| PFL 8 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 8 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 13, 2022 | |||
| Venue | Cardiff Motorpoint Arena | |||
| City | Cardiff, Wales | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 8 mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 13, 2022, at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. This was the start of the playoffs for the Heavyweight and Welterweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
This will mark the second PFL playoff card, along with being the first PFL event held outside of America. The event will mark the start of the Heavyweight and Welterweight playoffs, with UFC veteran and former Bellator champion Rory MacDonald scheduled to take on undefeated Magomed Umalatov. On the other side of the bracket, Sadibou Sy takes on Carlos Leal. [4] The Heavyweight bracket was to see Denis Goltsov taking on 2021 PFL Champion Bruno Cappelozza, while Ante Delija faced Renan Ferreira. [3] However after picking up an injury, Cappelozza was unable to continue in the tournament and replaced by Matheus Scheffel. [5] After visa issues forced Umalatov and Goltsov to pull out of their respective bouts due to visa issues, they were replaced bu Dilano Taylor and Juan Adams respectively. [6]
| Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Dilano Taylor | def. | Rory MacDonald | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Heavyweight | Ante Delija | def. | Renan Ferreira | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:31 | |
| Heavyweight | Matheus Scheffel | def. | Juan Adams | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:45 | |
| Welterweight | Sadibou Sy | def. | Carlos Leal | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | Nathan Kelly | def. | Ben Ellis | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:45 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Josh O'Connor | def. | Emran Sakhizaada | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:56 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Marcin Wójcik | def. | Mick Stanton | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:04 | |
| Welterweight | Chris Mixan | def. | Christian Stigenberg | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Szymon Bajor | def. | Ronny Markes | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Postliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Lee Chadwick | def. | Przemysław Mysiala | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Will Fleury | def. | Anthony Salamone | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Maxim Radu | def. | Vojto Barborík | Submission (knee injury) | 1 | 1:15 | |
| Bantamweight | Francesco Nuzzi | vs. | Moktar Benkaci | No Contest (accidental eye poke) | 2 | 4:10 | |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 6 |  Juan Adams* | 3 | |||||||
| 7 |  Matheus Scheffel* | TKO | |||||||
| 2 |  Ante Delija | ||||||||
| 7 | Matheus Scheffel* | ||||||||
| 2 | Ante Delija | TKO | |||||||
| 3 | Renan Ferreira | 1 | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Rory MacDonald | 1 | |||||||
| 7 | Dilano Taylor* | TKO | |||||||
| 2 |  Sadibou Sy | ||||||||
| 7 | Dilano Taylor* | ||||||||
| 2 | Sadibou Sy | DEC | |||||||
| 3 | Carlos Leal | 3 | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
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