Dakota
Ditcheva is an issue.
Within the span of lower than three hundred and sixty five days, the mauler from Manchester has
gained the
Skilled Fighters League Europe championship, 5 straight
fights by KO/TKO, and on Friday on the
PFL 2024 Season Championships, she turned the youngest PFL
world champ in historical past when she demolished Taila
Santos (22-4) in two rounds.
We could possibly be watching the delivery of a bonafide celebrity on this planet
of girls’s combined martial arts. Ditcheva (14-0) is a monster. She
confirmed that she has the wrestling to close down a latest
Final Preventing Championship title challenger and the
hanging prowess to place anybody in her means into the grime. Santos is
a world-class fighter, who was one spherical away from successful the UFC
flyweight title, and
Ditcheva blew her out of the water. Her muay thai
expertise are lethal, and he or she reveals no mercy.
You possibly can etch Timur
Khizriev’s title within the historical past books of the Dagestani empire.
The undefeated featherweight claimed the $1 million grand prize on
Friday after battering former PFL match winner Brendan
Loughnane en path to a unanimous determination (50-45, 49-46,
49-46) in the primary occasion at King Saud Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
Whereas Loughnane (29-6) spent a lot of his camp getting ready for
Khizriev’s formidable wrestling, the Manchester native wasn’t
anticipating Khizriev’s lighting quick arms or his slick head
motion. Khizriev’s (18-0) tempo hounded Loughnane all evening, and
there was nothing the previous champ might do to maintain him off him.
Loughnane was bloodied and battered from spherical two on and compelled to
survive off grit to the ultimate bell. Fighters from Dagestan have had
little bother gathering the belts throughout the globe. With a
revered wrestling lineage at their disposal, fighters like
Khizriev, Islam
Makhachev and Usman
Nurmagomedov have showcased elite hanging performances on the
largest phases.
The PFL Championships had been filled with unforgettable fights, however none
had been extra stunning than the sunshine heavyweight remaining.
After successful the match final 12 months, many anticipated Impa
Kasanganay to turn out to be the primary gentle heavy to repeat as
champion, however Dovletdzhan
Yagshimuradov put a pin in that. In a mere 60 seconds, the
twister from Turkmenistan blew Kasanganay away with too many
haymakers to depend. Kasanganay (18-5) has been disciplined
all through his PFL run, however his determination to commerce with the
heavy-handed Yagshimuradov out the gate will hang-out him. As soon as he was
clipped, there was nowhere to cover, and the
former champ might do nothing however shell up and take his
beating. At 35, Yagshimuradov (25-7-1) notched his
first world title and prolonged his win streak to seven.
Two undefeated welterweights entered the Smartcage for an opportunity at
$1 million, and just one left along with his undefeated report intact.
Shamil
Musaev (18-0-1) brutally took fellow Russian countryman
Magomed
Umalatov’s (17-1) unblemished streak after knocking out the
Eagles
MMA product in three rounds (1:44).
This struggle was closely anticipated after each males cruised to the
championship. Nonetheless, Museav proved to be on one other stage. His
wrestling was simply as sturdy as Umalatov’s, however the distinction in
hand velocity was astounding. The 2 unbeaten contenders confirmed
respect all through the primary two rounds. It was an intriguing chess
match, however the crowd grew stressed. Musaev lastly gave the followers
one thing to cheer about after
dropping Umalatov with a picture-perfect left hand earlier than following
up with a fight-ending flurry on the mat.
There’s a brand new light-weight champion, and his title is Gadzhi
Rabadanov.
The Dagestani wrestling skilled proved he’s far more than only a
grappler with a textbook third spherical knockout (2:31) over former
Bellator
MMA champion Brent
Primus within the PFL light-weight championship. Rabadanov (24-4-1)
got here in on a nine-fight win streak and made Primus (15-4) look
each little bit of 39. Rabadanov pressured Primus to his again and pressured
him nonstop whereas in his guard. In spherical two, he cracked Primus
with a proper hand that put him on the seat of his pants.
Rabandov would flooring Primus two extra occasions earlier than placing him out
for good.
Denis
Goltsov has been among the finest heavyweights within the PFL for
the final 5 years, however earlier than Friday, he was by no means the
greatest.
It might take just below three minutes to alter that. “The Russian
Bogatyr” claimed the highest spot and the $1 million grand prize after
submitting Oleg Popov
with a triangle choke 2:51 into the primary spherical of their
championship bout. Goltsov (36-8) had dominant runs by the
common season, however after falling quick within the finale final 12 months,
many puzzled if Goltsov was doomed to perpetually be a runner-up.
Popov (19-2) got here into the struggle on a 17-fight win streak and
wasted little time taking the older man to the mat. Goltsov inched
his solution to the fence and patiently labored his legs above Popov’s
head. Goltsov’s well-known for his punching energy and earned his
ticket to the large dance off three straight TKOs, however he’s additionally a
expert grappler.
Popov came upon the onerous means after being put to sleep by Goltsov’s
python-like squeeze. Goltsov hopes to safe an excellent
struggle with Francis
Ngannou after his career-defining victory.
