2023 PFL PLAYOFFS NYC WEIGH-IN VIDEO

2023 PFL PLAYOFFS CONTINUE IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT 7:00 PM ET

2023 PFL Heavyweight Semifinalists Renan Ferreira and Maurice Greene headline second 2023 PFL Playoff event

2023 PFL Playoffs Continue Live From The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Tickets Available HERE

PFL Playoffs Air Live at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and then action continues on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 9:00 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (August 18, 2023) – The Professional Fighters League, the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, continues their 2023 Playoffs this Friday, August 18 on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. The second PFL Playoff event of 2023 will be live from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, featuring four playoff bouts across the Heavyweight and Women’s Featherweight divisions.

The main event of the night will feature a clash in the Heavyweight division between Renan “The Problema” Ferreira, a two-time PFL Semifinalist who owns the 2nd and 3rd-fastest finishes in PFL Heavyweight history, against Maurice “The Crochet Boss” Greene.

In the co-main event, Larissa Pacheco, the 2022 PFL Women’s Lightweight Champion, will bring an 8-fight winning streak into the SmartCage in a matchup against two-time PFL Semifinalist, Olena Kolesnyk, with the winner advancing to the 2023 PFL Women’s Featherweight Championship.

The event will air on ESPN+ beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET with the action continuing on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and simulcast on ESPN+ at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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ESPN Card

Heavyweight Semifinal
#2 Renan Ferreira (259.6 lbs) vs. #5 Maurice Greene (261.8 lbs)

Women’s Featherweight Semifinal
#1 Larissa Pacheco (146.0 lbs) vs. #4 Olena Kolesnyk (147.8 lbs)
*Olena Kolesnyk (WFW) missed weight and will be penalized 1 point in the scorecards and 20% of her purse will go to her opponent, Larissa Pacheco.

Heavyweight Semifinal
#1 Denis Goltsov (243.0 lbs) vs. #4 Jordan Heiderman (247.2 lbs)

Women’s Featherweight Semifinal
#2 Marina Mokhnatkina (145.0 lbs) vs. #3 Amber Leibrock (145.8 lbs)

Featherweight Showcase
Nathan Kelly (145.4 lbs) vs. Damion Nelson (145.8 lbs)

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Lightweight Showcase
Chris Mixan vs. Eddy George 
*Chris Mixan and Eddy George were removed from the card due to the NYSAC decision to not license Mixan.

Heavyweight Showcase
Danilo Marques (248.0 lbs) vs. Satoshi Ishii (240.2 lbs)

Women’s Flyweight Showcase
Kaytlin Neil (125.8 lbs) vs. Maira Mazar (125.6 lbs)

Super Heavyweight Showcase
Louie Sutherland (250.6 lbs) vs. Daiqwon Buckley (272.4 lbs)
* Daiqwon Buckley (Showcase HW) missed weight and 20% of his purse will go to his opponent, Louie Sutherland. The bout is now a Super Heavyweight fight.

2023 PFL Playoffs New York: Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights (All times ET)

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PFL airs live in the U.S on ESPN and ESPN+ and is broadcast and streamed to 140 countries with 25 international leading media partners, including DAZN, Stan Sport, Viacom18, RMC Sport, Globo, Star Times, FPT, CSM, DirectTV, ITV, and MBC.  PFL has dozens of major brand sponsors such as Anheuser-Busch, GEICO, Bose, US Marine Corps, and Celsius Energy Drink.

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