| PFL 9 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL 9 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 20, 2022 | |||
| Venue | Copper Box Arena | |||
| City | London, England | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 20, 2022, at the Copper Box Arena in London, England. This was the start of the playoffs for the Women's Lightweight and Featherweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
This event will mark the third and final PFL playoff card, with the Women's Lightweight and Featherweight playoffs holding their semifinal bouts with the semi-finals having UFC vet Chris Wade facing Brendan Loughnane, while Ryoji Kudo facing Bubba Jenkins. [4]
The Women's Lightweight bracket sees UFC vet Larissa Pacheco take on Olena Kolesnyk while Kayla Harrison faces Martina Jindrová in the other lightweight semifinal. [3]
| Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Lightweight | Kayla Harrison | def. | Martina Jindrová | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 3:17 | |
| Featherweight | Brendan Loughnane | def. | Chris Wade | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Lightweight | Larissa Pacheco | def. | Olena Kolesnyk | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:09 | |
| Featherweight | Bubba Jenkins | def. | Ryoji Kudo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:49 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Dakota Ditcheva | def. | Hassna Gaber | TKO (submission to knee to the body) | 1 | 0:58 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Simeon Powell | def. | João Paulo Fagundes | TKO (leg kicks) | 2 | 1:56 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Stuart Austin | def. | Sofiane Boukichou | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Aleksandrs Čhižhovs | def. | Omar Hussein | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:12 | |
| Bantamweight | Zebenzui Ruiz | def. | Raphael Uchegbu | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Postliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Marcin Held | def. | Myles Price | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:37 | |
| Heavyweight | Abraham Bably | def. | Louie Sutherland | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Magnus Onyeka Iversen | def. | Tayo Odunjo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:36 | |
| Bantamweight | Ali Taleb | def. | Darius Mafi | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:58 | |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 |  Larissa Pacheco | TKO | |||||||
| 4 |  Olena Kolesnyk | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Larissa Pacheco | ||||||||
| 2 |  Kayla Harrison | ||||||||
| 2 | Kayla Harrison | SUB | |||||||
| 3 |  Martina Jindrová | 1 | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Chris Wade | 3 | |||||||
| 4 |  Brendan Loughnane | DEC | |||||||
| 4 | Brendan Loughnane | ||||||||
| 3 | Bubba Jenkins | ||||||||
| 2 |  Ryoji Kudo | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Bubba Jenkins | SUB | |||||||
| (SD) | (Split Decision) | |
| (UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
| (MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
| SUB | Submission | |
| (T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
| L | Loss |
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