The Professional Fighters League (PFL) held its sixth event of the 2023 season on Friday night in Atlanta, Georgia. The event featured a number of exciting matchups, including a lightweight bout between Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Anthony Romero.
Olivier Aubin-Mercier KOs Anthony Romero with a huge knee at PFL 6 pic.twitter.com/d53QpsWy9O
— Will (@ChillemDafoe) June 24, 2023
Aubin-Mercier, the defending 2022 PFL lightweight champion, was looking to secure his spot in the playoffs with a win over Romero. The Canadian Gangster did just that, finishing Romero with a devastating knee in the third round.
The fight started off with both fighters trading shots in the center of the cage. Aubin-Mercier was able to land some solid leg kicks, while Romero was looking to counter with his boxing. In the third round, Aubin-Mercier was able to land a big knee that sent Romero crashing to the canvas. The referee quickly stepped in to stop the fight, giving Aubin-Mercier the TKO victory.
With the win, Aubin-Mercier secured his spot in the PFL playoffs, which are set to begin in August this year. He currently sits in second place in the lightweight standings, behind only Clay Collard.
Shane Burgos lucked out and made the PFL playoffs
In one of the more bizarre things that has happened in the aftermath of PFL 6, Shane Burgos will now be in the PFL playoffs. Burgos didn’t make the cut initially after winning his last fight by unanimous decision as he didn’t have enough points to make it to the PFL playoffs.
Then the following day, the PFL made a statement that they have suspended both Raush Manfio and Natan Schulte for their performance, or lack thereof, and removed them from the regular season and Schulte from the PFL playoffs. Since Burgos had the 5th most points in the lightweight division he got in and now will be the 4th seed and will take on Clay Collard in the first fight of the PFL playoffs.
PFL 6 full fight card results
Main Card
- Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Anthony Romero via knockout (knee) – Round 3, 0:28
- Sadibou Sy def. Shane Mitchell via knockout (wheel kick) – Round 3, 1:35
- Shane Burgos def. Yamato Nishikawa via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Magomed Magomedkerimov def. David Zawada via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:54
- Magomed Umalatov def. Nayib Lopez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-27)
- Clay Collard def. Stevie Ray via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:04
Prelims
- Carlos Leal def. Dilano Taylor via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:13
- Natan Schulte def. Raush Manfio via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Bruno Miranda def. Alexander Martinez via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Solomon Renfro def. Jarrah Al-Silawi via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:44
- Brahyan Zurcher def. Mike Bardsley via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:45
- Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Lamar Brown via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:35
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