$400,000 On The Line
The PFL Europe 2024 Championships draws to a close this Saturday with four divisional winners set to be crowned PFL Europe Champions and pocket a cool $100,000 (USD) each in prize money.
The event goes down in Lyon, France and will be headlined by a fascinating matchup between one of the company’s biggest French stars Abdoul Abdouraguimov and UFC veteran Laureano Staropoli.
With the finals of the bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight and women’s flyweight tournaments filling out the card, there should be no shortage of excitement during the promotion’s final event of 2024.
With a sell-out crowd of 10,000 screaming French MMA fans in attendance, the LDLC Arena will be the place to be this weekend.
Check out the PFL Europe Championships results below.
Abdoul Abdouraguimov (18-1) vs. Laureano Staropoli (13-6) Welterweight main event
Abdouraguimov wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). “Lazy King” came close to finishing the fight in the first round one, but has to rely on the judge’s scorecards to calim the 19th victory of his professional career.
Patrick Habirora (4-0) vs. Catalin Safta (5-2) Lightweight co-main event
Habirora wins by KO/TKO at 2:16 of round three. “The Belgian Bomber” pulls off a KO of the year contender to extend his unbeaten start to his professional career.
THE BELGIAN BOMBER! 💥
Patrick Habirora sleeps Catalin Safta in the third round with a HUGE right hook!#PFLLyon| LIVE NOW ON https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/l8jQ26uCbh
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Mickael Groguhe (5-2) vs. Lamine Sene (5-7) Heavyweight
Groguhe wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) in his PFL Europe debut in front of a partisan French crowd.
Official #PFLLyon Result: Mickael Groguhe def. Lamine Sene via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).#PFLLyon | LIVE NOW on https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/M3Em04prnd
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Lewis McGrillen-Evans (10-1) vs. Alexander Luster (9-1) Bantamweight final
McGrillen-Evans wins by KO/TKO at 3:52 of round two to become the PFL Europe bantamweight champion and claim a check for $100,000.
Connor Hughes (10-1) vs. Jakub Kaszuba (13-0) Lightweight final
Kaszuba wins by KO/TKO (ground and pound) at 4:07 of round four to claim his second consecutive PFL Europe lightweight title and pocket $100,000 in prize money.
MASSIVE ELBOWS FROM KASZUBA FORCES THE STOPPAGE!
Jakub Kaszuba stops Connor Hughes in the fourth round via TKO to become the 2024 PFL Europe Lightweight Champion!#PFLLyon | LIVE NOW ON https://t.co/PPTLC9x6IC pic.twitter.com/3VfMX9vOYu
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Mathys Duragrin (3-0) vs. Yassin Chtatou (2-4) Featherweight
Duragrin wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25) to extend his professional record to 4-0 in his PFL Europe debut.
Official #PFLLyon Result: Mathys Duragrin def. Yassin Chtatou via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-25).#PFLLyon | LIVE NOW on https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/6H5lZYIjZ9
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Mehdi Saadi (6-2) vs. Mahio Campanella (6-1) Bantamweight
Campanella wins by submission (head and arm choke) at 4:45 of round one. The 37-year-old picked up his fifth consecutive victory, his fifth consecutive finish and the fifth submission victory of his career.
CAMPANELLA GETS THE TAP!
Mahio Campanella stops Ezzoubair Bouarsa in the first round with a nasty head and arm choke.#PFLLyon | LIVE NOW ON https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/sPD418Gief
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Salvo Giudice (Debut) vs. Atilla Kobas (2-1) Welterweight
Giudice wins by unanimous decision (30-27,30-26, 30-25) to get his professional career off to the perfect start.
𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗧! 🇫🇷
Salvo Giudice put on a perfect performance in front of @cedricdoumbe with a unanimous decision victory over Atilla Kobas!
Does he deserve a contract?
Presented by @UnibetFrance
#PFLLyon | LIVE NOW on https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/pXt6ZOnm3o
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
Florim Zendeli (9-1-1) vs. Daniele Miceli (13-5) Welterweight final
Zendeli wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:34 of round one and claims his third PFL victory of 2024 along with the championship belt and $100,000.
Paulina Wisniewska (4-0) vs. Valentina Scatizzi (3-3) Flyweight final
Wisniewska wins by TKO (knee and punches) at 0:20 of round one. The Polish fighter is now the 2024 women’s flyweight champion and pockets a cool $100,000 in prize money after picking up the fastest-ever victory in a PFL Europe championship fight.
Brice Belghazi (1-0) vs. Eoin Sheridan (1-0) Welterweight
Sheridan wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). The Irishman dominated in his promotional debut from the opening bell.
Claudio Pacella (4-2) vs. Oscar Ownsworth (8-3-1) Lightweight
Pacella wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). The Italian, who trains out of SBG in Dublin, Ireland, picked up his second consecutive victory within the PFL smartcage.
𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗭𝗔 𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔! 🇮🇹
Claudio Pacella defeated Oscar Ownsworth via unanimous decision and advances to 5-2!
Presented by @UnibetFrance #PFLLyon | LIVE NOW on https://t.co/PPTLC9xEya pic.twitter.com/CM6Na4I0ET
— PFL Europe (@PFLEurope) December 14, 2024
