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2021 PFL Championship Finals Results, Live Coverage And Discussion

Daniel Yanofsky Oct 27, 2021 2:45PM

Welcome t♐o Fightful's results, live coverage, and🐭 discussion for the 2021 PFL Championship Finals.

We will bring you full live coverage and results for today's main card, taking place inside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &a🍸mp; Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Six championship fighꦐts will be taking place, with the winner receiving a title and $1 million.

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The main event will feature Kayla Harrison facing Taylor Guardado for the PFL Lightweight Championship. Harrison, 🅠the defending champion, beat Mariana Morais, Cindy Dandois, and Genah Fabian to make it to the finals. The two-time Olympic gold medalist faces Guardado, a former Invicta FC star. She beat Helena Kolesnyk, Laura Sanchez, and Mariana Morais (Larissa Pacheco failed to make weight) to advance.

The co-main event will see a rematch from the 2018 PFL welterweight finals as Ray Cooper III faces Magomed Magomedkerimov. Cooper lost to Magomedkerimov via guillotine choke in the final෴s. He has since won the 2019 PFL Finals and has beaten Jason Ponet, Nikolay Aleksakhin, and Rory MacDonald to make it to the finals this year. Magomedkerimov beat Curtis Millender and Sadibou Sy to make it to the finals.

A premier bout taking place will be Claressa Shields taking on Abigail Montes. Shields, boxing's undisputed light-middleweight champion, won her MMA debut back in 🌳June against Brittney Elkin. The two-time Olympic gold medalist faces Montes, who has won two fights in her MMA career.

Fightful will be providing results, highligꩲhts, and everything else in-between for the 2021 PFL Championship Finals.

Full Card (ESPN2 and ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

Kayla Harrison def. Taylor Guardado via armbar submission (4:🎀00 into round two) - PFL Lightweight Championship

༒Ray Cooper III def. Magomed Magomedkerimov via KO (3:02 into round three꧅) - PFL Welterweight Championship

Abigail Montes def. Cl𒁃aressa Shields via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Bru🍰no Cappelozza def. Ante Delija via unanimouꦜs decision (49-45, 49-45, 48-46) - PFL Heavyweight Championship

Movlid Khaybulaev def. Chris Wade via unanimous decision (50-45,ﷺ 50-45, 50-45) - 🧜PFL Featherweight Championship

ESPN+ Card (4:30 PM ET)

Antonio Carlos Jr. def. Marthin Hamlet via rear-naked choke (3💫:49 into round🍃 one) - PFL Light Heavyweight Championship

Raush Manfio d😼ef. Loik Radzhabov via unanimous decision (48-46, 48-46, 49-46) - PFL Lightwei🅷ght Championship

Jordan Young def. Omari Akhmedov via TKO (1:32 into🤪 round three)

Julia Budd def. Kaitlyn Young via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27,ꦆ 30-27)

Don Madge def. ♒Nathan Williams via rear-naked choke (2:15 into round two)

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