PFL 2021 #7: Playoffs

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

I missed the event arriving just at time to see the most boring fight of the year in the main even. Wath you guy think of the others fights?

I found it funny that Radzhabov or Manfio will have lot more money then 80% of the UFC LW.

* Edited at 08.14.2021, 12:48 AM ET *

I think Manfrio wins that championship, Loik was tired in the 3rd round and thats when Raush has won his last few fights.

One thing to take into account is that Manfio's last two losses were to grapplers/wrestlers (Outlaw and Frevola), so I'm not expecting him to be as active in scrambles as Martinez was.

Alex did showcase pretty imprssive get-ups against Schulte, really seems like a decent prospect that might end up making waves in a few years. 

I think Loik will win the tourney most likely.

This dude said Manfio has 2 losses acting like dude didn't lose last night. Idgaf what the judges scored... 
+ he lost to Fernando Dos Santos

* Edited at 08.14.2021, 6:42 AM ET *

Pretty obvious to me PFL is rigged. This is 3 events in a row where I've watched a robbery happen and two of them involve Manfio.

I don't think Manfio beat Pettis (at least that one was a split; ok), Tibeau ABSOLUTELY lost to Rory and then Collard clearly beat Manfio. For the judges to say Manfio won unanimously against Collard is just embarrassing for the PFL and it's product. 

* Edited at 08.14.2021, 8:02 AM ET *

@Blade1 this is completely untrue.  There are 554 abandoned, cancelled picks that are tied to the Umalatov vs Terrill fight:
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/588907-pfl-2021-7-magomed-prince-umalatov-vs-micah-see-me-terrill

And there are 613 separately entered, completely different picks that are tied to the replacement fight of Umalatov vs Silva:
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/588907-pfl-2021-7-magomed-prince-umalatov-vs-micah-see-me-terrill

The only time picks are "transferred" from one fight to another fight is if AFTER the event is completed, we realize we had confused 2 similar fighters. For example, let's say there was an existing fighter in the database named George Gonzales with an 0-1 record.  But then we unintentionally created a new fighter named George Gonzalez with a 0-0 record.  If after the event we realize this, we will delete the duplicate fighter from the database, and then transfer all the picks and information over to the correct fighter. This is rare and is not at all like the situation you think happened with Umalatov.  A transfer like this would never happen on a big UFC, Bellator, PFL, etc. type of event.

* Edited at 08.14.2021, 10:44 AM ET *

Rory doesn't have it anymore

MacDonald has been shot, but I take nothing away from Ray Cooper III the dude is a stud and usually all-action. This was an important fight, it was a necessary win to get a shot at a million dollars, and I have no problems with Cooper III playing it safe. 

I think PFL struck gold with him. Was an unknown dude fighting in Hawaiian regional shows, and the PFL has helped form him into something special. He's very talented, pretty consistently exciting, and he's constantly evolving his game. Still quite young, too! Limitless potential, honestly. 

He's out of his prime, but a win over Rory is still impressive. Especially the ease at which he was able to do it. Hats off to him! 

I hope odsmaker are also hyped about cooper 3 because its seems evident to me that Magomedkerimov will dry hump him to is limit over 5 rounds!