The ''PFL 10'' was a

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event produced by the

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that took place on November 24, 2023, at The Anthem in

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. This was the finale of the playoffs for all 2023 divisions, with the winners getting a PFL World Championship and a $1 million cash prize.

Background

The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Washington, D.C. and first since

PFL 10 (2018 season) The ''PFL 10'' mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on October 20, 2018, at the St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. Background The event was the tenth of the ...

in October 2018. The event featured the six matchups for the $1 million dollar PFL World Championships in the 2023 season included a featherweight title bout between

Jesus Pinedo Jesus Pinedo (born June 22, 1996) is a Peruvian mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). He won the 2023 PFL Featherweight Championship. In October 2023, Pinedo reached No. 10 in World ...

and Gabriel Alves Braga in a rematch, a lightweight title bout between 2022 champion

Olivier Aubin-Mercier Olivier Aubin-Mercier (; born February 23, 1989) is a Canadian retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. Fighting from 2011 to 2023, Aubin-Mercier competed for the Professional Fighters League, where he won the 2022 ...

and

Clay Collard Clay Collard (born March 10, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former Professional boxer. A professional since 2011, he formerly competed for the UFC. He currently competes in the lightweight division of the Professional ...

, a welterweight title bout between 2022 champion

Sadibou Sy Sadibou Sy (born November 27, 1986) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Professional Fighters League. Background Sadibou Sy, a mixed martial artist with Senegalese roots, grew up ...

and 2018 champion

Magomed Magomedkerimov Magomed Magomedkerimov (; born 1 October 1990) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). Early life Magomed was born in the small Dagestani village o ...

, a light heavyweight bout between Josh Silveira and

Impa Kasanganay Impa Armand Kasanganay (born January 17, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). He formerly competed in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions ...

, a heavyweight title bout between

Denis Goltsov Denis Alexandrovich Goltsov (; born 10 June 1990) is a Russian sambo competitor, mixed martial artist, and former amateur boxer. As a sambist, Goltsov is a two-time world champion, two-time European champion, and three-time Russian champion. As a ...

and Renan Ferreira, and a women's featherweight title bout between 2022 women's lightweight champion

Larissa Pacheco Larissa Moreira Pacheco (born September 7, 1994) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the women’s Featherweight division of the professional fighters league (PFL). She won the 2022 PFL Women's Lightweight Championship a ...

and

Marina Mokhnatkina Marina Yuryevna Mokhnatkina (; née Kormiltseva, born 12 May 1988) is a sambo competitor and mixed martial artist. Mokhnatkina is a six-time world champion and two-time European champion in sambo. She is also an eight-time Russian champion in sam ...

. A women's featherweight bout between

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and 2021 PFL Women's Lightweight Champion

Kayla Harrison Kayla Jean Harrison (born July 2, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former judoka. She currently competes in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Wo ...

and former Bellator Women's Featherweight Champion

Julia Budd Julia Budd (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer competing in the Featherweight (MMA), featherweight division. She was the first List of Bellator MMA champions#Women's Featherweight ...

was expected to take place at the event. However, Budd was removed from the fight because she "refused to fulfill her contractual obligation" and was replaced by

Aspen Ladd Aspen Ladd (born March 1, 1995) is an American professional mixed martial artist who is competing in the Featherweight division of Professional Fighters League (PFL). A professional since 2015, Ladd started her professional mixed martial arts car ...

at a catchweight of 150 pounds. A featherweight bout between Chris Wade and

Bubba Jenkins Bubba Jenkins (born February 5, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist and former amateur wrestler. He currently competes in the featherweight division. He has also notably competed for Bellator MMA, Absolute Championship Berkut, Professiona ...

was scheduled at this event; however at weigh-ins, Wade came in at 148.4 pounds, which was 2.4 pounds north of the non-title. Jenkins turned down the catchweight bout and the bout was scrapped. At weigh-ins,

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and Josh Blyden missed weight, coming in at 186.8 pounds, .8 pounds over the limit, and at 146.8 pounds, .8 pounds over the limit, respectively. Both were fined percetages of their purses which went to their opponents and the bouts proceeded at catchweights.

Results

Playoff brackets

2023 PFL Heavyweight playoffs

2023 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs

2023 PFL Welterweight playoffs

2023 PFL Lightweight playoffs

2023 PFL Featherweight playoffs

2023 PFL Women's Featherweight playoffs

References

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