PFL 9: LHW and LW tournament results and live discussion

Watch and discuss the lightweight and light heavyweight $1 million tournaments for the Professional Fighters League, starting at 6:45 PM ET/3:45 PM PT on Saturday, October 13th.

The second week of the first-ever Professional Fighters League playoffs are here. There are six weight classes where the winners of those eight-man tournaments will pocket $1 million, and the action continues tonight (Saturday, October 13th) from Long Beach, California.

PFL 9 is focused on the lightweights and light heavyweights. Atop the lightweight bracket is #1 seed Natan Schulte, who takes on #8 seed Johnny Case, brought in as an alternate after Brian Foster was removed due to injury. Light heavyweight’s top seed is Vinny Magalhaes, and he’ll be taking on Rakim Cleveland.

To make things more interesting, the quarterfinals and semifinals are on the same night, with the quarterfinals scheduled for two-rounds and the semifinals are three-rounds. In the event of a draw in the quarterfinals, the tiebreaker is whichever fighter won the first-round. Full tiebreaker rules can be seen here.

You can watch PFL 9 at 6:45 PM ET on Facebook Watch, where the bulk of the action is taking place, followed by the semifinal bouts on the NBC Sports Network main card at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. For an event preview, check out Victor Rodriguez’s write-up.

Light Heavyweight quarterfinals:

Vinny Magalhães vs Rakim Cleveland

Bozigit Ataev def. Emiliano Sordi by TKO (punches) at 1:43 of round 1

Sean O’Connell def. Dan Spohn by majority decision (19-19, 19-18, 19-18)

Smealinho Rama def. Maxim Grishin by first-round tiebreaker after fight ends in majority draw (20-18, 19-19, 19-19)

Light Heavyweight semifinals:

Magalhaes/Cleveland vs. Bozigit Ataev

O’Connell vs. Rama

Lightweight quarterfinals:

Natan Schulte vs Johnny Case

Chris Wade def. Robert Watley by majority decision (19-19, 20-18, 20-18)

Islam Mamedov def. Thiago Tavares by unanimous decision (20-18 x3), withdraws due to illness

Rashid Magomedov def. Will Brooks by first-round tiebreaker after fight ends in unanimous draw (19-19 x3)

Lightweight semifinals:

Schulte/Case vs. Chris Wade

Thiago Tavares vs. Rashid Magomedov

Alternate bouts:

Brandon Halsey def. Ronny Markes by unanimous decision (20-18 x3) (Light Heavyweights)

Ramsey Nijem def. Yuki Kawana by unanimous decision (19-18 x3) (Lightweights)

Brackets: