PFL MMA: San Diego Prelims Break Down - Results
PFL MMA: San Diego Prelims Magomedsharipov vs Weems from the Pechanga Arena San Diego.
PFL MMA came to San Diego, CA, for an exciting night of MMA action featuring the main event as the number two ranked Long Beach, CA, native AJ “Mercenary” McKee(24-2) faces undefeated number four ranked Salamat Isbulaev (10-0) in a featherweight showdown. Both fighters successfully made weight at 145.6 lbs and 145.8 lbs respectively ahead of their highly anticipated bout.
The co-main event is also locked in, featuring a women’s flyweight clash between two top contenders. The number two ranked Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (25-8) and number eight ranked Viviane “Vivi” Araujo (14-7) both hit their marks on the scale at 126 lbs and 125.8 lbs respectively.
The preliminary results for tonight’s card on the ESPN App are as follows:
Bantamweight Bout: Cobey Fehr (135.8 lbs) vs. Daniel Bzdigian (135.6 lbs)
Round One: Fehr shoots in for a double leg instantly on the debuting Bzdigian, gets pushed off, dropps a couple of right hands before dropping into side guard, putting Bzdigian in a half-nelson, while throwing elbows to the new fighter. Fehr ties up the young fight, with an in arm choke ending this one in the first round.
Your winner by tap out at 2:00 even of the very first round: Cobey Fehr!
Women’s Flyweight Bout: Shannon Clark(125.4 lbs) vs. Ilara Joanne (124.8 lbs)
Round One: The ladies are feeling each other out as Joane lands a overhead right followed by a low kick that is unanswered by Clark, who’s back is towards the cage landing a straight right as Joanne advances. She follows up with a headkick and a right hand, but Joanne answers by taking her down and landing in half-guard against the cage. Clark is on her back throwing elbows to Joanne’s ribs, who transitions into guard, pressing her head to Clark’s chest, while Clark is landing elbows to the top of her head. This is a points round as they are both landing strikes that are not quite devastating. Joanne standings, eats a couple of kicks and returns to the lower guard position eating elbows to the top of her head.
Joanne gets to side mount and transitions to north-south as the two scramble back to their feet. Clark takes her down looking for a guillotine as the round ends.
Round Two: The women square up on the center of the decagon, this time with Clark advancing, gaging her distance and only throwing single kicks that are being answer by an overhand right. Clarks takes cage control, pressing Joanne while throwing body shots, switching to a front face lock, kneeing her opponent in the head. Clark drags Joanne down, but Joanne reverse it, then Clark reverse again, the two continue to scramble as Clark slips out of an armbar and is now in closed guard. Clark stacks her, while dropping hammer fists. The referee stands them up with blood on Joanne’s face. Joanne double leg’s Clark and now the two are in a half butterfly guard against the cage, while Joanne tries to stack the Canadian. As round two ends with Clark kneeing the Brazilian in the face.
Round Three: Final round, Clark advances , pressuring Joanne to the cage, both are visibly tired, Joanne collapses against the cage with Clark trying to finish the Brazilian. A flurry of knees still cannot finish Joanne and the referee stops the fight after several right hands to Joanne who can no longer defend herself.
Your winner by TKO at 1:43 of the third round: Shannon Clark!
Catchweight Bout: Justin Wetzell (135.6 lbs) vs. #8 Sarvarjon Khamidov (137.6 lbs)* (Khamidov missed weight)
Round One: Khamidov drops Wetzell with a straight right hand, as the American pops back to his feet eating knees to his left thigh. The Tajik missed weight by two pounds, with those bad cuts often giving the fighter an advantage as they do right now.
Wetzell escapes cage control, eating a righthand for his troubles, misses a jumping knee and headkick only to be taken down again, closing his guard on Khamidov. The American is trying to work his way up the body of the Tajik but looking for either an armbar or triangle choke, unfortunately, Khamidov is the dominate wrestler. The round ends with the Tajik dropping elbows.
Round Two: Round two is underway as the two exchange low kicks in the center of the cage before Wetzell eats a right elbow. Khamidov presses the American to the cage, scoops him with a double leg, working to take the American’s back. Wetzel pushes the Tajik off, eats a right elbow for his troubles, with Khamidov taking him down in the corner. Khamidov sinks his legs in for a body triangle, looking for a rear naked choke that isn’t under the chin. Wetzell is standing facing the cage, falling back ending with the American being choked out. Wetzell argues that he was fully lucid, but it’s all over.
Your winner by rear naked choke at 4:11 in the second round: Sarvarjon Khamidov!
Women’s Flyweight Bout: #7 Ariane Lipski de Silva (126.0 lbs) vs. #5 Jena Bishop (125.0 lbs)
Round One: The crowd has popped for hometown local, Bishop before announcements were completed. The two are feeling each other out, gaging their distance as the American is a little apprehensive. Bishop tried for aa half-hearted double but is stopped, the two exchange blows in the clinch before Bishop finishes the double landing in half-guard. Bishop continues to press as the Brazilian pushes her off, but comes back in leading with her righthand, controlling the top position, from side mount, elbowing de Silva in the face.
Bishop has taken de Silva’s back locking in both hooks, throwing punches while looking for a rear naked choke, transitions to an armbar and this one is over!
Your winner by armbar at 4:08 in the very first round: Jena Bishop!
Featherweight Bout: Khasan Magomedshairpov (145.8 lbs) vs. Josh Weems (146.0 lbs)
Round One: Josh Weems, who I believe has no relation to comic book artist Joe Weems IV, eats a right hand by Magomedshairpov who stacks the American, but is now in closed guard, escaping a guillotine attempt. The Dagestani is bleeding, escapes to side control, finishing his opponent with an head and arm choke.
Your winner by head and arm at 2:10 in the very first round: Khasan Magomedshairpov!
At the conclusion of the preliminaries, PFL MMA: San Diego continues on ESPN 2 and in our next breakdown immediately following the card.