PFL 2024 World Championship Results & Highlights
The 2024 PFL season came to a close on Friday (November 29) when the 2024 PFL World Championship took place at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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The main event was a featherweight title bout between 2022 PFL Tournament winner Brendan Loughnane and the undefeated Timur Khizriev, who dominated the former champion across five rounds to win the featherweight belt.
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The co-main event also featured another undefeated talent in last year’s PFL Europe Women’s Flyweight Champion Dakota Ditcheva, who stopped former UFC title challenger Taila Santos with a nasty body shot to score the biggest win of her career.
Dovlet Yagshimuradov spoiled Impa Kasanganay's hopes of winning back-to-back tournaments in the light heavyweight finals, and Shamil Musaev also claimed welterweight gold when he stopped his countryman Magomed Umalatov.
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The main card kicked off with big finishes from Denis Goltsov and Gadzhi Rabadanov in the lightweight and heavyweight finals, and the action-packed prelims also saw four fighters win titles to close out the inaugural tournaments for PFL MENA.
You can check out highlights from all the action below, followed by full results for every fight at the 2024 PFL World Championship.
Costello Van Steenis def. Joao Dantas
Asael Adjoudj vs. Jose Perez
Gabriel Braga def. Jeremy Kennedy
Slim Trabelsi def. Abraham Bably
Mansour Barnoui def. Alfie Davis
Mohsen Mohammadseifi def. Georges Eid
Ali Taleb def. Rachid El Hazoume
Hattan Al Saif def. Lilia Osmani
Omar El Dafrawy def. Mohammad Alaqraa
Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Abdelrahman Alhyasat
Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov
Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus
Shamil Musaev def. Magomed Umalatov
Dovlet Yagshimuradov def. Impa Kasanganay
Dakota Ditcheva def. Taila Santos
Timur Khizriev def. Brendan Loughnane
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PFL 2024 World Championship (ESPN+, 1:00 p.m. ET)
• Main Event: Timur Khizriev def. Brendan Loughnane via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 29-26x2) – For the PFL Featherweight Championship
• Co-Main Event: Dakota Ditcheva def. Taila Santos via TKO: R2, 4:41– For the PFL Women’s Flyweight Championship
• Dovlet Yagshimuradov def. Impa Kasanganay via KO: R1, 0:58 – For the PFL Light Heavyweight Championship
• Shamil Musaev def. Magomed Umalatov via TKO: R3, 1:44 – For the PFL Welterweight Championship
• Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus via KO: R3, 2:31 – For the PFL Lightweight Championship
• Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov via Submission (Triangle Choke): R1, 2:55 – For the PFL Heavyweight Championship
PFL MENA 2024 Championship (ESPN+, 7:15 a.m. ET)
• Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Abdelrahman Alhyasat via KO: R1 – For the PFL MENA Featherweight Championship
• Omar El Dafrawy def. Mohammad Alaqraa via TKO: R2, 0:57– For the PFL MENA Welterweight Championship
• Ali Taleb def. Rachid El Hazoume via KO: R1, 1:25 – For the PFL MENA Bantamweight Championship
• Mohsen Mohammadseifi def. Georges Eid via Unanimous Decision (50-45x2, 49-46) – For the PFL MENA Lightweight Championship
• Hattan Al Saif def. Lilia Osmani via TKO: R2
• Mansour Barnoui def. Alfie Davis via Submission (Rear Naked Choke): R3, 3:41
• Slim Trabelsi def. Abraham Bably via Split Decision (29-28x2, 28-29)
• Gabriel Braga def. Jeremy Kennedy via Decision (29-28x3)
• Asael Adjoudj vs. Jose Perez via Submission (Guillotine Choke): R3, 1:10
• Costello Van Steenis def. Joao Dantas via KO: R1, 0:48
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