{"id":377521,"date":"2026-06-27T20:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377521\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:03:14","slug":"pfl-san-diego-predictions-a-j-mckee-vs-salamat-isbulaev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377521\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL San Diego predictions: A.J. McKee vs. Salamat Isbulaev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 27, 2026, 9:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The PFL returns this week with a pair of former Bellator champions at the top of the lineup. PFL San Diego (ESPN2, ESPN+) takes place at Pechanga Arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Get pick results from our 10 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham Bably vs. Rob Wilkinson<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715609007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-6939.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abraham Bably vs. Rob Wilkinson - PFL San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins in San Diego, California Friday, June 26, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records: Bably (8-2), Wilkinson (19-5)Division: Light HeavyweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 06.27.26): Bably -205, Wilkinson +170Junkie pick results:\u00a0Bably 6, Wilkinson 5Alfie Davis vs. Alexander Shabliy<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715606007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-6962.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander Shabliy vs. Alfie Davis - PFL San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins in San Diego, California Friday, June 26, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records: Davis (20-6-1), Shabliy (24-4)Division: LightweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 06.27.26): Shabliy -480, Davis +360Junkie pick results:\u00a0Shabliy 8, Davis 3Viviane Araujo vs. Liz Carmouche<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715604007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-6997.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liz Carmouche vs. Viviane Araujo - PFL San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins in San Diego, California Friday, June 26, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records: Araujo (14-7), Carmouche (25-8)Division: Women&#8217;s FlyweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 06.27.26): Carmouche -190, Araujo +160Junkie pick results:\u00a0Carmouche 11, Araujo 0A.J. McKee vs. Salamat Isbulaev<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715612007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-7032.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AJ McKee vs. Salamat Isbulaev - PFL San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins in San Diego, California Friday, June 26, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Records: McKee (24-2), Isbulaev (10-0)Division: FeatherweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 06.27.26): McKee -130, Isbulaev +110Junkie pick results:\u00a0McKee 7, Isbulaev 4Individual staff member picks, main card<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Readers\u00a098-47: McKee (77%), Carmouche\u00a0(83%), Shabliy (74%), Wilkinson (56%)<\/p>\n<p>Danny Segura\u00a0109-39: McKee, Carmouche, Shabliy, BablyNolan King 99-49: Isbulaev, Carmouche, Shabliy, WilkinsonMatthew Wells 98-50: McKee, Carmouche, Shabliy, BablyMike Bohn 97-51: McKee, Carmouche, Shabliy, BablyFarah Hannoun 94-54: McKee, Carmouche, Shabliy, WilkinsonSimon Samano\u00a094-54: Isbulaev, Carmouche, Shabliy, BablyMatt Erickson 94-54: Isbulaev, Carmouche, Davis, BablyKen Hathaway\u00a093-55: Isbulaev, Carmouche, Shabliy, WilkinsonBrian Garcia\u00a091-57: McKee, Carmouche, Davis, WilkinsonGeorge Garcia 91-57: McKee, Carmouche, Davis, WilkinsonJero Guerra 9-3: McKee, Carmouche, Shabliy, BablyPreliminary card picks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Although they don&#8217;t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715616007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-6886.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ariane da Silva vs. Jena Bishop - PFL San Diego ceremonial weigh-ins in San Diego, California Friday, June 26, 2026. (Matt Ferris \/ PFL)\"\/>Khasan Magomedsharipov vs. Joshua Weems: Magomedsharipov 11, Weems 0Jena Bishop vs. Ariane da Silva: Bishop 6, da Silva 5Sarvarjon Khamidov vs. Justin Wetzell: Khamidov 11, Wetzell 0Gamid Khizriev vs. Lorenzo Parente: Khizriev 11, Parente 0Shannon Clark vs. Ilara Joanne: Clark 9, Joanne 2Daniel Bzdigian vs. Cobey Fehr: Fehr 10, Bzdigian 1<a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/pfl\/2026\/06\/26\/photos-pfl-san-diego-weigh-ins-fighter-faceoffs\/90715600007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Photos: PFL San Diego weigh-ins, fighter faceoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/90715608007-pfl-20260626-mb-7-7012.JPG\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 27, 2026, 9:01 a.m. ET The PFL returns this week with a pair of former Bellator champions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[243,74,76,75,138614,121735,121736,152837,121738,508,121737,7844,377,246],"class_list":["post-377521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-accessfree","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sstssportspfl","tag-sstsnpfl","tag-tagcarlton-davis-iii","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagpfl","tag-tagsan-diego","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}