| PFL 7 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 7 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 2, 2024 | |||
| Venue | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |||
| City | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 7 mixed martial arts event for the 2024 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 2, 2024, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This marked the semi-final playoffs for the Women's Flyweight and Heavyweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
This event marked the promotion's first visit to Nashville and second in Tennessee state before it was rebranded promotion, since WSOF 27 in Memphis in January 2016. [4]
The event featured the semifinal of 2024 PFL playoffs in a heavyweight and women's flyweight divisions. Oleg Popov was originally scheduled to face Valentin Moldavsky, but Moldavsky was forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Linton Vassell. [5]
At weigh-ins; [6]
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Denis Goltsov | def. | Timothy Johnson | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:26 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Women's Flyweight | Dakota Ditcheva | def. | Jena Bishop | TKO (front kick to the body and punch) | 1 | 3:54 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Heavyweight | Oleg Popov | def. | Linton Vassell | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Women's Flyweight | Taila Santos | def. | Liz Carmouche | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Sergey Bilostenniy | def. | Tyrell Fortune | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 2:00 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Featherweight | Alexei Pergande | def. | Daniel Boehle | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Cody Law | def. | Zachary Hicks | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:15 | |
| Catchweight (163 lb) | Dedrek Sanders | def. | Sergio Cossio | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:34 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Catchweight (173 lb) | Anthony Ivy | def. | Jaleel Willis | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:49 | |
| Welterweight | Kevin Pease | def. | Nick Meck | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Denis Goltsov | TKO | |||||||
| 4 |  Timothy Johnson | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Denis Goltsov | ||||||||
| 2 | Oleg Popov | ||||||||
| 2 | Oleg Popov | UD | |||||||
| 6 |  Linton Vassell [lower-alpha 1] | 3r. | |||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Dakota Ditcheva | TKO | |||||||
| 4 | Jena Bishop | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Dakota Ditcheva | ||||||||
| 2 |  Taila Santos | ||||||||
| 2 | Taila Santos | UD | |||||||
| 3 | Liz Carmouche | 3r. | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
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