Olivier Aubin-Mercier KO’s Stevie Ray to claim lightweight title at PFL 10

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).

UFC veterans Stevie Ray (25-10) and Olivier Aubin-Mercier (16-5) also met tonight in a PFL lightweight championship bout. Ray had gone 2-1 thus far into PFL’s 2022 season, both victories coming over former WEC & UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, while Mercier had gone 3-0 thus far into the year.

Continue reading to see how this lightweight title bout went down:

Official Result: Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Stevie Ray via KO (punch) at 4:40 of round two

Mercier appears to be two steps ahead of Ray throughout the entire first five minutes, as he picks him apart with calf kicks, dropping Ray with them a number of times in the first round.

Ray comes out with a vengeance in the second and secures a takedown, immediately taking Mercier’s back in the process. Mercier is eventually able to work his way up a couple minutes later, and he immediately goes back to the calf kick.

Ray is coming into him in attempt to land a heavy shot and Mercier catches him with a vicious right hook to secure the KO victory, becoming the second UFC veteran to claim a world championship tonight at PFL 10.

Olivier Aubin-Mercier remains undefeated inside the PFL cage, improving his promotional record to 6-0, this being his first finish since TKO’ing Evan Dunham in April of 2018, the only other knockout victory of his career.

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Brady Ordway

I became a fan of combat sports when I was 12 years old. I was scrolling through the channels and landed upon Versus, where WEC was televised. Urijah Faber fought Jens Pulver for the second time that night. That's the first fight I ever saw, and I was immediately hooked. So eventually, I began covering the sport in the fourth quarter of 2018, and have since started writing about animals as well. If you'd like to see those pieces, be sure to check out learnaboutnature.com!

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