2022 PFL Playoffs 3 predictions: Is Kayla Harrison a unanimous pick in London?

Check out our staff members’ picks for the PFL Playoffs 3 semifinals at women’s lightweight and featherweight in London.

Harrison
vs.
Jindrova
Wade
vs.
Loughnane
Pacheco
vs.
Kolesnyk
Kudo
vs.
Jenkins
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
134-86
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Harrison
(87%)
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Wade
(57%)
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Pacheco
(83%)
jenkins2022
Jenkins
(84%)
Ken Hathaway
@kenshathaway
149-76
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Harrison
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Loughnane
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Pacheco
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Jenkins
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
143-82
harrison2022
Harrison
loughnane2022
Loughnane
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
141-84
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harrison2022
Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
139-86
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Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
135-90
harrison2022
Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
135-90
harrison2022
Harrison
loughnane2022
Loughnane
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Matt Erickson
@MMAjunkieMatt
134-91
harrison2022
Harrison
loughnane2022
Loughnane
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Nolan King
@mma_kings
132-93
harrison2022
Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
130-95
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harrison2022
Harrison
loughnane2022
Loughnane
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
122-103
harrison2022
Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
107-118
harrison2022
Harrison
wade2022
Wade
pacheco2022
Pacheco
jenkins2022
Jenkins

The PFL is back for its third and final set of playoff semifinals. This week, women’s lightweights and featherweights are on the docket.

The 2022 PFL Playoffs 3 event takes place Saturday at Copper Box Arena in London. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+ and ahead of post-lim qualifiers on ESPN+.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the main event, two-time season winner [autotag]Kayla Harrison[/autotag] (14-0) is not the No. 1 seed. She’s No. 2 against No. 3 [autotag]Martina Jindrova[/autotag] (6-2). But she’s still a massive -5000 favorite at Tipico Sportsbook; the comeback on Jindrova is +1200. Not surprisingly, all of our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are taking Harrison to move on to another $1 million final.

At featherweight, there’s a lot of heat and trash talk between No. 1 seed [autotag]Chris Wade[/autotag] (22-7) and No. 4 [autotag]Brendan Loughnane[/autotag] (24-4). Wade is a -260 favorite, but our pickers have him with the slimmest possible 6-5 lead in the picks. His fight is the only contentious one among our pickers.

In the other women’s lightweight semifinal, [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] (17-4) is the No. 1 seed against [autotag]Olena Kolesnyk[/autotag] (7-4). Pacheco is a huge favorite at -850 and is another of our unanimous picks.

And in the second featherweight semifinal on the main card, No. 2 seed [autotag]Ryoji Kudo[/autotag] (11-3-1) takes on No. 3 [autotag]Bubba Jenkins[/autotag] (18-5). Jenkins is a big -350 favorite at the betting window and has the support of all 11 of our pickers.

In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Harrison (87 percent), Wade (57 percent), Pacheco (83 percent) and Jenkins (84 percent) are the choices.

Check out all the picks above.

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