LAS VEGAS - The Professional Fighters League, the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, continued their 2023 Regular Season with PFL 3, which featured bouts in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.
The ESPN card headliner saw 2022 PFL Lightweight Champion “The Canadian Gangster” Olivier Aubin-Mercier outwork the debuting “Hurricane” Shane Burgos to win by unanimous decision.
In the ESPN card’s co-main event, fan-favorite “Cassius” Clay Collard grinded out a hard-fought unanimous decision win over PFL newcomer and former Shooto Lightweight Champion Yamato Nishikawa.
On the ESPN+ main event, 2022 PFL Welterweight Champion “The Swedish Denzel” Sadibou Sy kicked off his title-repeat campaign with a scintillating second-round TKO win over “The Jordanian Lion” Jarrah Al-Silawi.
The ESPN+ co-headline saw 2018 PFL Welterweight Champion Magomed Magomedkerimov demolish newcomer “Brutal” Ben Egli by 63-second KO.
Magomed Umalatov, Carlos Leal and Denis Goltsov all scored impressive stoppage wins as well.
COMPLETE PFL 3 RESULTS
ESPN Card:
Lightweight Bout:
Natan Schulte def. Stevie Ray by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight Bout:
Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Shane Burgos by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight Bout:
Clay Collard def. Yamato Nishikawa by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight Bout:
Denis Goltsov def. Cezar Ferreira by KO (Punches) at 2:07 of Round 1
Welterweight Bout:
Carlos Leal def. David Zawada by TKO (Punches) at 2:25 of Round 1
Welterweight Bout:
Magomed Umalatov def. Dilano Taylor by TKO (Punches) at 1:31 of Round 1
ESPN+ Card
Welterweight Bout:
Sadibou Sy def. Jarrah Al Silawi by TKO (Strikes) at 1:14 of Round 2
Welterweight Bout:
Magomed Magomedkerimov def. Ben Egli by KO (Kick) at 1:03 of Round 1
Lightweight Bout:
Raush Manfio def. Alexander Martinez by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Welterweight Bout:
Nayib Lopez def. Shane Mitchell by Unanimous Decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Lightweight Bout:
Bruno Miranda def. Ahmed Amir by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight Showcase Bout:
Zach Juusola def. Brandon Jenkins by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
