The #PFLPlayoffs return on Aug. 5 in New York City!
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Prelims: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN & ESPN+
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The Professional Fighters League playoffs will shift into gear when the lightweight and light heavyweight Final Fours shoulder the PFL 7 marquee on Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Winners advance to their respective finals and a shot at a $1 million prize in November.
PFL 7—which airs live on ESPN and streams to ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT—features the lightweight semifinals pitting Anthony Pettis against Steven Ray and Olivier Aubin-Mercier against Alex Martinez, along with light heavyweight semifinals pairing Omari Akhmedov with Joshua Silveira and Rob Wilkinson with Delan Monte. The three-fight undercard streams to ESPN+ at 6 p.m./3 p.m. ET, while the postliminary bill streams to ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
A closer look at the PFL 7 particulars:
THE LINEUP
155: Anthony Pettis vs. Steven Ray205: Omari Akhmedov vs. Joshua Silveira
155: Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alex Martinez
205: Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte
205: Cory Hendricks vs. Marthin Hamlet
265: Marcelo Nunes vs. Dylan Potter
170: Mahmoud Sebie Fawzy vs. Itso Babulaidze
145: Brahyan Zurcher vs. Ricardo Jimenez
155: Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
170: Lucas Barbosa vs. Elmar Umarov
155: Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Lebron Quiles
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview• By The Numbers: Pettis vs. Ray
• Rivalries: Olivier Aubin-Mercier
• The Bottom Line: Pieces Falling into Place
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