2023 PFL Challenger Series Week 3 Results

February 11, 2023

in UFC

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The 2023 PFL preseason rolls on tonight as the massive boys take heart stage, with eight heavyweights seeking to earn a PFL common season contract stay from the backlot of Common Studios in Orlando, Florida.

The cardboard shall be kicked off by former Iowa State College linebacker turned Dana White’s Contender Sequence veteran Alton Meeks, who is ready to face Louie Sutherland because the Scottish “Vanilla Gorilla” tries to rebound from his first profession loss. Sutherland final competed in a showcase bout at PFL 9 2022, the place his string of first-round stoppage victories to start out his profession was snapped by Abraham Bably en path to a unanimous choice defeat. “Murda” Meeks, in the meantime, was defeated by Yorgan de Castro on the Contender Sequence in 2019 and spent over three years away from motion earlier than returning to attain a second-round stoppage final July.

The aforementioned Abraham Bably will compete within the following combat, battling Hassan Graham within the Massachusetts native’s second skilled combat. “The One and Solely” Manchester High Group-trained Bably has completed 5 out of his six fights throughout newbie {and professional} competitors, solely seeing the judges’ scorecards in his combat in opposition to Sutherland, which served as his second skilled win. “Bounty Hunter” Graham scored a first-round stoppage in his skilled debut final October after a 4-0 run as an newbie that included three finishes.

Much like Graham, Isaiah Pinson shall be trying to find his second skilled win in as many fights when he takes on the American High Group-trained Vitor Resende. After only one newbie combat and win, Pinson defeated BKFC and iKON FC veteran Idrees Wasi by first-round submission in his skilled debut final November. The six-foot-nine Brazilian Resende returns to motion after two and a half years away, however has received and completed 4 in a row to start out his skilled profession.

UFC veteran Danilo Marques strikes up a weight class in the hunt for his second consecutive win in opposition to Bellator veteran Ras Hylton. After beginning 2-0 within the UFC, Brazil’s Marques dropped his subsequent two fights by stoppage and was lower by the promotion. He picked up a first-round submission in his return to non-UFC motion his final day trip, which was almost a 12 months in the past. After scoring a short-notice upset victory over Rudy Schaffroth at Bellator 242, Hylton then dropped a choice to Davion Franklin at Bellator 246. Since returning to the regional scene, “Rasquatch” has gone 3-1, together with three wins in a row, all by end.

MMA Sucka has combat followers lined with PFL Challenger Sequence 2023 Week 3 outcomes, with the occasion streaming stay on Fubo TV starting at 9pm ET/6pm PT.