PFL_1_(2018_season)
PFL 1 (2018)
Professional Fighters League MMA event in 2018
The PFL 1 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 7, 2018, at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. This was the first regular season event of the tournament and included fights only in the featherweight and heavyweight divisions.[2]
| PFL 1 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07) | |||
| Venue | Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden | |||
| City | New York City, New York | |||
| Estimated viewers | 138,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Mike Kyle was expected to face Shawn Jordan at this event, however Kyle was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Philipe Lins.[3] On weigh in day, the fight suffered another set back as Jordan missed the 265-pound weight limit by over nine pounds, and the bout was scratched from the card all together.[4] As a result, Philipe Lins was awarded 3 points via. walkover victory.
Originally fights were set between Alex Nicholson vs. Kevin Tiller and Caio Alencar vs. Jake Heun, however due to New York not allowing fighters to compete with a weight difference greater than 25 pounds, PFL reorganized the fights the day before the event to Alex Nicholson vs. Jake Heun and Caio Alencar vs. Kevin Tiller.[5]
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Andre Harrison | def. | Jumabieke Tuerxun | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Lance Palmer | def. | Bekbulat Magomedov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:21 | |
| Featherweight | Timur Valiev | def. | Max Coga | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Alex Nicholson | def. | Jake Heun | KO (flying knee) | 2 | 0:58 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Jared Rosholt | def. | Valdrin Istrefi | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-25, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Nazareno Malegarie | def. | Marcos Galvao | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Kelvin Tiller | def. | Caio Alencar | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:34 | |
| Featherweight | Steven Siler | def. | Magomed Idrisov | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:19 | |
| Featherweight | Alexandre Almeida | def. | Lee Coville | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:22 | |
| Heavyweight | Francimar Barroso | def. | Daniel Gallemore | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 3:57 | |
| Postliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Jack May | def. | Josh Copeland | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 4:30 | |
The point system consists of outcome based scoring and bonuses for an early win. Under the outcome based scoring system, the winner of a fight receives 3 points and the loser receives 0 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. If a fighter misses weight, then the fighter that missed weight will receive 0 points and his opponent will receive 3 points due to a walkover (WO) victory.[6]
Featherweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Almeida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Steven Siler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lance Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nazareno Malegarie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Timur Valiev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andre Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Marcos Galvão | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Coga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jumabieke Tuerxun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bekbulat Magomedov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Magomed Idrisov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Coville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources:[8] | |||||||
Heavyweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Tiller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Francimar Barroso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jack May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Alex Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jared Rosholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Philipe Lins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Valdrin Istrefi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| } Jake Heun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Copeland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Gallemore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caio Alencar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sources:[10] | ||||||||
- "PFL 6 draws 116,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". mmapayout.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- "Fight Card - PFL 1". PFL.
- Guilherme Cruz (2018-05-25). "Philipe Lins replaces injured Mike Kyle, faces Shawn Jordan at PFL 1 in June". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- Dan Rose (2018-05-25). "SHAWN JORDAN MISSES WEIGHT BY SOME NINE POUNDS FOR PFL FIGHT TOMORROW". Mikeswick.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- MMAJUNKIE Staff (2018-05-25). "PFL 1 debut card official in New York after heavyweight musical chairs". MMAJUNKIE. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- "Rules and Regulations". PFL. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
- The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
- The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
- "2018 PFL Heavyweight Standings". Professional Fighters League. 8 June 2018.