Alfie Davis shocked Gadzhi Rabadanov in the principle occasion of PFL 9 to depart with the light-weight world match championship in a stunning upset, nevertheless it was Liz Carmouche who stole the evening.
Davis confronted Rabadanov within the headliner of Friday evening’s card at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. The protege of Khabib Nurmagomedov was a large favourite, however Davis landed the extra damaging pictures all through the combat to win 48-47 throughout the board.
Davis captured the $500,000 grand prize, whereas Rabadanov noticed his 12-fight win streak come to an finish.
Within the co-main occasion, Carmouche, the previous Bellator girls’s flyweight champion, battled Jena Bishop in a matchup of 2024 season semi-finalists. After a carefully contested first spherical, Bishop practically received an armbar on Carmouche, after which transitioned to a deep triangle choke.
Carmouche battled out of the spot, and made it to Spherical 3 the place she went on to ship a ferocious left hook that floored Bishop and led to the top of the combat to win the ladies’s flyweight match title.
The primary world match champion topped on the evening was Marcirley Alves, who wasn’t initially purported to be within the bantamweight slate. Nonetheless, alternative knocked, and now Alves is a match winner after defeating Justin Wetzell by way of unanimous resolution within the featured bout.
Within the light-weight essential card opener, former CFFC champion Robert Watley picked up the most important win of his profession with a third-round stoppage of Mads Burnell in Watley’s return to the group.
Try full PFL 9 outcomes under.
Alfie Davis def. Gadzhi Rabadanov by way of unanimous resolution (48-47 x3)
Liz Carmouche def. Jena Bishop by way of TKO – Spherical 3, 2:56
Marcirley Alves def. Justin Wetzell by way of unanimous resolution (49-46, 48-47 x2)
Robert Watley def. Mads Burnell by way of TKO – Spherical 3, 2:43
Juliana Velasquez def. Ekaterina Shakalova by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Adryan Grundy by way of KO – Spherical 3, 3:23
Sabrina De Sousa def. Saray Orosco by way of unanimous resolution (30-27 x3)
Renat Khavalov def. Vilson Ndregjoni by way of TKO – Spherical 1, 2:49
Chris Mixan def. Kendly St. Louis by way of TKO – Spherical 1, 4:46
Damion Nelson def. Isaiah Diggs by way of cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
