The Skilled Fighters League gentle heavyweight and featherweight playoff finals are set after a busy evening of fights Friday in San Antonio, Texas.
Josh Silveira, son of American Prime Crew founder Conan Silveira, clinched his long-awaited ticket to the 205-pound ultimate towards Impa Kasanganay after scoring an unbelievable first-round TKO over Ty Flores, touchdown eight knees to the top within the clinch for the stoppage.
Silveira will face Kasanganay within the million-dollar ultimate on Dec. 8 in Dublin, Eire, because the UFC veteran scored his personal highlight-reel knockout.
Kasanganay stopped Marthin Hamlet’s takedown makes an attempt after which floored him with a large proper hand. A follow-up left punch appeared to wake Hamlet again up, however that was sufficient for referee Jeff Rexroad to finish the competition and have Kasanganay go 4-0 underneath the PFL banner in 2023.
Within the featherweight division, Jesus Pinedo closed the present with an absolute beating over Bubba Jenkins. Coming off an enormous upset over Brendan Loughnane in June, Pinedo knocked Jenkins down within the opening spherical however the veteran fighter was saved by the bell. Pinedo got here again stronger in spherical two with an onslaught to finally cease Jenkins through TKO.
Pinedo will now rematch Gabriel Braga for the $1 million examine after the Brazilian scored the largest win of his MMA profession over veteran Chris Wade. Braga landed the higher punches on the ft with one-two combos and avoiding Wade’s greatest moments, together with a fast guillotine try within the second spherical, to win a break up choice.
The preliminary portion of the present featured a thunderous first-round knockout victory for undefeated prospect Thad Jean and three rear-naked choke finishes in a row for Lisa Mauldin, Anthony Ivy and Chelsea Hackett.
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