PFL 7 (2022)

The PFL 7 mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 5, 2022, at the Hulu Theater in New York City, New York, United States. This event marked the start of the playoffs for the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions.^[1][2][3]

PFL 7
The poster for PFL 7
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)
Venue	Hulu Theater
City	New York City, New York, United States
Event chronology
PFL 6 PFL 7 PFL 8

Main article: PFL (2022 season)

Background

This event featured the semifinal bouts of the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight playoffs.

Rob Wilkinson and Delan Monte will face each other in the Light Heavyweight division. Wilkinson made his third appearance with PFL cage, going 2-0 in the regular season with a first and second round stoppages. Monte was 1-1 during the regular season in 2022. The other side of the bracket was to see two former UFC veterans, Antônio Carlos Júnior and Omari Akhmedov, face off against each other.^[3] However, Antonio suffered an ACL injury requiring surgery, sidelining him for the rest of the year and he was replaced by Josh Silveira for the playoffs.^[4]

The Lightweight bracket saw former UFC Champion Anthony Pettis take on UFC vet Stevie Ray in a rematch of their bout six weeks earlier, while Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Alex Martinez faced off in the other lightweight semifinal.^[3]

Results

Main Card (ESPN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Stevie Ray	def.	Anthony Pettis	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Omari Akhmedov	def.	Josh Silveira	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	def.	Alex Martinez	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–26)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Rob Wilkinson	def.	Delan Monte	KO (knee and punches)	1	1:37
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight	Itso Babulaidze	def.	Mahmoud Fawzy	TKO (punches)	1	4:30
Light Heavyweight	Marthin Hamlet	def.	Cory Hendricks	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00	[a]
Postliminary card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight	Marcelo Nunes	def.	Dylan Potter	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	1:47	[b]
Lightweight	Alexei Pergande	def.	Elvis Lebron Quiles	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Elvin Espinoza	def.	Corey Jackson	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00	[c]
Featherweight	Brahyan Zurcher	def.	Ricardo Jimenez	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)	3	5:00	[d]

1. 2023 light heavyweight qualifier
2. 2023 heavyweight qualifier
3. 2023 Challenger Series qualifier
4. 2023 Challenger Series qualifier

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2022 PFL Light Heavyweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Rob Wilkinson	KO
	4	Delan Monte	1
						1	Rob Wilkinson
						2	Omari Akhmedov
	2	Omari Akhmedov	UD
	5	Josh Silveira	3

• Antônio Carlos Júnior was originally scheduled to face Omari Akhmedov but was unable to continue in the tournament. He was replaced by #5 ranked Josh Silveira.

Legend

(SD)		(Split Decision)
(UD)		(Unanimous Decision)
(MD)		(Majority Decision)
SUB		Submission
(T)KO		(Technical) Knock Out
L		Loss

2022 PFL Lightweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Anthony Pettis	3
	4	Stevie Ray	UD
						4	Stevie Ray
						2	Olivier Aubin-Mercier
	2	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	UD
	3	Alex Martinez	3

Legend

(SD)		(Split Decision)
(UD)		(Unanimous Decision)
(MD)		(Majority Decision)
SUB		Submission
(T)KO		(Technical) Knock Out
L		Loss

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters