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How to watch 2023 PFL 5: Who’s fighting, lineup, start time, broadcast info

The second half of the PFL’s regular season continues this week with 2023 PFL 5, which features featherweights and light heavyweights in action for the second time this year.

Here’s how to watch PFL 5, with a complete lineup and breakdown by division.

Broadcast and streaming info

2023 PFL 5 takes place Thursday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The prelims stream on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET. The main card simultaneously airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET.

Heavyweight

Reigning heavyweight champion Ante Delija will compete for the first time this season after he was forced out of his scheduled opening bout with Yorgan De Castro in April. With 0 points in the standings, Delija will need an early finish to give himself a shot to advance to the postseason. Denis Goltsov leads the heavyweight pack with 6 points, followed by Maurice Greene (5), Danilo Marques (3), Renan Ferreira (3), and Matheus Scheffel (3).

Women's featherweights

2023 PFL 2 Las Vegas at the The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, Friday, April 7, 2023. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Amber Leibrock sits in the driver’s seat as the leader of the women’s featherweight standings with 6 points, followed by Marina Mokhnatkina (5), Larissa Pacheco (3), and Evelyn Martins (3). Pacheco, who won last season’s women’s lightweight championship, could be in need of something big to secure a postseason berth. Former UFC standout Aspen Ladd heads into her second PFL appearance with no points and said she will have a sense of urgency in her fight with Karolina Sobek.

Full fight card

MAIN CARD (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Ante Delija vs. Maurice Greene
  • Amber Leibrock vs. Larissa Pacheco
  • Travell Miller vs. Biaggio Ali Walsh
  • Aspen Ladd vs. Karolina Sobek
  • Renan Ferreira vs. Matheus Scheffel

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m.)

  • Yorgan De Castro vs. Denis Goltsov
  • Evelyn Martins vs. Marina Mokhnatkina
  • Danilo Marques vs. Marcelo Nunes
  • Julia Budd vs. Martina Jindrova
  • Yoko Higashi vs. Olena Kolesnyk
  • Patrick Brady vs. Jordan Heiderman
  • Denzel Freeman vs. Isaiah Pinson
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