Professional Fighters League (PFL) makes its return to action tonight (Thurs., May 6, 2021) with its third event in as many weeks, which will also be the start of its Heavyweight tournament from inside Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the PFL 3 main card below, which begins at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. We’ll also provide quick results for the “Prelims” undercard on ESPN+, which will start streaming at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Headlining the event will be the much-anticipated promotional debut of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, who will face Renan Ferreira. In further action, PFL women’s Lightweight champion Kayla Harrison returns to take on Mariana Morais.
PFL 3 QUICK RESULTS:
Fabricio Werdum vs. Renan Ferreira
Kayla Harrison vs. Mariana Morais
Mohammed Usman vs. Brandon Sayles — Sayles via rear-naked choke, round two
Larissa Pacheco vs. Julija Pajic — Pacheco via first round TKO
Ante Delija vs. Bruno Cappelozza — Cappelozza via first round KO
Cindy Dandois vs. Kaitlin Young — Young via unanimous decision
Genah Fabian vs. Laura Sanchez — Fabian via unanimous decision
Denis Goltsov vs. Muhammed Dereese — Goltsov via first round TKO
Olena Kolesnyk vs. Taylor Guardado — Guardado via unanimous decision
Magomed Umalatov vs. Kyron Bowen — Umalatov via second round KO
PFL 3 ROUND-BY-ROUND COVERAGE:
265 lbs.: Fabricio Werdum vs. Renan Ferreira
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Round 5:
155 lbs.: Kayla Harrison vs. Mariana Morais
Round 1:
Round 2:
Round 3:
Round 4:
Round 5:
265 lbs.: Mohammed Usman vs. Brandon Sayles
Round 1: Usman with a jab to start things off. Sayles a bit hesitant to engage. Hook from Sayles connects. Kick to the body from Sayles and Usman responds with a double jab and then a mean right hand. Usman ducks away form a hook and whiffs on a right hand. Inside leg kick from Sayles, and another. Big looping right hand from Usman and another inside leg kick from Sayles. Both men are starting to throw some haymakers but nothing connects cleanly for either man. Usman goes in for a lazy takedown attempt. Nice jab from Usman. Sayles is milking that inside leg kick which Usman refuses to check. Overhand right lands for Usman but Sayles eats it. Nice jab from Sayles. Usman bull rushes Sayles with a right and then a left hand that lands but Sayles eats them like nothing. 10-9 Sayles
Round 2: Sayles opens up with another kick to Usman’s lead leg. Usman fakes a takedown and then whiffs on a long jab. Nice jab to the body from Sayles. Usman responds with a nice jab of his won and then a big right hand that rocked Sayles. Usman picking up the pace here but Sayles isn’t backing down. Sayles tags Usman with a right hand to the top of the head. Left hook from Sayles that drops Usman and Sayles pounces. He has a standing guillotine locked in and Usman is trying to fight out of it. Sayles isn’t letting go. The separate and Usman is back in the center of the cage. Sayles drops Usman again and is in mount. He takes his back and starts unloading the punishment. Sayles looking for a rear-naked choke with a minute left in the fight and Usman is out! What a performance by Sayles.
Final result: Sayles via second round rear-naked choke
155 lbs.: Larissa Pacheco vs. Julija Pajic
Round 1: Pacheco comes in hot and she connects with a mean left hook right from the jump that drops Pajic. She’s in full mount and she starts unloading some vicious ground-and-pound. She is relentless until the referee has no other choice but to step in and stop the onslaught. Quick six points for Pacheco! Wow!
Final Result: Pacheco via first round KO
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