PFL Europe 3 | ||||
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Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
Date | September 28, 2024 | |||
Venue | OVO Hydro | |||
City | Glasgow, Scotland | |||
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PFL Europe 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on September 28, 2024, at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2]
This event marked the organization's debut in Scotland. [3]
A welterweight bout between former Cage Warriors Lightweight Champion Stevie Ray and Lewis Long headlined the event. [4]
2023 PFL Europe bantamweight winner Khurshed Kakhorov was scheduled to face Dean Garnett in a bantamweight semifinal, but he forced to withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Federico Fasciano. [5]
Main card (DAZN) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Stevie Ray | def. | Lewis Long | Submission (twister) | 1 | 4:24 | |
Catchweight (150 lb) | Rob Whiteford | def. | Roger Huerta | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Mark Ewen | def. | Yassin Chtatou | Submission (brabo choke) | 1 | 2:30 | |
Bantamweight | Lewis McGrillen-Evans | def. | Dean Garnett | KO (punch) | 3 | 1:43 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Alexander Luster | def. | Julien Pierre Lopez | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:15 | [b] |
Welterweight | Florim Zendeli | def. | Jack Grant | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Welterweight | Daniele Miceli | def. | Ibrahima Mané | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:26 | [d] |
Preliminary card (DAZN) | |||||||
Lightweight | Jakub Kaszuba | def. | Daniele Scatizzi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [e] |
Lightweight | Connor Hughes | def. | Ignacio Capella | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [f] |
Women's Flyweight | Shanelle Dyer | def. | Valentina Scatizzi | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [g] |
Women's Flyweight | Paulina Wiśniewska | def. | Karolina Wójcik | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [h] |
Lightweight | Lorenzo Parente | def. | Stefano Catacoli | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:45 | |
Bantamweight | Matiss Zaharovs | def. | Brian Hyslop | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:18 | |
Women's Flyweight | Gemma Auld | def. | Weronika Pietruszka | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:50 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Dean Garnett [a] | BYE | |||||||||
Ayton De Paepe | — | |||||||||
Dean Garnett | 3 | |||||||||
Lewis McGrillen-Evans [b] | KO | |||||||||
Khurshed Kakhorov | KO | |||||||||
Tuomas Grönvall | 3 | |||||||||
Lewis McGrillen-Evans | ||||||||||
Alexander Luster | ||||||||||
Dominique Wooding | 1 | |||||||||
Julien Pierre Lopez | SUB | |||||||||
Julien Pierre Lopez | 1 | |||||||||
Alexander Luster | SUB | |||||||||
Alexander Luster | SUB | |||||||||
Alperen Karabulut | 1 | |||||||||
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