PFL 5 (2023 season)
PFL 5 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that will take place on June 16, 2023, at the Overtime Elite Arena in, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This will mark the fourth regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Heavyweight and Women's Featherweight divisions.[1][2]
| PFL 5 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | June 16, 2023 | |||
| Venue | Overtime Elite Arena | |||
| City | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
This event will be headlined by returning 2022 Heavyweight Champion Ante Delija facing UFC veteran Maurice Greene and 2022 Women's Lightweight Champion Larissa Pacheco facing off against Bellator veteran Amber Leibrock in a featherweight bout.[1]
Nine PFL fighters were suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after failing drug tests; which included former UFC title challenger Thiago Santos and former PFL heavyweight champion Bruno Cappelozza. Additional fighters impacted by the suspensions are Krzystof Jotko, Rizvan Kuniev, Mohammed Fakhreddine, Cezar Ferreira, and Will Fleury. Two featherweight season fighters, Alejandro Flores and Daniel Torres, were also been suspended. In light of recent fighter suspensions, Cappelozza and Kuniev were removed from the season and replaced by Patrick Brady and Jordan Heiderman .[3]
Fight Card
| Main card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ante Delija | vs. | Maurice Greene | ||||
| Women's Featherweight | Larissa Pacheco | vs. | Amber Leibrock | ||||
| Lightweight | Biaggio Ali Walsh | vs. | Travell Miller | ||||
| Women's Featherweight | Aspen Ladd | vs. | Karolina Sobek | ||||
| Heavyweight | Renan Ferreira | vs. | Matheus Scheffel | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Denis Goltsov | vs. | Yorgan De Castro | ||||
| Women's Featherweight | Marina Mokhnatkina | vs. | Evelyn Martins | ||||
| Heavyweight | Danilo Marques | vs. | Marcelo Nunes | ||||
| Women's Featherweight | Julia Budd | vs. | Martina Jindrová | ||||
| Women's Featherweight | Olena Kolesnyk | vs. | Yoko Higashi | ||||
| Heavyweight | Patrick Brady | vs. | Jordan Heiderman | ||||
| Heavyweight | Isaiah Pinson | vs. | Denzel Freeman | ||||
Standings After Event
The PFL points system is based on results of the match. The winner of a fight receives 3 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. The bonus for winning in the third round requires a fight be stopped before 4:59 of the third round. No bonus point will be awarded if a fighter wins via decision. For example, if a fighter wins a fight in the first round, then the fighter will receive 6 total points. A decision win will result in three total points. If a fighter misses weight, the opponent (should they comply with weight limits) will receive 3 points due to a walkover victory, regardless of winning or losing the bout; if the non-offending fighter subsequently wins with a stoppage, all bonus points will be awarded.[5]
Heavyweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denis Goltsov |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
 Bruno Cappelozza |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
 Maurice Greene |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Danilo Marques |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rizvan Kuniev |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cezar Ferreira |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renan Ferreira |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Yorgan De Castro |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcelo Nunes |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matheus Scheffel |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ante Delija |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Brady |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Heiderman |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women's Featherweight
| Fighter | Wins | Draws | Losses | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Points[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Leibrock |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Marina Mokhnatkina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Larissa Pacheco |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Evelyn Martins |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Olena Kolesnyk |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aspen Ladd |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Karolina Sobek |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Yoko Higashi |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Martina Jindrová |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- Lee, Alexander K. (2023-05-12). "PFL announces second-half event lineups following 9 fighters receiving drug test suspensions". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- Anderson, Jay (2023-05-12). "Multiple Fighters Facing Suspension for Positive Drug Tests, PFL Announces Updated Fight Cards". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- "Nine PFL fighters suspended, scrambling season". ESPN.com. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- "PFL 1". www.pflmma.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- "Rules and Regulations". PFL. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- The eight fighters with most points advance to the playoffs
- The four fighters with most points advance to the playoffs