| PFL 7 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 7 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 4, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Boeing Center at Tech Port | |||
| City | San Antonio, Texas, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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PFL 7 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on August 4, 2023, at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas, United States. This marked the semi-final playoffs for the Featherweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
The event was headlined by Bubba Jenkins facing off against Jesus Pinedo in an attempt to reach the featherweight finals. Pinedo secured his playoff spot after stunningly knocking out Brendan Loughnane, the 2022 PFL champion, in the first round. Jenkins, who lost his bid for the PFL title to Loughnane in 2022, aimed to make it to the finals again this August.
The featherweight bracket's other pairing was to involve former PFL champion Movlid Khaybulaev and Gabriel Braga, battling for a spot in this year's finals. [1] However Khaybulaev pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Chris Wade. [4]
In the light heavyweight division, Josh Silveira competed against Ty Flores, and Marthin Hamlet squared off with ex-UFC fighter Impa Kasanganay. [2]
At weigh-ins, Jesus Pinedo weighed in at 146.4 pounds, 0.4 pounds over the Featherweight limit. He was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to his opponent Jenkins, and he started the bout with a one point subtraction. Keoni Diggs weighed in at 156.4 pounds, 0.4 pounds over the Lightweight limit, leading him to being fined 20% of his purse which went to his opponent Elvin Espinoza. [5]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Jesus Pinedo | def. | Bubba Jenkins | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:40 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Josh Silveira | def. | Ty Flores | TKO (knees) | 1 | 4:46 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Featherweight | Gabriel Alves Braga | def. | Chris Wade | Decision (split) (27–30, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Light Heavyweight | Impa Kasanganay | def. | Marthin Hamlet | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:24 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Lightweight | Elvin Espinoza | def. | Keoni Diggs | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Thad Jean | def. | Ali Omar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Lisa Mauldin | def. | Desiree Yanez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:05 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Ivy | def. | Carson Hardman | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:34 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Chelsea Hackett | def. | Ky Bennett | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:42 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Billy Elekana | def. | Chuck Campbell | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Josh Silveira | TKO | |||||||
| 4 | Ty Flores | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Josh Silveira | ||||||||
| 3 | Impa Kasanganay | ||||||||
| 2 |  Marthin Hamlet | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Impa Kasanganay | KO | |||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Bubba Jenkins | 2 | |||||||
| 4 |  Jesus Pinedo | TKO | |||||||
| 4 | Jesus Pinedo | ||||||||
| 2 |  Gabriel Alves Braga | ||||||||
| 2 | Gabriel Alves Braga | SD | |||||||
| 5 | Chris Wade | 3 | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
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