PFL 7 results – Cooper III vs. MacDonald – Season 3 Playoffs
The Professional Fighters League will hold PFL 7 tonight, August 13, from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida..
The event features semifinals bouts in the welterweight and lightweight divisions in the Season 3 playoffs.
In the main event, Rory MacDonald (22–7–1) meets 2019 PFL welterweight champ Ray Cooper III (22–7–1) in a semifinal bout of the playoffs.
Magomed Magomedkerimov comes in as the four seed in the division and will look to follow up on his 2018 PFL welterweight championship when he takes on Sadibou Sy.
The lightweight division will see the one seed and 2019 PFL lightweight runner-up Loik Radzhabov match up with the four seed, Alexander Martinez, who will make his PFL Playoff debut. Not to be overlooked is the matchup between boxing crossover sensation Clay Collard who will take on Raush Manfio. Collard and Manfio come into the playoffs as the respective two and three seeds in the division.
Complete PFL 7 results below:
Main Card (ESPN+, 9 p.m. ET)
Welterweight tournament semifinals:
Ray Cooper III defeated Rory MacDonald via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – welterweight semifinal
Magomed Magomedkerimov defeated Sadibou Sy via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – welterweight semifinal
Lightweight tournament semifinals:
Raush Manfio defeated Clay Collard via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – lightweight semifinal
Loik Radzhabov defeated Alexander Martinez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) – lightweight semifinal
Preliminary Bouts (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
Gleison Tibau defeated Micah Terrill via submission (arm triangle) – Round 1, 2:18
Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeated Darrell Horcher via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 29-27)
Brett Cooper defeated Tyler Hill via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:32
Magomed Umalatov defeated Leandro Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Michael Lombardo defeated Kyron Bowen via TKO (leg kicks) – Round 1, 3:42
Elvin Espinoza defeated Hopeton Stewart via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:45
