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Check out these photos from Shamil Musaev vs. Magomed Umalatov at 2024 PFL Championship, a welterweight title bout with a $1 million prize.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag]’s knockout victory over Magomed Umalatov to win $1 million at 2024 PFL Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos by Jose Peñuela, PFL MMA)
Magomed Umalatov did not make it to the decision reading thanks to Shamil Musaev’s missile-like punches.
[autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag]’s violent highlight reel now includes a $1 million knockout.
At 2024 PFL Championship on Friday, Musaev (20-0-1) knocked out previously unbeaten [autotag]Magomed Umalatov[/autotag] (17-1) to win the promotion’s welterweight title. The stoppage came at 1:44 of Round 3. The event took place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A feint right hand followed by a massive left hook dropped Umalatov to start the finishing sequence. Musaev threw a series of bombs thereafter the snatched Umalatov’s consciousness. Presumably due to the damage absorbed, Umalatov was not present for the official decision’s reading.
SHAMIL MUSAEV “THE SILENT ASSASIN” #andNOW 2024 PFL Welterweight World Champ!#PFLWorldChampionship
LIVE NOW ON ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/SzsKwS2VhV— PFL (@PFLMMA) November 29, 2024
The knockout was Musaev’s third in four PFL appearances. A relative unknown entering the season, Musaev knocked out Logan Storley and Murad Ramazanov, before he rematched Ramazanov and won by unanimous decision.
Umalatov loses for the first time as a professional. Prior to this defeat, Umalatov was 8-0 under the PFL banner including three 2024 wins over Andrey Koreshkov, Brennan Ward, and Neiman Gracie.
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Up-to-the-minute 2024 PFL Championship results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2024 PFL Championship.
A pair of unbeaten welterweights battle for $1 million in Saudi Arabia.
[autotag]Magomed Umalatov[/autotag] and [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag] meet Saturday for the welterweight $1 million title at the 2024 PFL Championship. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup.
The road to his first PFL championship bout included a decision win over former Bellator champion Andrey Koreshkov in April, an anaconda choke finish of Brennan Ward and a decision over Neiman Gracie for Magomed Umalatov (17-0).
Shamil Musaev (19-0-1), just 30, burst onto the PFL scene in April when he upset Logan Storley with a second-round knockout. He followed that with a 5-point second-round TKO of Murad Ramazanov. He met Ramazanov again in the semifinals and outworked him to get his $1 million shot.
Musaev is as much as a 3-1 favorite in the fight. The return on Umalatov has been in the +200 range.
Our staff members picked Musaev at a 7-4 clip, showing there’s still a camp whose members think Umalatov is a live ‘dog.
As the third fight on the main card, Umalatov and Musaev are expected to walk to the cage at approximately 2:45 p.m. ET. The fight will stream on ESPN+.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2024 PFL Championship.
Check out these photos from Shamil Musaev vs. Murad Ramazanov at 2024 PFL 6 in South Dakota.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag]’s victory over Murad Ramazanov at 2024 PFL 6, which took place at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Photos by Cooper Neill, PFL)
Watch Shamil Musaev blasts his way into the 2024 PFL welterweight playoffs by stopping Murad Ramazanov to remain undefeated.
[autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag] is walking into the 2024 PFL welterweight playoffs as the No. 1 seed, and he did so in style.
After picking up a second-round finish over Logan Storley in the first season bout back in April, Musaev (17-0-1) pulled off another second-round stoppage, but this time putting away and ending the undefeated record of [autotag]Murad Ramazanov[/autotag] (12-1) on the preliminary card of 2024 PFL 6. The event took place Friday at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Musaev put the pressure on early on Ramazanov, and he followed that up in the second round. He brutally dropped Ramazanov with a left hook and then followed up with a few shots to get the official stoppage.
You can watch Musaev’s latest finish in the videos below:
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— PFL (@PFLMMA) June 29, 2024
SHAMIL MUSAEV SNATCHES RAMAZANOV'S UNDEFEATED RECORD!#PFLRegularSeason LIVE NOW
— PFL (@PFLMMA) June 29, 2024
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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2024, Week 6.
Shamil Musaev became the first to stop Logan Storley, scoring an upset victory at 2024 PFL 3 in Chicago.
CHICAGO – Oddsmakers didn’t favor [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag] to get the job done against Logan Storley at 2024 PFL 3, but the Russian welterweight is likely to find himself as a favorite for the remainder of the season.
In a matchup between PFL debuting fighters, Musaev (17-0-1 MMA, 1-0 PFL) became the first to stop former interm Bellator champ Storley (15-3 MMA, 0-1 PFL) by landing heavy punches. Musaev had Storley in danger late in the first round, and continued his momentum to get the finish just 27 seconds into Round 2.
“Some people had me as the underdog. I don’t know, maybe they didn’t do enough research,” Musaev told reporters during a post-fight news conference.
Musaev kept his unbeaten record intact and claimed five points, good enough for the current No. 3 spot in the welterweight regular season standings behind six-point earners Don Madge and Murad Ramazanov.
Musaev knows more work is ahead to get through the season, and isn’t putting too much stock into the result of the fight against Storley.
“I guess it was just a bad day for him and a good day for me,” Musaev said about Storley. “I landed perfectly.”
