| PFL 3 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | July 5, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Charles E. Smith Center | |||
| City | Washington, D.C. | |||
| Estimated viewers | 46,000 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 3 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on July 5, 2018, at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. It was the third regular season event of 2018 and included only fights in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. [2]
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Ray Cooper III | def. | Jake Shields | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:09 | |
| Welterweight | Pavlo Kusch | def. | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:23 | |
| Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Yuri Villefort | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Shamil Gamzatov | def. | Eddie Gordon | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | John Howard | def. | Gasan Umalatov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:59 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Magomed Magomedkerimov | def. | Herman Terrado | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:54 | |
| Welterweight | João Zeferino | def. | Paul Bradley | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:58 | |
| Middleweight | Bruno Santos | def. | Sadibou Sy | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Louis Taylor | def. | Anderson Gonçalves | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:58 | |
| Middleweight | Rex Harris | def. | Andre Lobato | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Abuspiyan Magomedov | def. | Danillo Villefort | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 3:37 | |
| Welterweight | Bojan Veličković | def. | Jonatan Westin | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:50 | |
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. [3]
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoãoZeferino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Magomed Magomedkerimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pavlo Kusch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ray Cooper III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bojan Veličković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Rick Story | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yuri Villefort | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonatan Westin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Shields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abubakar Nurmagomedov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Terrado | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Bradley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources: [5] | |||||||
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abuspiyan Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Louis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Shamil Gamzatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bruno Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rex Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andre Lobato | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadibou Sy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Gonçalves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gasan Umalatov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danillo Villefort | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources: [7] | |||||||