All fighters made weight for the 2024 PFL World Championships finals Thursday morning ahead of Friday’s show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Friday’s card features a whopping 10 championship fights. In the main event, Brendan Loughnane looks to become a two-time PFL featherweight champion when he faces the undefeated Timur Khizriev.
The co-main event is the flyweight championship where the undefeated Dakota Ditcheva takes on one-time UFC flyweight title challenger Taila Santos.
Impa Kasanganay also vies to become a two-time champion when he fights Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov in the light heavyweight tournament final.
In the preliminary portion of the card, Jesus Pinedo was removed from the card after missing weight for his bout with Jeremy Kennedy. Gabriel Braga, who was in Saudi Arabia as a backup, stepped in as the replacement. PFL did not announce the weigh-in results for Braga vs. Kennedy.
The PFL Championship ceremonial weigh-ins begin at 10 a.m. ET. Check out the weigh-in results below.
Main Card (ESPN+ at 1 p.m. EST)
Brendan Loughnane (144.8) vs. Timur Khizriev (144.9)
Dakota Ditcheva (124.9) vs. Taila Santos (125)
Impa Kasanganay (204.6) vs. Dovlet Yagshimuradov (204.1)
Magomed Umalatov (168.8) vs. Shamil Musaev (169.8)
Brent Primus (154.3) vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov (155)
Denis Goltsov (245.8) vs. Oleg Popov (249.5)
Preliminary card (ESPN+ at 7:15 EST)
Mohammad Alaqraa (169.6) vs. Omar El Dafrawy (170)
Ali Taleb (134) vs. Rachid El Hazoume (134.8)
Mohsen Mohammadseifi (154.6) vs. Georges Eid (155)
Abdalrahman Alhyasat (144.8) vs. Abdullah Al-Qahtani (144.4)
Mansour Barnaoui (153.6) vs. Alfie Davis (155.7)
Slim Trabelsi (243.5) vs. Abraham Bably (251.8)
Gabriel Braga vs. Jeremy Kennedy*
Asael Adjoudj (145.9) vs. Jose Perez (145)
Costello van Steenis (185.9) vs. Joao Dantas (185)
Hattan Alsaif (105.4) vs. Lilia Osmani (108.3)**
*Jesus Pinedo missed weight, replaced by Gabriel Braga
**Lilia Osmani missed weight, fight now a catchweight of 109 pounds
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