2024 PFL Championship: Shamil Musaev bludgeons Magomed Umalatov for $1 million knockout

Shamil Musaev’s violent highlight reel now includes a $1 million knockout.

At 2024 PFL Championship on Friday, Musaev (20-0-1) knocked out previously unbeaten Magomed Umalatov (17-1) to win the promotion’s welterweight title. The stoppage came at 1:44 of Round 3. The event took place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

A feint right hand followed by a massive left hook dropped Umalatov to start the finishing sequence. Musaev threw a series of bombs thereafter the snatched Umalatov’s consciousness. Presumably due to the damage absorbed, Umalatov was not present for the official decision’s reading.

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The knockout was Musaev’s third in four PFL appearances. A relative unknown entering the season, Musaev knocked out Logan Storley and Murad Ramazanov, before he rematched Ramazanov and won by unanimous decision.

Umalatov loses for the first time as a professional. Prior to this defeat, Umalatov was 8-0 under the PFL banner including three 2024 wins over Andrey Koreshkov, Brennan Ward, and Neiman Gracie.

Up-to-the-minute 2024 PFL Championship results include:

• Brendan Loughnane vs. Timur Khizriev – for featherweight title
• Dakota Ditcheva vs. Taila Santos – for women’s flyweight title
• Impa Kasanganay vs. Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov – for light heavyweight title
• Shamil Musaev def. Magomed Umalatov via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 1:44 – to win 2024 welterweight title
• Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 2:31 – to win 2024 lightweight title
• Denis Goltsov def. Oleg Popov via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:55 – to win 2024 heavyweight title
• Abdullah Al-Qahtani def. Maraoune Bellagouit via TKO (punches) – Round 1 – for MENA featherweight title
• Omar El Dafrawy def. Mohammad Alaqraa via TKO (punches) – Round 2; 0:57 – to win MENA welterweight title
• Ali Taleb def. Rachid El Hazoume via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:25 – to win MENA bantamweight title
• Mohsen Mohammadseifi def. Georges Eid via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) – for MENA lightweight title
• Mansour Barnaoui def. Alfie Davis via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:41
• Slim Trabelsi def. Abraham Bably via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Gabriel Braga def. Jeremy Kennedy via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Asael Adjoudj def. Jose Perez via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:10
• Costello van Steenis def. Joao Dantas via knockout (head kick) – Round 1, 0:48

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2024 PFL Championship.