Gadzhi Rabadanov ran by means of Kevin Lee to e-book his ticket to the finals.
In Friday’s PFL 6 predominant occasion in Wichita, Kansas, the Dagestani star wanted a bit of greater than half a spherical to pummel Lee with punches and ship him crashing face-first to the mat. Rabadanov seemingly landed each punch he threw from the opening bell till referee Jason Herzog mercifully stepped in to wave off the bout through knockout.
Take a look at video of the one-sided beatdown under.
The TKO stoppage formally got here on the 2:37 mark of Spherical 1.
Issues instantly went downhill for Lee when Rabadanov rocked him with a jab early, then wobbled him once more with a proper hand. A rattled Lee by no means appeared to get better as Rabadanov continued to place arms on him. It was after one other onerous proper that Lee went for a desperation takedown, which resulted in him face-planting on the canvas and presumably injuring his shoulder.
With the win, Rabadanov advances to the PFL 2025 light-weight event last, the place he meets Alfie Davis, who placed on his personal spectacular efficiency Friday with a unanimous determination win over former Bellator champion Brent Primus.
Within the co-main occasion, former Bellator flyweight champion Liz Carmouche booked her ticket to the 125-pound event last with a clear-cut determination win over the beforehand undefeated Elora Dana. Although Dana confirmed spectacular toughness within the three-round battle, the extra skilled Carmouche proved to be an excessive amount of for her.
Carmouche faces Jena Bishop within the finals. Bishop impressed in her semifinal bout, submitting Ekaterina Shakalova within the second spherical.
The bantamweight finals are additionally set with Marcirley Alves and Justin Wetzell incomes one-sided determination wins over Jake Hadley and Mando Gutierrez, respectively, to advance within the 135-pound event.
PFL 6 acquired off to a quick begin with three of the primary 4 preliminary bouts ending through submission. Watch these finishes under.
Essential Card
Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Kevin Lee through TKO (strikes) (R1, 2:37)
Liz Carmouche def. Elora Dana through unanimous determination (30-27 x3)
Archie Colgan def. Mansour Barnaoui through unanimous determination (30-27 x3)
Marcirley Alves def. Jake Hadley through unanimous determination (30-26 x3)
Alfie Davis def. Brent Primus through unanimous determination (29-28 x3)
Justin Wetzell def. Mando Gutierrez through unanimous determination (30-27 x3)
Preliminaries
Jena Bishop def. Ekaterina Shakalova through submission (rear-naked choke) (R2, 2:07)
Magomed Magomedov def. Sarvarjon Khamidov through unanimous determination (29-28 x3)
Vinicius Cenci def. Antonio Caruso through submission (triangle choke) (R1, 1:43)
Darragh Kelly def. Mike Hamel through submission (neck crank) (R3, 1:51)
Ilara Joanne def. Saray Orozco through unanimous determination (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Nick Meck def. Alan Dominguez through submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 4:10)
