Cola Arena. In the main event, the undefeated Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov will face the rising star Paul Hughes in a highly anticipated title fight.

Following Hughes’ win over A.J. McKee at Battle of the Giants, he called for this fight and immediately attached the perfect tagline to it. When the event was announced, it was promoted as Ireland vs Dagestan 2 in reference to the biggest fight in the history of the sport between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.

As the cousin of Khabib, we know that the defending champion will have his family involved for this fight though it seems unlikely that the same can be said for McGregor linking up with Hughes right now. However, PFL appears to be doubling down on this particular theme for the card following the announcement of two more matchups that pit Ireland against Dagestan.

A fantastic featherweight clash will see the undefeated Khasan Magomedsharipov take on Nate Kelly. Khasan, who is the younger brother of the former UFC featherweight contender Zabit Magomedsharipov, has won five consecutive fights under the Bellator banner and was recently named in the top 10 of ESPN’s 25 under 25 list for 2024.

Ireland’s Kelly trains out of the same gym as McGregor, SBG Dublin, and has gone 10-0 since losing the first two pro fights of his career, having fought in both Bellator and the PFL in recent years.

A second bout sees another undefeated fighter with Dagestani origins facing one of the emerald isle’s finest. 20-year old Ibragim Ibragimov also represents the English flag having been born in Dagestan before moving at a young age. The 8-0 featherweight out of Manchester Top Team recently earned a decision win over Nacho Campos at Battle of the Giants. His opponent will be another SBG Ireland fighter, Kenny Mokhonoana.

The 27-year old has amassed a 5-1 record with two first-round finishes already under his belt in Bellator. His last fight in September last year saw him suffer his first pro loss to the highly regarded undefeated Welsh fighter Josh O’Connor.

A trilogy fight between Vadim Nemkov and Bellator light heavyweight champion Corey Anderson at heavyweight was also recently confirmed for the card.