PFL 7 (2024)

PFL 7
The poster for PFL 7
Promotion	Professional Fighters League
Date	August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02)
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
City	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Event chronology
PFL MENA 2 PFL 7 PFL 8

Main article: 2024 in Professional Fighters League

The PFL 7 mixed martial arts event for the 2024 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 2, 2024, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. This marked the semi-final playoffs for the Women's Flyweight and Heavyweight divisions.

Background

This event marked the promotion's first visit to Nashville and second in Tennessee state before it was rebranded promotion, since WSOF 27 in Memphis in January 2016.

The event featured the semifinal of 2024 PFL playoffs in a heavyweight and women's flyweight divisions. Oleg Popov was originally scheduled to face Valentin Moldavsky, but Moldavsky was forced to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Linton Vassell.

At weigh-ins;

• Liz Carmouche missed weight by 1 pound, coming in at 127 pounds. Carmouche forfeited 20 percent of her purse and entered the bout with a 1-pound penalty on the scorecards.
• Sergio Cossio missed weight by 6.8 pounds at 162.8 pounds, for his lightweight fight with Dedrek Sanders. The fight moved forward, and Cossio paid a penalty.
• Willis (172.6 pounds) and Ivy (172.8 pounds) both missed weight. The fight moved forward at a 173 pound catchweight, and neither man was fined.

Results

Main card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Denis Goltsov	def.	Timothy Johnson	TKO (punches)	1	2:26
Women's Flyweight	Dakota Ditcheva	def.	Jena Bishop	TKO (front kick to the body and punch)	1	3:54
Heavyweight	Oleg Popov	def.	Linton Vassell	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Taila Santos	def.	Liz Carmouche	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Heavyweight	Sergey Bilostenniy	def.	Tyrell Fortune	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:00
Featherweight	Alexei Pergande	def.	Daniel Boehle	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Cody Law	def.	Zachary Hicks	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:15
Catchweight (163 lb)	Dedrek Sanders	def.	Sergio Cossio	KO (punches)	1	2:34
Catchweight (173 lb)	Anthony Ivy	def.	Jaleel Willis	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	4:49
Welterweight	Kevin Pease	def.	Nick Meck	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

Playoff brackets

2024 PFL Heavyweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Denis Goltsov	TKO
	4	Timothy Johnson	1
						1	Denis Goltsov
						2	Oleg Popov
	2	Oleg Popov	UD
	6	Linton Vassell	3r.

2024 PFL Women's Flyweight playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Dakota Ditcheva	TKO
	4	Jena Bishop	1
						1	Dakota Ditcheva
						2	Taila Santos
	2	Taila Santos	UD
	3	Liz Carmouche	3r.

Legend

(SD)		(Split Decision)
(UD)		(Unanimous Decision)
(MD)		(Majority Decision)
SUB		Submission
(T)KO		(Technical) Knock Out
L		Loss

See also

• List of PFL events
• List of current PFL fighters