| PFL 10 | ||||
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| Promotion | Professional Fighters League | |||
| Date | October 20, 2018 (2018-10-20) | |||
| Venue | Entertainment and Sports Arena | |||
| City | Washington, D.C. | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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ThePFL 10mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of theProfessional Fighters League was held on October 20, 2018, at theSt. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena inWashington, D.C.[1]
The event was the tenth of the 2018 season and marked the start of the playoffs for the Middleweight and Welterweight divisions.[1][2]
On October 15, it was announced that second seed welterweight João Zeferino had to pull out of the tournament with a knee injury. He was replaced withAbubakar Nurmagomedov.[3]
| Main Card (NBCSN) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Abuspiyan Magomedov | def. | Sadibou Sy | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Ray Cooper III | def. | Handesson Ferreira | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:28 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Louis Taylor | vs. | John Howard | Technical Draw (illegal blow) | 2 | 4:55 | [c] |
| Welterweight | Magomed Magomedkerimov | def. | Bojan Veličković | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:13 | [d] |
| Middleweight | Abuspiyan Magomedov | vs. | Gasan Umalatov | Draw (majority) (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [e] |
| Welterweight | Ray Cooper III | def. | Jake Shields | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:10 | [f] |
| Middleweight | Sadibou Sy | vs. | Bruno Santos | Draw (majority) (20-18, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [g] |
| Welterweight | Handesson Ferreira | def. | Rick Story | TKO (verbal submission) | 2 | 1:15 | [h] |
| Preliminary card (Facebook Watch) | |||||||
| Middleweight | John Howard | def. | Eddie Gordon | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [i] |
| Welterweight | Magomed Magomedkerimov | def. | Pavlo Kusch | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [j] |
| Middleweight | Louis Taylor | def. | Rex Harris | Decision (unanimous) (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) | 2 | 5:00 | [k] |
| Welterweight | Abubakar Nurmagomedov | vs. | Bojan Veličković | Draw (unanimous) (19-19, 19-19, 19-19) | 2 | 5:00 | [l] |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Abuspiyan Magomedov (1) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
 Gasan Umalatov (8) | L | |||||||||
| Abuspiyan Magomedov (1) | UD 3 | |||||||||
 Sadibou Sy (5) | L | |||||||||
 Bruno Santos (4) | ||||||||||
| Sadibou Sy (5) | Draw 2 | |||||||||
| Abuspiyan Magomedov (1) | L | |||||||||
 Louis Taylor (2) | KO 1 | |||||||||
 Eddie Gordon* (11) | L | |||||||||
| John Howard (6) | UD 2 | |||||||||
| John Howard (6) | L | |||||||||
| Louis Taylor (2) | Draw 3 | |||||||||
| Louis Taylor (2) | UD 2 | |||||||||
| Rex Harris (7) | L | |||||||||
*Shamil Gamzatov was originally scheduled to faceJohn Howard but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced byEddie Gordon.[4]
(SD) | (Split Decision) | |
(UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
L | Loss |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Ray Cooper III (1) | TKO 1 | |||||||||
| Jake Shields (8) | L | |||||||||
| Ray Cooper III (1) | TKO 1 | |||||||||
| Handesson Ferreira (5) | L | |||||||||
| Rick Story (4) | L | |||||||||
| Handesson Ferreira (5) | TKO 2 | |||||||||
| Ray Cooper III (1) | L | |||||||||
| Magomed Magomedkerimov (3) | SUB 1 | |||||||||
| Magomed Magomedkerimov (3) | UD 2 | |||||||||
 Pavlo Kusch (6) | L | |||||||||
| Magomed Magomedkerimov (3) | TKO 2 | |||||||||
 Bojan Veličković (7) | L | |||||||||
| Abubakar Nurmagomedov* (9) | Draw 2* | |||||||||
| Bojan Veličković (7) | L | |||||||||
* João Zeferino was originally scheduled to faceBojan Veličković but was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Abubakar Nurmagomedov.[5]
*Abubakar Nurmagomedov was originally scheduled to faceMagomed Magomedkerimov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by his quarterfinal opponent,Bojan Veličković.[6]
(SD) | (Split Decision) | |
(UD) | (Unanimous Decision) | |
(MD) | (Majority Decision) | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out | |
L | Loss |