The 2024 PFL World Championships took place last night in Riyadh where this year's season came to an end by crowning six new champions.
There was a lot of action to digest with three separate sections of the card but by the time that the main six championship bouts came along, the highlights came thick and fast.
In the main event, Timur Khizriev remained undefeated, beating 2022 champion Brendan Loughnane via the only decision on the main card.
The Russian was able to use his grappling and his vastly improved striking to keep Loughnane guessing, keeping himself in control at all times.
The star of the show was undoubtedly Dakota Ditcheva who in the biggest challenge of her career to date, looked better than ever, stopping Taila Santos in the second round.
As a former UFC title challenger, many expected Santos to really test the undefeated Brit but Ditcheva was just as dominant as she has been throughout her PFL run.
The wildest of the championship bouts came at light heavyweight where Dovlet Yagshimuradov stopped last year's winning Impa Kasanganay in under a minute following some dramatic striking exchanges early on.
Shamil Musaev won the battle of the undefeated Russians at welterweight by putting on a near-perfect performance before finishing Magomed Umalatov in the third with a ruthless left hook.
Another Russian put on a clinic in the lightweight offering as Gadzhi Rabadanov dropped Brent Primus multiple times before putting his man away also in the third round.
The main card opener with Denis Goltsov finally going all the way in a PFL season, producing a stunning triangle submission off of his back to end the winning streak of Oleg Popov in the first round.
Check out the full results below:
Main Card:
Timur Khizriev def. Brendan Loughnane via unanimous decision
Dakota Ditcheva def. Taila Santos via second-round TKO (4:41) (live blog)
Dovlet Yagshimuradov def. Impa Kasanganay via first-round KO (0:58)
Shamil Musaev def. Magomed Umalatov via third-round TKO (1:44)
Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus via third-round KO (2:31)
Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov via submission (triangle) (R1, 2:55)
Preliminary Card:
Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Marouane Bellagouit via first-round knockout
Omar El Dafrawy def. Mohammad Alaqraa via second-round knockout
Hattan Alsaif def. Lilia Osmani via second-round knockout
Ali Taleb def. Rachid El Hazoume via first-round KO (1:25)
Mohsen Mohammadseifi def. Georges Eid via unanimous decision
Mansour Barnaoui def. Alfie Davis via submission (rear-naked choke) (R3, 3:41)
Slim Trabelsi def. Abraham Bably via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Gabriel Braga def. Jeremy Kennedy via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Asael Adjoudj def. Jose Perez via submission (guillotine) (R3, 1:10)
Costello van Steenis def. Joao Dantas via first-round TKO (0:48)
