2024 PFL Championship combat night time at King Saud College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Jose Peñuela / PFL)
Brent Primus, former Bellator MMA light-weight champ, and Gadzhi Rabadanov, one other Bellator alum, confronted off within the PFL’s 2024 light-weight ultimate on Friday, with each gold and 1,000,000 {dollars} in prize cash on the road in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
An early takedown by Rabadanov noticed Primus defending with a guillotine, however he rapidly bailed on it. Rabadanov then tied up Primus, seeking to isolate a leg whereas Primus flirted with first an omoplata, then a gogoplata. A low proportion submission, in MMA at the least, and one Rabadanov simply pulled freed from. Nonetheless, Primus stayed energetic looking submissions off his again, stalling the progress of Rabadanov for a time. He lastly settled in, within Primus’s guard, and landed a number of punches to the physique. If nothing else, Primus was taking an attention-grabbing method: moderately than attempting to scramble out in opposition to a fighter with stable Dagestani wrestling, Primus caught to his jiu-jitsu, and saved Rabadanov from doing any critical injury.
Spherical two noticed Primus the aggressor on the toes early, as he had been within the opening body previous to being taken down. Radadanov, on the skin, circled, and threw a couple of leg kicks. Issues took a flip just below two minutes in, nevertheless, when Rabadanov uncorked a combo that, with its ultimate punch, dropped Primus. Rabadanov adopted him down, and Primus once more tied him up on the bottom, drawing a leg up behind the neck and in search of a potential triangle. It wasn’t there, and Rabadanov would once more spend ample time in prime management. This time, Primus did almost scramble out; when caught, he fired elbows off his again to the facet of Rabadanov’s head.
Rabadanov discovered extra success on the toes in spherical three, touchdown his left hand greater than as soon as, although not clear, at the least initially. That might change moments later, with the Russian uncorking a mix that put Primus first on skates, then face down. A left, a second left, then a proper and Primus had toppled over, giving Gadzhi Rabadanov the PFL light-weight championship, and 1,000,000 {dollars} U.S. to go together with it.
Official End result: Gadzhi Rabadanov def. Brent Primus by knockout, Spherical 3, 2:31
