The last event of the Professional Fighters League season prior to December’s final went down over the weekend, with PFL 10 seeing the middleweight and welterweight finalists determined.
PFL 10 witnessed the final round of quarterfinal and semifinal action for the Professional Fighters League 2018 season. The event went down in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, and saw a number of interesting twists along the way to the middleweight and welterweight finalists being selected. Among them, Rick Story, one of the top contenders at 170lbs, being taken out in the quarterfinals by Handesson Ferreira, who himself would later be eliminated by Ray Cooper III, who also finished Jake Shields on the evening.
Magomed Magomedkerimov, meanwhile, defeated Bojan Veličković to earn the other spot in the welterweight finals. Veličković was actually eliminated in the quarterfinals by Abubakar Nurmagomedov, but when Nurmagomedov was unable to continue due to injury, Veličković was brought back thanks to the lucky loser rule.
Results, plus a gallery of the night’s action and video highlights courtesy of the Professional Fighters League can be found below!
PFL 10 Results:
Main Card (NBC SN/Facebook Watch Outside the U.S.)
Middleweight Abuspiyan Magomedov def. Sadibou Sy by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) (semfinal)
Welterweight Ray Cooper III def. Handesson Ferreira by TKO, Round 1, 2:28 (semfinal)
Middleweight Luis Taylor vs. John Howard ends in a technical draw, Round 2, 4:58 (semfinal) – After an unintentional illegal knee left Howard unable to continue, the fight went to the scorecards. A technical draw led to Taylor advancing via first round tiebreaker
Welterweight Magomed Magomedkerimov def. Bojan Velickovic by TKO, Round 2, 3:13 (semfinal)
Middleweight Abuspiyan Magomedov vs. Gasan Umalatov ended in a majority draw (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) (two-round quarterfinal bout) – Magomedov advances via first round tiebreaker
Welterweight Ray Cooper III def. Jake Shields by TKO, Round 1, 3:10 (two-round quarterfinal bout)
Middleweight Bruno Santos vs. Sadibou Sy ends in majority decision (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) (two-round quarterfinal bout) – Sy moves forward via first round tiebreaker
Welterweight Handesson Ferreira def. Rick Story by TKO (verbal submission), Round 2, 1:15 (two-round quarterfinal bout)
Preliminary card (Facebook Watch)
Middleweight John Howard def. Eddie Gordon by unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) (two-round quarterfinal bout)
Welterweight Magomed Magomedkerimov def. Pavlo Kusch by unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) (two-round quarterfinal bout)
Middleweight Louis Taylor def. Rex Harris by unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) (two-round quarterfinal bout)
Welterweight Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Bojan Veličković ends in a draw (19-19, 19-19, 19-19) (two-round quarterfinal bout) – Nurmagomedov advances via first round tie-breaker
