PFL 9 (2024)

The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2024 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 23, 2024, at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., United States. This marked the semi-final playoffs for the Featherweight and Welterweight divisions.^[1][2][3]

PFL 9
The poster for PFL 9
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23)
Venue	The Anthem
City	Washington, D.C., United States
Event chronology
PFL 8 PFL 9 PFL MENA 3

Main article: 2024 in Professional Fighters League

Background

The event marked the promotion's fifth visit to the American capital and first since PFL 10 (2023) in November 2023.^[4]

The event featured the semifinal of 2024 PFL playoffs in a welterweight and featherweight divisions.^[5]

The semifinal of the 2024 Welterweight tournament between Don Madge and Magomed Umalatov was scheduled for this event. However, Madge pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Neiman Gracie, who scheduled to face Luca Poclit and he was rebooked to face Eric Alequin instead.^[6]

James Gallagher was expected to make his promotional debut against Brahyan Zurcher. However, on August 14, it was announced he had visa issues and he was replaced by Marcirley Alves.^[7] In turn, the bout was scrapped after Zurcher withdrew.

During the weigh-ins, Eric Alequin didn't appear for his fight against Luca Poclit. Alequin subsequently did not pass his medical exams and the bout was cancelled.^[8]

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Brendan Loughnane	def.	Kai Kamaka III	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27)	3	5:00	[a]
Welterweight	Magomed Umalatov	def.	Neiman Gracie	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00	[b]
Featherweight	Timur Khizriev	def.	Gabriel Alves Braga	Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27)	3	5:00	[c]
Welterweight	Shamil Musaev	def.	Murad Ramazanov	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00	[d]
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Welterweight	Mukhamed Berkhamov	def.	Ray Cooper III	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Enrique Barzola	def.	Tyler Diamond	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00	[e]
Welterweight	Jose Perez	def.	Jesse Stirn	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Maxwell Djantou Nana	def.	Kent Mafileo	KO (punch)	2	4:50
Welterweight	Shido Boris Esperança	def.	Tyler Hill	TKO (punches)	1	3:31

1. 2024 PFL Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
2. 2024 PFL Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
3. 2024 PFL Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
4. 2024 PFL Welterweight Tournament Semifinal.
5. 2024 PFL Featherweight Tournament Alternate bout.

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Playoff brackets

2024 PFL Welterweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Shamil Musaev	UD
	4	Murad Ramazanov	3
						Shamil Musaev
						Magomed Umalatov
	2	Magomed Umalatov	UD
	7	Neiman Gracie[a]	3

1. Umalatov was originally scheduled to face #3 ranked Don Madge, but he forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by #7 ranked Neiman Gracie.

2024 PFL Featherweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Brendan Loughnane	SD
	4	Kai Kamaka III	3
						Brendan Loughnane
						Timur Khizriev
	2	Gabriel Alves Braga	3
	3	Timur Khizriev	SD

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters