Tag: Amber Leibrock

PFL names its top 10 knockouts of the 2023 season

Relive the PFL’s best knockouts of the year with this video ranking the top 10.

Some nasty knockouts were on display this year in the PFL.

From [autotag]Sadibou Sy[/autotag]’s masterful spinning wheel kick in the playoffs to [autotag]Cedric Doumbe[/autotag]’s PFL debut, there were plenty of quality finishes in the smart cage. And now with the season over, the promotion ranked its best knockouts as the following:

1. Sadibou Sy def. Shane Mitchell
2. Cedric Doumbe def. Jordan Zebo
3. [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag] def. Martina Jindrova
4. [autotag]Jesus Pinedo[/autotag] def. Brendan Loughnane
5. [autotag]Denis Goltsov[/autotag] def. Yorgan De Castro
6. [autotag]Renan Ferreira[/autotag] def. Maurice Greene
7. [autotag]Carlos Leal[/autotag] vs. Dilano Taylor
8. [autotag]Lewis McGrillen[/autotag] def. Salih Culucan
9. [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] def. Olena Kolesnyk
10. [autotag]Impa Kasanganay[/autotag] def. Marthin Hamlet

You can watch the replay of the top 10 PFL knockouts in the video above.

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Marina Mokhnatkina def. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2: Best photos

Check out these photos from Marina Mokhnatkina vs. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 in New York.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Marina Mokhnatkina[/autotag]’s victory over Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)

2023 PFL 5 results: Larissa Pacheco steamrolls, victorious Ante Delija eliminated from playoffs

2023 PFL 5 took place Friday in Atlanta to complete the heavyweight and women’s featherweight playoff brackets.

2023 PFL 5 took place Thursday and MMA Junkie provided live and official results throughout the entire card.

The event featured heavyweights and women’s featherweight bouts that took place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card aired on ESPN at 10 p.m. ET following prelims on ESPN+ beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.

In the main event, 2022 heavyweight season winner [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] (24-5) took on [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag] (11-8). Delija competed for the first time in 2023 after withdrawing from his first scheduled bout of the season at 2023 PFL 2 in April. At the same event, Greene picked up a second-round stoppage win over Marcelo Nunes to earn five points in the standings.

In the co-feature, 2022 women’s featherweight season winner [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] (21-4) met [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag] (7-8). In her first fight of the season, Pacheco picked up a unanimous decision win over Julia Budd at 2023 PFL 2. Leibrock recorded a first-round finish of Martina Jindrova to earn six points, entering this event as the leader in the division.

Full 2023 PFL 5 results include:

Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5: Best photos

Check out these photos from Larissa Pacheco vs. Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 in Atlanta.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag]’s victory over Amber Leibrock at 2023 PFL 5 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. (Photos courtesy of Cooper Neill, PFL MMA)

 

2023 PFL 5 video: Larissa Pacheco overwhelms Amber Leibrock for first-round TKO

Larissa Pacheco returned to her finishing ways at 2023 PFL 5 by stopping Amber Leibrock in the first round.

When [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] is on, she’s simply too much to handle.

In the co-feature bout of 2023 PFL 5, Pacheco (21-4) made quick work of Amber Leibrock (7-5) to clinch the top seed the women’s featherweight standings. The 2022 season winner only needed 45 seconds to end the fight.

From the moment the fight began, Pacheco took control of the cage and began stalking forward with heavy, precise punches. Each connection put Leibrock in a worse position, and Pacheco just continued to pour on the pressure until she sent Leibrock to the canvas to get the first-round stoppage.

Check out video of the entire fight below (via Twitter):

The result knocks Aspen Ladd from the playoffs, who was erroneously announced as having clinched a playoff spot after her second-round finish earlier in the evening.

The women’s featherweight playoff bracket will see Pacheco take on Kolesnyk on one side, while Marina Mokhnatkina takes on Leibrock.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 5.

2023 PFL 5 official weigh-in results: One fighter heavy, faces point deduction

Check out the full weigh-in results for 2023 PFL 5, which had one miss out of 24 fighters competing.

All 24 fighters competing at 2023 PFL 5 stepped on the scale, but not all made weight.

At Thursday’s official weigh-ins, only one fighter was unable to reach the contracted weight – [autotag]Evelyn Martins[/autotag]. She came in at 147 pounds, one over the allowance for the women’s featherweight division. Martins will get a point deducted from the result of the fight, and her opponent [autotag]Marina Mokhnatkina[/autotag] will also receive 20 percent of Martins’s purse.

Everyone one else on the card made weight, including the heavyweight main event between [autotag]Ante Delija[/autotag] and [autotag]Maurice Greene[/autotag], as well as the co-main event of [autotag]Larissa Pacheco[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Amber Leibrock[/autotag].

2023 PFL 5 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+

Below you can find the full results from the weigh-ins:

MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Ante Delija (251) vs. Maurice Greene (255.4)
  • Larissa Pacheco (145.6) vs. Amber Leibrock (145.8)
  • Renan Ferreira (259) vs. Matheus Scheffel (260.6)
  • Aspen Ladd (145) vs. Karolina Sobek (145.6)
  • Biaggio Ali Walsh (155.6) vs. Travell Miller (154.4)

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

  • Denis Goltsov (246.2) vs. Yorgan De Castro (264.8)
  • Marina Mokhnatkina (145.4) vs. * Evelyn Martins (147)
  • Danilo Marques (250.6) vs. Marcelo Nunes (248.4)
  • Julia Budd (145.6) vs. Martina Jindrova (146.0)
  • Olena Kolesnyk (145.0) vs. Yoko Higashi (144.2)
  • Patrick Brady (256.8) vs. Jordan Heiderman (247.8)
  • Isaiah Pinson (247.8) vs. Denzel Freeman (261.8)

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 5.

MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month for April: Israel Adesanya exacts revenge on Alex Pereira

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from April 2023.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from April 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for April.

At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

Invicta FC 48: Best photos from Denver

Check out these photos from Invicta FC 48 in Denver.

Check out these photos from the six-fight card of Invicta FC 48 in Denver, which featured a bantamweight title fight between Taneisha Tennant and Olga Rubin. (Photos courtesy of Dave Mandel, Invicta FC)

Photos: Invicta FC 48 official weigh-ins and faceoffs

Check out these photos from the weigh-ins for Invicta FC 48 in Denver.

Check out these photos from the Invicta FC 48 weigh-ins ahead of Thursday’s event at ReelWorks Denver which features a bantamweight title fight between champion Taneisha Tennant and challenger Olga Rubin. (Photos courtesy of Dave Mandel, Invicta FC)