| PFL 5 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 2, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Nassau Coliseum | |||
| City | Uniondale, New York | |||
| Estimated viewers | 112,000 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 5 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 2, 2018, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. This is the fifth regular season event of 2018 and included only fights in the lightweight and light heavyweight divisions. [2] [3]
Brian Foster was expected to face Natan Schulte at this event. However, Foster was removed due to an unspecified illness and replaced by Jason High. [4]
Originally a fight was set between Islam Mamedov and Efrain Escudero. However, Escudero missed the 156-pound weight limit by over seven pounds, and the bout was scratched from the card all together. [5] As a result, Mamedov was awarded 3 points via walkover victory.
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Natan Schulte | def. | Jason High | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:18 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Vinny Magalhaes | def. | Brandon Halsey | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:34 | |
| Lightweight | Will Brooks | def. | Robert Watley | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Maxim Grishin | def. | Rakim Cleveland | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:03 | |
| Lightweight | Rashid Magomedov | def. | Luiz Firmino | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Chris Wade | def. | Yuki Kawana | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:24 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Dan Spohn | def. | Artur Alibulatov | Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 29-27, 29-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Thiago Tavares | def. | Arthur Estrázulas | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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. [6]
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♛ Natan Schulte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ♛ Will Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Islam Mamedov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Chris Wade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Robert Watley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ♛ Brian Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| ♛ Rashid Magomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thiago Tavares | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ramsey Nijem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Luiz Firmino | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Arthur Estrázulas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Yuki Kawana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Jason High | 0 | 0 | 2* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| E Efrain Escudero | 1* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sources: [8] | |||||||
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points [9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♛ Vinny Magalhães | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| ♛ Maxim Grishin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| ♛ Dan Spohn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| ♛ Sean O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Rakim Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brandon Halsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bazigit Atajev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Yusupov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smealinho Rama | 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 |
| E Artur Alibulatov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources: [10] | |||||||
♛ = Clinched playoff spot --- E = Eliminated