| PFL 4 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | July 19, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Nassau Coliseum | |||
| City | Uniondale, New York | |||
| Estimated viewers | 101,000 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 4 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on July 19, 2018, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. This was the fourth regular season event of 2018 and included fights in the featherweight and heavyweight divisions. [2]
Originally fights were set between Bekbulat Magomedov vs. Magomed Idrisov and Timur Valiev vs. Lee Coville, however Idrisov and Coville were forced to pull out for undisclosed reasons. At first Carl Deaton and Darrick Minner were scheduled as replacements, but on weigh in day both missed the 146-pound limit, and as a result PFL elected to pull them off the card, and instead pair up their intended opponents to create Bekbulat Magomedov vs. Timur Valiev.
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Lance Palmer | def. | Zhumabek Tursyn | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:34 | |
| Featherweight | Andre Harrison | def. | Nazareno Malegarie | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Francimar Barroso | def. | Jack May | Submission (arm triangle) | 1 | 1:36 | |
| Featherweight | Steven Siler | def. | Alexandre Almeida | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:34 | |
| Heavyweight | Philipe Lins | def. | Alex Nicholson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:39 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Kelvin Tiller | def. | Jared Rosholt | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:54 | |
| Featherweight | Timur Valiev | def. | Bekbulat Magomedov | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Max Coga | def. | Marcos Galvao | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:19 | |
| Heavyweight | Josh Copeland | def. | Shawn Jordan | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Valdrin Istrefi | def. | Daniel Gallemore | TKO (leg kicks) | 2 | 1:42 | |
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] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♛ Steven Siler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| ♛ Lance Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| ♛ Andre Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Timur Valiev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Alexandre Almeida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Max Coga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| ♛ Nazareno Malegarie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Magomed Idrisov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Coville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Jumabieke Tuerxun | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Marcos Galvão | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Bekbulat Magomedov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources: [5] | |||||||
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points [6] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♛ Francimar Barroso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| ♛ Kelvin Tiller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| ♛ Philipe Lins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| ♛ Jack May | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| ♛ Alex Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| ♛ Valdrin Istrefi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| ♛ Jared Rosholt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Josh Copeland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jake Heun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Caio Alencar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E Shawn Jordan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E } Daniel Gallemore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sources: [7] | ||||||||
♛ = Clinched playoff spot --- E = Eliminated