After touchdown a shocking upset towards Leandro Higo within the quarterfinal spherical, Marcirley Alves delivered one other show-stealing efficiency towards Jake Hadley within the PFL World Match bantamweight semifinal.
Each fighters slugged it out in a reasonably even opening spherical, however it was Alves’ work to the physique that appeared to make all of the distinction. All through the primary 5 minutes, Alves adequately punished Hadley’s midsection, sending the Brit to his nook sporting a complete lot of redness round his ribs.
Avles continued to combine up his placing within the second, busting up Hadley’s nostril and inflicting some severe harm to Hadley’s torso. With rather less than three minutes to go, Alves clocked Hadley with a proper that despatched his opponent crashing to the canvas. Alves pressured Hadley to his toes with blood now dripping down the left aspect of his face.
Hadley seemingly had no reply as Alves continued to choose him aside, locking up a second straight spherical on the scorecards.
Unable to make any changes within the third, Hadley spent the spherical circling the Sensible Cage, seeking to counterstrike, however developing brief. In the long run, Hadley was solely capable of land a complete of 18 strikes to Alves’ whopping 187.
Official Outcome: Marcirley Alves def. Jake Hadley through unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
With the win, Alves will face Justin Wetzell within the bantamweight match closing on the 2025 PFL World Championships in August.
