PFL Announces Final Regular Season Mma Matchups For Featherweights And Lightweights On June 10

Anthony Pettis, Bubba Jenkins, and Brendan Loughnane featured in PFL 4 foremost card as they appear to punch their ticket into the playoffs

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The Skilled Fighters League (PFL), the quickest rising and most modern sports activities league, as we speak introduced its foremost occasion and full card matchups for PFL 4 on June 10 in primetime throughout ESPN networks and streaming platforms. Fighters throughout the featherweight and light-weight divisions will make their ultimate push of the common season to earn a spot within the playoffs, going through win-or-go-home situations.

Featured on the primary card is former world champion and pre-season light-weight favourite Anthony Pettis, who appears to be like to bounce again from an upset loss in his PFL debut and attempt to earn sufficient factors to make the playoffs as he takes on undefeated fighter Alexander Martinez in a win-or-go-home duel. Pettis is the final light-weight battle of the evening, so he’ll know precisely what number of factors he must make the playoffs when he steps into the cage. The younger Paraguayan Martinez earned a win by cut up choice in his PFL debut at PFL 1 and can look to hold that momentum into the light-weight matchup in opposition to Pettis.

Coming off a formidable win, the place he handed two-time PFL champion Lance Palmer his first loss within the PFL, Bubba Jenkins appears to be like to proceed his dominance in opposition to Anthony Dizy. Leveraging his underdog mentality, Jenkins will look to build up sufficient factors to earn his spot within the playoffs, whereas Dizy will look to avenge a disappointing loss in his PFL debut on April 23. Two-time PFL champions Natan Schulte (light-weight) and Palmer (featherweight) are each in win-or-go-home situations of their makes an attempt to three-peat as league champions come June 10.

To not be neglected, sitting atop the featherweight division standings, Brendan Loughnane appears to be like to proceed his spectacular run as he takes on Tyler Diamond. Loughnane, who gained each his 2019 showcase fights, began off his first official PFL season with an enormous knockout efficiency in opposition to Sheymon Moraes and may have an opportunity to lock up the highest seed within the division at PFL 4. Diamond returns after a spectacular unanimous choice win over Jo Sungbin at PFL 1. The Workforce Alpha Male product might be searching for a end in hopes of securing sufficient factors to lock himself right into a playoff spot.

“There have been some notable upsets within the first half of the season and our featherweight and light-weight fighters know that is their final probability to e-book their tickets to the playoffs,” mentioned PFL President of Fighter Operations, Ray Sefo. “Each athlete has an opportunity at turning into a world champion and all fighters can nonetheless qualify for the PFL playoffs. With a win or go house situation, that is what the PFL is all about.”

PFL 4 is the final probability for the featherweights and lightweights to earn playoff spot in the course of the PFL common season. With six weight divisions (featherweight, light-weight, welterweight, mild heavyweight, ladies’s light-weight, heavyweight) the highest 4 fighters with essentially the most factors in every division will make the playoffs. Within the playoffs, fighters compete to punch their ticket to the 2021 PFL world championship, the most important evening in MMA – 6 title fights in a single evening, the winner of every earns $1 million. 60 fighters began the season – solely 24 will qualify for the playoffs.

The 2021 PFL Season continues on June 10 on ESPN2, ESPN3 (Spanish broadcast) and ESPN+ in primetime. The remaining Common Season occasions will happen on June 17, and June 25.

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Full Card:

ESPN2 Card

Anthony Pettis vs. Alex Martinez

Bubba Jenkins vs. Anthony Dizy

Brendan Loughnane vs. Tyler Diamond

ESPN+ Card

Clay Collard vs Joilton Lutterbach

Natan Schulte vs. Mikhail Odintsov

Lance Palmer vs. Lazar Stojadinovic

Marcin Held vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Akhmed Aliev vs. Loik Radzhabov

Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Sheymon Moraes

Chris Wade vs Arman Ospanov