Alfie Davis shocked Gadzhi Rabadanov in the main event of PFL 9 to leave with the lightweight world tournament championship in a shocking upset, but it was Liz Carmouche who stole the night.<\/p>\n
Davis faced Rabadanov in the headliner of Friday night\u2019s card at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. The protege of Khabib Nurmagomedov was a massive favorite, but Davis landed the more damaging shots throughout the fight to win 48-47 across the board.<\/p>\n
Davis captured the $500,000 grand prize, while Rabadanov saw his 12-fight win streak come to an end.<\/p>\n
In the co-main event, Carmouche, the former Bellator women\u2019s flyweight champion, battled Jena Bishop in a matchup of 2024 season semi-finalists. After a closely contested first round, Bishop nearly got an armbar on Carmouche, and then transitioned to a deep triangle choke.<\/p>\n
Carmouche battled out of the spot, and made it to Round 3 where she went on to deliver a ferocious left hook that floored Bishop and led to the end of the fight to win the women\u2019s flyweight tournament title.<\/p>\n
The first world tournament champion crowned on the night was Marcirley Alves, who wasn\u2019t initially supposed to be in the bantamweight slate. However, opportunity knocked, and now Alves is a tournament winner after defeating Justin Wetzell via unanimous decision in the featured bout.<\/p>\n
In the lightweight main card opener, former CFFC champion Robert Watley picked up the biggest win of his career with a third-round stoppage of Mads Burnell in Watley\u2019s return to the organization.<\/p>\n
Check out full PFL 9 results below.<\/p>\n
Alfie Davis def. Gadzhi Rabadanov via unanimous decision (48-47 x3)<\/p>\n
Liz Carmouche def. Jena Bishop via TKO – Round 3, 2:56<\/p>\n
Marcirley Alves def. Justin Wetzell via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47 x2)<\/p>\n
Robert Watley def. Mads Burnell via TKO – Round 3, 2:43<\/p>\n
Juliana Velasquez def. Ekaterina Shakalova via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)<\/p>\n
Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Adryan Grundy via KO – Round 3, 3:23<\/p>\n
Sabrina De Sousa def. Saray Orosco via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)<\/p>\n
Renat Khavalov def. Vilson Ndregjoni via TKO – Round 1, 2:49<\/p>\n
Chris Mixan def. Kendly St. Louis via TKO – Round 1, 4:46<\/p>\n
Damion Nelson def. Isaiah Diggs via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)<\/p>\n