Check out Musaev’s full post-fight interview in the video above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2024, Week 3.
Check out these photos from Shamil Musaev’s stoppage victory against Logan Storley at 2024 PFL 3 in Chicago.
Check out these photos from [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag]’s knockout victory over Logan Storley at 2024 PFL 3, which took place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Photos courtesy of PFL MMA)
Shamil Musaev stole the show at PFL in Chicago as he bashed former Bellator interim champion Logan Storley until consciousness disappeared.
After a quiet off-season signing, [autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag] loudly announced his arrival Friday in PFL.
At 2024 PFL 3, Musaev (17-0-1) brutalized former Bellator interim welterweight champion [autotag]Logan Storley[/autotag] (15-3) en route to a knockout at 0:27 of Round 2. The fight took place at Wintrust Arena in Chicago and earned Musaev five points in the regular season standings.
Musaev showed strong and accurate striking skills from the get-go. In the latter half of Round 1, Musaev nearly finished Storley on multiple occasions. Storley was rocked, dropped, and hurt but survived to see the between-rounds stool.
The minute break did not reverse the momentum, however, as Musaev landed a wicked two-punch combination 15 seconds into Round 2. Storley slammed to the canvas and Musaev pounced.
As Storley tried to work up to his feet, Musaev unloaded brutal uppercuts. The blows left Storley unconscious, facedown on the canvas.
SHAMIL MUSAEV IS ONE TO WATCH! HE GETS THE FINISH IN 2ND ROUND!!!!#PFLRegularSeason LIVE NOW
— PFL (@PFLMMA) April 20, 2024
Musaev, 30, was a standout for KSW among other promotions prior to his PFL signing. In the fight previous to Friday’s Musaev finished UFC alumnus Alexey Kunchenko with a spinning back kick and punches in 84 seconds.
Storley, 31, has lost two of his most recent three bouts but is 4-2 in his most recent six.
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The up-to-the-minute 2024 PFL 3 results include:
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2024 PFL 3.
Shamil Musaev, an unbeaten former M-1 standout, won’t compete on March 19th at KSW 68 as originally planned.
MMA promotion KSW announced Monday that it has canceled a Russian fighter’s upcoming bout in protest of his home country’s invasion of Ukraine.
[autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag], an unbeaten former M-1 standout, won’t compete on March 19th at KSW 68 as originally planned, a decision KSW considers “ethically justifiable” as Russia wages war against neighboring Ukraine.
“Due to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, KSW has made a tough, albeit ethically justifiable, decision to cancel Russian fighter Shamil Musaev’s fight, which was scheduled for KSW 68 on March 19th in Radom,” KSW said in a statement.
Due to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, KSW has made a tough, albeit ethically justifiable, decision to cancel Russian fighter Shamil Musaev’s fight, which was scheduled for KSW 68 on March 19th in Radom.
— KSW (@KSW_MMA) February 28, 2022
Poland, which is home to KSW, has been a staunch ally of Ukraine. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the military assault last week, tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed to Poland, which borders Ukraine to the west.
Musaev’s (15-0-1) fight cancellation is another example of Russian athletes dealing with consequences because of Putin’s decision to wage war. The International Olympic Committee has recommended banning Russian athletes from international competition. FIFA has taken measures against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.
Shamil Musaev and Uros Jurisic have been fined a percentage of their KSW 58 fight purses for getting physical after their bout.
[autotag]Shamil Musaev[/autotag] and [autotag]Uros Jurisic[/autotag] have been issued fines by the KSW brass for the collective roles they played in the melee that occurred after their fight Jan. 30.
Following a solid and competitive three-round fight on the main card of KSW 58, Musaev (14-0) was declared the winner by unanimous decision to remain undefeated against Jurisic (11-1), who was handed his first professional loss.
Jurisic’s team showed some displeasure with the decision in the immediate aftermath, but just when it seemed cooler heads were about to prevail, Jurisic shoved his hands into the face of Musaev’s coach.
That prompted a reaction from Musaev, who went over over to Jurisic, said something, wrapped him up in a body lock and slammed him to the mat before unleashing a flurry of punches before security and team members could break them up.
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After reviewing the tape of the incident from all angles, the KSW brass agreed Jurisic’s physicality with the coach was unwarranted, but Musaev’s slam was a clear escalator.
As a result, Musaev has been fined 50 percent of his purse, and his cornerman, KSW middleweight Abus Magomedo, has been “banned from fighting for six months and banned from cornering for 12 months,” per a statement from the promotion.
Jurisic, for his part, has been fined 30 percent of his fight purse for his role.
In addition, both men have had their “Fight of the Night” bonuses withheld by the organization.
And finally, according to the statement, “all the unauthorized persons, who entered the cage after the fight was over, are banned from taking part in the KSW events as members of fighters’ teams.”
KSW will not keep the money redeemed from the various fines to Musaev or Jurisic. Instead, it will be donated to the crowdfunding pages for a pair of sick young girls – Laura Paczuła and Pola Omielańczuk – the latter of which is the daughter of Polish MMA veteran Daniel Omielanczuk.
The statement from KSW ensured to note that the promotion “would like to emphasize that unsportsmanlike behavior and violations of the federation’s rules by the fighters or members of their teams is completely unacceptable.”
