Natan Schulte dominates and submits Jeremy Stephens at PFL 10

Natan Schulte impresses in New York

The Professional Fighters League returns to us tonight, November 25, 2022, for PFL 10: The Richest Night in Mixed Martial Arts.

Headlining the event is a women’s lightweight championship trilogy showcasing two-time PFL champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison (15-0), who faced Laressa Pacheco (18-4) in the main event of the evening.

Co-headlining is a featherweight championship bout between Brendan Loughnane (25-4) and Bubba Jenkins (19-5).

Our preliminary co-main event of the evening came at 155 lbs between two-time PFL champion Natan Schulte (22-5-1) and UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens (26-20).

Continue reading to see how this lightweight bout went down.

Official Result: Natan Schulte def. Jeremy Stephens via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 1:32 of round two

 

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Both men upon up the bout with their kicks, Stephens drilling his into the leg of Schulte, up until Schulte takes him down about one minute into the first round. The round is spent with Schulte attempting an arm-triangle choke that appeared incredibly close to being finished, before taking the back and transitioning to the rear naked choke.

Again, we all thought the fight was over there and then, but Stephens survives and works his way back up, throwing heavy bombs until the end of the round.

Schulte secures another beautiful takedown to start the second and sinks in the arm-triangle choke once again. This time, Stephens didn’t offer up much resistance and was forced to tap.

Natan Schulte is now 23-5-1 as a professional, as he secures the tenth submission victory of his career tonight at PFL 10. This win improved him to 2-1 in PFL’s 2022 season, only losing a split decision to UFC veteran Olivier Aubin-Mercier, who fights for the PFL lightweight championship opposing Stevie Ray later tonight.

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Brady Ordway

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