PFL 6 (2018 season)
The PFL 6 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 16, 2018, at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was the sixth regular season event of 2018 and included only fights in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.[2]
| PFL 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | August 16, 2018 | |||
| Venue | Ocean Resort Casino | |||
| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey | |||
| Estimated viewers | 138,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
Paul Bradley was expected to face Rick Story at this event. However, Bradley was removed due to an unspecified reason and replaced by Carlton Minus.
Results
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Ray Cooper III | def. | Pavlo Kusch | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:18 | |
| Welterweight | Magomed Magomedkerimov | def. | Bojan Veličković | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Lightweight | Kayla Harrison | def. | Jozette Cotton | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:24 | |
| Welterweight | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | def. | Jonatan Westin | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | João Zeferino | def. | Yuri Villefort | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 1:10 | |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Welterweight | Rick Story | def. | Carlton Minus | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:55 | |
| Welterweight | Jake Shields | def. | Herman Terrado | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Bruno Santos | def. | John Howard | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Abuspiyan Magomedov | def. | Anderson Gonçalves | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:27 | |
| Middleweight | Shamil Gamzatov | def. | Rex Harris | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Louis Taylor | def. | Andre Lobato | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Gasan Umalatov | def. | Eddie Gordon | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Standings after event
The point system consists of outcome based scoring and bonuses for an early win. Under the outcome based scoring system, the winner of a fight receives 3 points and the loser receives 0 points. If the fight ends in a draw, both fighters will receive 1 point. The bonus for winning a fight in the first, second, or third round is 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. If a fighter misses weight, then the fighter that missed weight will receive 0 points and his opponent will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory.[3]
Welterweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
♛  Ray Cooper III |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
♛  João Zeferino |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
♛  Magomed Magomedkerimov |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ♛ Rick Story |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
♛  Pavlo Kusch |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
♛  Bojan Veličković |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ♛ Jake Shields |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Abubakar Nurmagomedov |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Bradley |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Yuri Villefort |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E  Jonatan Westin |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E  Herman Terrado |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Carlton Minus |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources:[5] | |||||||
Middleweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
♛  Abuspiyan Magomedov |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| ♛ Louis Taylor |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| ♛ Shamil Gamzatov |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ Bruno Santos |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ♛ John Howard |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ♛ Rex Harris |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| ♛ Gasan Umalatov |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sadibou Sy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danillo Villefort |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Andre Lobato |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Eddie Gordon |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E Anderson Gonçalves |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sources:[7] | |||||||
♛ = Clinched playoff spot --- E = Eliminated
References
- "PFL 6 draws 138,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". mmapayout.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- "Fight Card - PFL 6". PFL.
- "Rules and Regulations". PFL. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
- "2018 PFL Welterweight Standings". Professional Fighters League. 16 August 2018.
- The eight fighters with most points (green background) advance to the playoffs
- "2018 PFL Middleweight Standings". Professional Fighters League. 16 August 2018.