2024 PFL Championship weigh-in results: Six $1 million title bouts set
The 2024 PFL Championship $1 million matchups are set now that the fighters have made weight.
The 2024 PFL Championship (ESPN+) event takes place Friday at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Brendan Loughnane (30-5), the 2022 season winner, takes on the unbeaten and favored Timur Khizriev (17-0) in the featherweight headliner. In the women's flyweight co-feature, Dakota Ditcheva (13-0) is the second biggest betting favorite on the card against Taila Santos (22-3).
One of the showcase fights on the preliminary card got an 11th hour change. Jesus Pinedo (23-6-1) reportedly came in 6 pounds heavy for his featherweight fight against Jeremy Kennedy (19-4). So instead, Kennedy now will take on Gabriel Braga (14-2), who stepped up on a day's notice.
The 2024 PFL Championship weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 1 p.m. ET)
Brendan Loughnane (144.8) vs. Timur Khizriev (144.7) – featherweight championship
Dakota Ditcheva (124.9) vs. Taila Santos (125) – women's flyweight championship
Impa Kasanganay (204.6) vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (204.1) – light heavyweight championship
Magomed Umalatov (168.8) vs. Shamil Musaev (169.8) – welterweight championship
Brent Primus (154.3) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (155) – lightweight championship
Denis Goltsov (245.8) vs. Oleg Popov (249.5) – heavyweight championship
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 9:30 a.m. ET)
Mansour Barnaoui (153.6) vs. Alfie Davis (155.7)
Abraham Bably (251.8) vs. Slim Trabelsi (243.5)
Gabriel Braga (TBA) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (TBA)
Asael Adjoudj (145.9) vs. Jose Perez (145)
Alan Galvao (185) vs. Costello van Steenis (185.9)
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for 2024 PFL Championship.
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