PFL 2 (2018 season)

PFL 2
Information
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
Venue	Chicago Theatre
City	Chicago, Illinois
Estimated viewers	150,000 [1]
Event chronology
PFL 1 PFL 2 PFL 3

Main article: PFL (2018 season)

The PFL 2 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on June 21, 2018, at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. It was the second regular season event of 2018 and included only fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. ^[2]

Background

Rashid Magomedov was expected to face Jason High at this event, however Magomedev was removed from the bout due to injury and replaced by Efrain Escudero. ^[3] On weigh in day, the fight suffered another set back as Escudero missed the 156-pound weight limit by six pounds. As a result, Escudero became ineligible to earn points regardless of the outcome.

Results

Main Card (NBCSN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Will Brooks	def.	Luiz Firmino	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-37, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Brian Foster	def.	Ramsey Nijem	TKO (flying knee and punches)	3	0:23
Women's Lightweight	Kayla Harrison	def.	Brittney Elkin	Submission (armbar)	1	3:18
Lightweight	Efrain Escudero	def.	Jason High	Technical Submission (guillotine choke)	3	0:35
Light Heavyweight	Sean O'Connell	def.	Ronny Markes	TKO (punches)	2	0:41
Preliminary card (Facebook Watch)
Light Heavyweight	Brandon Halsey	def.	Smealinho Rama	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	0:01
Lightweight	Islam Mamedov	def.	Yuki Kawana	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Vinny Magalhaes	def.	Jamie Abdallah	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:37
Light Heavyweight	Rakim Cleveland	def.	Rashid Yusupov	TKO (retirement)	3	0:01
Light Heavyweight	Maxim Grishin	def.	Jason Butcher	TKO (leg injury)	1	1:41
Lightweight	Robert Watley	def.	Thiago Tavares	TKO (groin kick)	2	0:35
Lightweight	Natan Schulte	def.	Chris Wade	Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-26, 29-28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Dan Spohn	def.	Bazigit Atajev	TKO (punches)	3	4:31

Standings after event

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 victory. ^[4]

Lightweight

Fighter	Wins	Draws	Losses	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points [5]
Robert Watley	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Brian Foster	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Will Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Natan Schulte	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Islam Mamedov	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Yuki Kawana	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Luiz Firmino	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Wade	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jason High	0	0	1*	0	0	0	3
Ramsey Nijem	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Thiago Tavares	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Efrain Escudero	1*	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sources: [6]

• Although Efrain Escudero won his fight, he was ineligible to earn point due to missing the weight limit. By rule, the loser, Jason High, is credited with three points for walkover.

Light Heavyweight

Fighter	Wins	Draws	Losses	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Points [7]
Vinny Magalhães	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Maxim Grishin	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Sean O'Connell	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Rakim Cleveland	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
} Brandon Halsey	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Dan Spohn	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Bazigit Atajev	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Smealinho Rama	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rashid Yusupov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ronny Markes	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Butcher	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jamie Abdallah	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sources: [8]

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters

References

1. "PFL 6 draws 138,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". mmapayout.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
2. "Fight Card - PFL 2". PFL.
3. Marc Raimondi (2018-06-14). "Efrain Escudero replaces injured Rashid Magomedev against Jason High at PFL 2". MMAFighting. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
4. "Rules and Regulations". PFL. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
5. The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
6. "2018 PFL Lightweight Standings". Professional Fighters League. 23 June 2018.
7. The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
8. "2018 PFL Light Heavyweight Standings". Professional Fighters League. 23 June 2018.