How to Watch PFL 8: Light Heavyweight, Lightweight Semifinals

Brian KnappAug 15, 2024

The Professional Fighters League playoffs will kick into high gear with PFL 8 this Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, where semifinals in the light heavyweight and lightweight divisions are slated to keep the postseason ball rolling. Impa Kasanganay continues his pursuit of a second straight $1 million prize in the headliner, as the top-seeded light heavyweight and defending champion at 205 pounds confronts Joshua Silveira in a high-stakes rematch.

PFL 8—which airs live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT—also features the other light heavyweight semifinal matching Rob Wilkinson with Dovlet Yagshimuradov in the co-main event, a lightweight showcase pitting Biaggio Ali Walsh against Brian Stapleton and the two lightweight semifinals, as Gadzhi Rabadanov faces Michael Dufort and Brent Primus meets Clay Collard. The undercard streams to ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, with a bantamweight tilt between Danny Sabatello and Lazaro Dayron highlighting the preliminary festivities.

A closer look at the PFL 8 particulars:

THE LINEUP

205: Impa Kasanganay vs. Joshua Silveira
205: Rob Wilkinson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
155: Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Michael Dufort
155: Brent Primus vs. Clay Collard
155: Biaggio Ali Walsh vs. Brian Stapleton
135: Danny Sabatello vs. Lazaro Dayron
155: Elvin Espinoza vs. Mads Burnell
170: Thad Jean vs. Chris Brown
145: Jordan Oliver vs. Braydon Akeo
145: Michelle Montague vs. Marilia Morais


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Preview
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Storylines: PFL 8
By The Numbers: Kasanganay vs. Silveira
By The Numbers: Primus vs. Collard
Rivalries: Impa Kasanganay
5 Defining Moments: Rob Wilkinson