PFL Europe 1 (2023)

PFL Europe 1
The poster for PFL Europe 1
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	March 25, 2023 (2023-March-25)
Venue	Vertu Motors Arena
City	Newcastle, England
Event chronology
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Main article: PFL (2023 season)

The PFL Europe 1 mixed martial arts event for the 2023 season of the Professional Fighters League Europe was held on March 25, 2023, at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, England. This was the inaugural event of the PFL Europe league, holding bouts in the Light Heavyweight and Women's Flyweight

Background

Starting in 2023 PFL Europe will feature young European MMA fighters, broadcast during prime local hours with all events staged in Europe. The format will follow the same as the regular PFL Season, with the winner receiving a $100,000 prize and a chance to earn a spot in the 2024 PFL regular season.

At weigh-ins, Mafalda Carmona, who was supposed to fight Griet Eeckhout in the flyweight category, weighed in at 131.2 pounds, which was 5.2 pounds over the limit. Consequently, the fight was called off. Lewis Monarch weighed in at 157 pounds for his lightweight showcase bout against Ownsworth, exceeding the 156-pound limit by one pound. However, the bout went ahead with Monarch being penalized a certain percentage of his earnings.

Results

Main Card (DAZN)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Simeón Powell	def.	Mohamed Amine	Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)	2	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Dakota Ditcheva	def.	Malin Hermansson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:52
Bantamweight	Lewis McGrillen-Evans	def.	Salih Kulucan	KO (punch)	1	2:33
Light Heavyweight	Jakob Nedoh	def.	Riccardo Nosiglia	KO (punches)	1	0:48
Light Heavyweight	Anthony Salamone	def.	Daniel Ladero	TKO (punches)	1	2:19
Women's Flyweight	Cornelia Holm	def.	Marta Waliczek	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Abdellah Er-Ramy	def.	Mădălin Pîrvulescu	TKO (punches)	1	2:18
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Scatizzi	def.	Lizzy Gevers	Decision (split) (30–27, 29–28, 28–29)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (DAZN)
Bantamweight	Louis Lee Scott	def.	Sam Robinson	TKO (punches and head kick)	1	0:21
Lightweight	Oscar Ownsworth	def.	Lewis Monarch	Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29)	3	5:00

Brackets

Light Heavyweight

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mohamed Amine	2r.
	Simeón Powell	SUB
					Simeón Powell
					Abdellah Er-Ramy
	Abdellah Er-Ramy	TKO
	Mădălin Pîrvulescu	1r.
	Riccardo Nosiglia	1r.
	Jakob Nedoh	KO
					Jakob Nedoh
					Anthony Salamone
	Anthony Salamone	TKO
	Daniel Ladero	1r.

Women's Flyweight

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Valentina Scatizzi	SD
	Lizzy Gevers	3r.
					Valentina Scatizzi
					Cornelia Holm
	Marta Waliczek	3r.
	Cornelia Holm	SD
	Dakota Ditcheva	SUB
	Malin Hermansson	1r.
					Dakota Ditcheva
	Mafalda Carmona
	Griet Eeckhout

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters