{"id":185530,"date":"2025-10-02T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/185530\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:51:09","slug":"pfl-dubai-predictions-who-are-we-picking-in-two-vacant-title-rematches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/185530\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL Dubai predictions: Who are we picking in two vacant title rematches?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PFL is back in the Middle East this week and will crown two new champions, officially, at the top of the bill.<\/p>\n

PFL Champions Series: Dubai (ESPN Unlmtd) takes place Friday at Coca-Cola Arena in\u00a0Dubai.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.<\/p>\n

Jack Cartwright vs. Caolan Loughran<\/p>\n

Records: Cartwright (12-2), Loughran (10-2)<\/p>\n

Division: 140-pound contract weight<\/p>\n

Odds (as of 10.02.25): Loughran -470, Cartwright +340<\/p>\n

Junkie pick results:\u00a0Loughran 10, Cartwright 1<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/p>\n

Jack Cartwright vs. Caolan Loughran, PFL Dubai<\/p>\n

Archie Colgan vs. Jay Jay Wilson<\/p>\n

Records: Colgan (12-0), Wilson (11-1)<\/p>\n

Odds (as of 10.02.25): Colgan -340, Wilson +260<\/p>\n

Junkie pick results:\u00a0Colgan 10, Wilson 1<\/p>\n

\"Archie<\/p>\n

Archie Colgan vs. Jay Jay Wilson, PFL Dubai<\/p>\n

Magomed Magomedov vs. Sergio Pettis<\/p>\n

Records: Magomedov (21-4), Pettis (24-7)<\/p>\n

Odds (as of 10.02.25): Magomedov -250, Pettis +200<\/p>\n

Junkie pick results:\u00a0Magomedov 10, Pettis 1<\/p>\n

\"Magomed<\/p>\n

Magomed Magomedov vs. Sergio Pettis, PFL Dubai<\/p>\n

Corey Anderson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov<\/p>\n

Records: Anderson (19-6), Yagshimuradov (25-7-1)<\/p>\n

Division: Light heavyweight<\/p>\n

Rankings:\u00a0Anderson No. 8<\/p>\n

Odds (as of 10.02.25): Anderson -215, Yagshimuradov +170<\/p>\n

Junkie pick results:\u00a0Anderson 9, Yagshimuradov 2<\/p>\n

\"Corey<\/p>\n

Corey Anderson vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, PFL Dubai<\/p>\n

Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes<\/p>\n

Records: Nurmagomedov (19-0), Hughes (14-2)<\/p>\n

Rankings:\u00a0Nurmagomedov No. 8<\/p>\n

Odds (as of 10.02.25): Nurmagomedov -265, Hughes\u00a0+210<\/p>\n

Junkie pick results:\u00a0Nurmagomedov 8, Hughes\u00a03<\/p>\n

\"Usman<\/p>\n

Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Paul Hughes, PFL Dubai<\/p>\n

Individual staff member picks, main card<\/p>\n

Readers\u00a0135-82: Nurmagomedov (70%), Anderson (65%), Colgan (69%), Loughran (72%), Magomedov (63%)<\/p>\n

Ken Hathaway\u00a0142-75: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Mike Bohn 141-76: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Nolan\u00a0King 138-79: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Cartwright, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Farah Hannoun 134-83: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Abbey\u00a0Subhan 133-84: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Simon\u00a0Samano\u00a0132-85: Hughes, Yagshimuradov, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Matt Erickson 130-87: Nurmagomedov, Yagshimuradov, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Danny Segura\u00a0129-88: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Brian Garcia\u00a0129-88: Hughes, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

Matthew Wells 126-91: Nurmagomedov, Anderson, Colgan, Loughran, Magomedov<\/p>\n

George Garcia 119-98: Hughes, Anderson, Wilson, Loughran, Pettis<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: PFL Dubai predictions: Lightweight, light heavyweight title fights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PFL is back in the Middle East this week and will crown two new champions, officially, at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[93268,49,48,63852,60550,641,90790,93269,638,44009,90789,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-185530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-archie-colgan","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-caolan-loughran","12":"tag-corey-anderson","13":"tag-fighting","14":"tag-jay-jay-wilson","15":"tag-loughran","16":"tag-mma","17":"tag-paul-hughes","18":"tag-sergio-pettis","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}