ATLANTA, GEORGIA - The Professional Fighters League, the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, kicked off the second half of the 2023 PFL Regular Season with PFL ATL: Featherweight and Light Heavyweight at the Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, GA. 

The night was capped off by a stunning main event result, which saw Peru’s Jesus “El Mudo” Pinedo clinch a spot in the Playoffs by upsetting 2022 PFL Featherweight Champion Brendan Loughnane of the United Kingdom. Pinedo dropped Loughnane with a knee to the head and finished him off with some heavy ground and pound, extinguishing the Englishman’s hopes at back-to-back title runs. 

2021 PFL Featherweight Champion Movlid “The Killer” Khaybulaev on the other hand, continued his reign of dominance by submitting Tyler Diamond in the second round to book his return trip to the PFL Playoffs. Khaybulaev, who missed the 2022 PFL Season due to injury, is on track to regaining the league’s 145-pound title and taking home another million-dollar purse. 

In the Light Heavyweight division, Marthin Hamlet earned a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Sam Kei to make his PFL postseason return. 

Also clinching spots in the PFL Playoffs were Bubba Jenkins, Gabriel Braga, Josh Silveira, Impa Kasanganay, and Ty Flores. 

COMPLETE PFL ATL: FW & LHW RESULTS 

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Jesus Pinedo def. Brendan Loughnane via TKO (knee and punches) at 1:34 of Round 1

Movlid Khaybulaev def. Tyler Diamond via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:23 of Round 2

Marthin Hamlet def. Sam Kei via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bubba Jenkins def. Jo Sungbin via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:25 of Round 1 

Josh Silveira def. Delan Monte via TKO (knee injury) at 1:30 of Round 1

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Gabriel Braga def. Marlon Moraes via KO (punch) at 3:02 of Round 1

Ty Flores def. Dan Spohn via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Chris Wade def. Ryoji Kudo via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:15 of Round 1

Impa Kasanganay def. Tim Caron via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:52 of Round 2

Andrew Sanchez def. Taylor Johnson via Split Decision (29-27, 27-29, 29-27)

Abigail Montes def. Brandy Hester via TKO (ground and pound) at 3:06 of Round 1

Alexei Pergande def. Akeem Bashir via submission (D’Arce choke) at 3:14 of Round 1