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Matt Erickson

2022 PFL Championships: Make your predictions for six playoff finals

We want your predictions for Friday’s 2022 PFL Championships event in New York.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the 2022 PFL Championships main card staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. The 2022 PFL finals take place Friday at Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN+.

Make your picks for the fights below.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for 2022 PFL Championships.

Omari Akhmedov vs. Rob Wilkinson

Records: Omari Akhmedov (24-7-1), Rob Wilkinson (16-2)
Past five: Akhmedov 3-2, Wilkinson 5-0
Division: Light heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Akhmedov +165, Wilkinson -210

Sadibou Sy vs. Dilano Taylor

Records: Sadibou Sy (12-6-2), Dilano Taylor (10-2)
Past five: Sy 4-1, Taylor 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Sy -165, Taylor +135

Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Stevie Ray

Records: Olivier Aubin-Mercier (16-5), Stevie Ray (25-10)
Past five: Aubin-Mercier 5-0, Ray 3-2
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Aubin-Mercier -375, Ray +280

Julia Budd vs. Aspen Ladd

Records: Julia Budd (16-4), Aspen Ladd (9-3)
Past five: Budd 3-2, Ladd 2-3
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: Budd No. 3 women’s featherweight, honorable mention women’s pound-for-pound; Ladd No. 8 women’s bantamweight
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Budd +170, Ladd -210

Ante Delija vs. Matheus Scheffel

Records: Ante Delija (22-5), Matheus Scheffel (17-8)
Past five: Delija 4-1, Scheffel 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Delija -225, Scheffel +185

Bubba Jenkins vs. Brendan Loughnane

Records: Bubba Jenkins (19-5), Brendan Loughnane (25-4)
Past five: Jenkins 4-1, Loughnane 4-1
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Jenkins +140, Loughnane -165

Kayla Harrison vs. Larissa Pacheco

Records: Kayla Harrison (15-0), Larissa Pacheco (18-4)
Past five: Harrison 5-0, Pacheco 5-0
Division: Women’s lightweight
Rankings: Harrison No. 8 women’s featherweight, No. 9 women’s pound-for-pound; Pacheco No. 14 women’s pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 11.21.22): Harrison -700, Pacheco +475

2022 PFL Championships fight card (as of Nov. 21, 10 a.m. ET)

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Kayla Harrison vs. Larissa Pacheco – women’s lightweight final
  • Bubba Jenkins vs. Brendan Loughnane – featherweight final
  • Ante Delija vs. Matheus Scheffel – heavyweight final
  • Julia Budd vs. Aspen Ladd
  • Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Stevie Ray – lightweight final
  • Sadibou Sy vs. Dilano Taylor – welterweight final
  • Omari Akhmedov vs. Rob Wilkinson – light heavyweight final

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)

  • Marlon Moraes vs. Sheymon Moraes
  • Natan Schulte vs. Jeremy Stephens
  • Magomed Magomedkerimov vs. Gleison Tibau
  • Katherine Corogenes vs. Dakota Ditcheva
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