| PFL Europe 2 | ||||
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 The poster for PFL Europe 2 | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | July 8, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Verti Music Hall | |||
| City | Berlin, Germany | |||
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The PFL Europe 2 mixed martial arts event for the 2023 season of the Professional Fighters League Europe was held on July 8, 2023, at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, Germany. This was the sophomore event of the PFL Europe league, holding bouts in the Lightweight and Bantamweight divisions. [1] [2] [3]
Starting in 2023 PFL Europe will feature young European MMA fighters, broadcast during prime local hours with all events staged in Europe. The format will follow the same as the regular PFL Season, with the winner receiving a $100,000 prize and a chance to earn a spot in the 2024 PFL regular season. [1]
At weigh-ins, three fighters missed weight, Moktar Benkaci (136.5 lbs) came in half a pound over the limit for his fight against Khurshed Kakhorov, lightweight Acoidan Duque (159.1) clocked in 3.1 pounds over the lightweight cap, and Rachid El Hazoume Aamay was .3 pounds over the bantamweight max at 136.3 pounds. [4]
| Main Card (DAZN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Francesco Nuzzi | def. | Farbod Iran Nezhad | KO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 1:52 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Khurshed Kakhorov | def. | Moktar Benkaci | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Women's Flyweight | Griet Eeckhout | def. | Lorena Cubero | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Bantamweight | Frans Mlambo | def. | Rachid Haz | Decision (majority) (29–27, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Bantamweight | Ali Taleb | def. | Kenji Bortoluzzi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:26 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Lightweight | John Mitchell | def. | Geysim Derouiche | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Lightweight | Acoidan Duque | def. | Aleksandr Chizov | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Bantamweight | Lewis McGrillen-Evans | def. | Amrali Saydoshurov | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:12 | |
| Lightweight | Dylan Tuke | def. | Connor Hughes | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Lightweight | Jakub Kaszuba | def. | Maxim Radu | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:18 | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Lightweight | Anatolij Baal | def. | Sebas Santana Guedes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:16 | |
| Women's Featherweight | Christina Breuer | def. | Ruby Mesu | TKO (punches and knees) | 2 | 3:12 | |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Aleksandr Chizov* | DRAW | |||||||||
 Acoidan Duque | 3r. | |||||||||
| Aleksandr Chizov | ||||||||||
 John Mitchell | ||||||||||
| John Mitchell | UD | |||||||||
 Geysim Derouiche | 3r. | |||||||||
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 Connor Hughes | 3r. | |||||||||
| Dylan Tuke | UD | |||||||||
| Dylan Tuke | ||||||||||
 Jakub Kaszuba | ||||||||||
 Maxim Radu | 1r. | |||||||||
| Jakub Kaszuba | SUB | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Francesco Nuzzi | KO | |||||||||
 Farbod Iran Nezhad | 1r. | |||||||||
| Francesco Nuzzi | ||||||||||
 Frans Mlambo | ||||||||||
| Frans Mlambo | MD | |||||||||
| Rachid Haz | 3r. | |||||||||
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| Moktar Benkaci | 3r. | |||||||||
 Khurshed Kakhorov | UD | |||||||||
| Khurshed Kakhorov | ||||||||||
 Ali Taleb | ||||||||||
| Ali Taleb | TKO | |||||||||
 Kenji Bortoluzzi | 1r. | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Dakota Ditcheva | SUB | |||||||||
| Malin Hermansson | 1r. | |||||||||
| Dakota Ditcheva | ||||||||||
| Cornelia Holm | ||||||||||
| Marta Waliczek | 3r. | |||||||||
| Cornelia Holm | SD | |||||||||
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 Lorena Cubero | 3r. | |||||||||
 Griet Eeckhout | UD | |||||||||
| Griet Eeckhout | ||||||||||
| Valentina Scatizzi | ||||||||||
| Valentina Scatizzi | SD | |||||||||
 Lizzy Gevers | 3r. | |||||||||
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