Middleweight + welterweight brackets set for PFL 10 on 10/20
Four-man tournaments for the middleweight and welterweight divisions will take place at PFL 10 on October 20 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C.
The pool of fighters in each Professional Fighters League division has been reduced to eight. Now there will be one-day, four-man tournaments to reduce the number to two finalists. The finals will be held at the season finale on December 31, with a $1,000,000 prize in each division.
The tournaments for the middleweight and welterweight divisions will take place at PFL 10 on October 20 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C. The show will broadcast live on NBCSN, with preliminary and post-fight coverage on Facebook.
PFL 10
Middleweight
Abus Magomedov (1) vs. Gasan Umalatov (8)
Bruno Santos (4) vs. Sadibou Sy (5)
Shamil Gamzatov (3) vs. John Howard (6)
Louis Taylor (2) vs. Rex Harris (7)
Alternate bout – Andre Lobato vs. Eddie Gordon
Welterweight
Ray Cooper III (1) vs. Jake Shields (8)
Rick Story (4) vs. Handesson Fereira (5)
Magomed Magomedkerimov (3) vs. Pavlo Kusch (6)
Joao Zeferino (2) vs. Bojan Velickovic (7)
Alternate bout – Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Yuri Villefort
Second fight bout order:
1 vs. 8 winner
vs.
4 vs. 5 winner
2 vs. 7 winner
vs.
3 vs. 6 winner
And then there will be two…