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00:00Let's start with the main fight, Lovhnein versus Hizriyev.
00:07Now this was for the featherweight title, Lovhnein former champion back in 2022, a guy
00:11who had his work cut out for him against this dangerous, dangerous Russian Hizriyev, undefeated
00:19and that's pretty much how the fight went.
00:21It was a tough fight for Lovhnein, Hizriyev controlled all five rounds.
00:25He gets the decision.
00:26You know, he got a 49-46 on two cards, 50-45 on one card.
00:31It was a tough fight.
00:32Lovhnein, got to give him credit though for the adversity, battled through all five rounds,
00:35did not get finished, bleeding for about three or four of those rounds, but still, you know,
00:40keeps going, still keeps trying to do his thing.
00:43Got caught a couple of times with some good takedowns, trying to do the spinning back
00:47kicks every time Hizriyev threw those, it was a good shot to Lovhnein, but if Lovhnein
00:52threw those, it ended up in a takedown for his opponent.
00:55So tough stylistically for him there, Hizriyev showing the great wrestling, but what really
00:59impressed of course was his standup.
01:01He was picking his opponent apart just quicker with the jabs, with the short shots, Lovhnein
01:07was bleeding throughout much of the fight and, you know, I went back and watched and
01:09I couldn't really find the spot where, oh, that's the one that landed that cut him open.
01:13No, it was just repeated strikes by his opponent time and time again through the first couple
01:17rounds that, you know, gave him that blood down the face, horror movie look that he fought
01:22through for another three rounds.
01:24And in the end, Hizriyev takes the title and is now the lightweight champion for 2024 for
01:30the PFL.
01:31Great performance by him.
01:32He's a dangerous fighter.
01:33It's going to be interesting to see what is next for him and how people attack this guy
01:37because, you know, he was known as a wrestler when he's Dagestani wrestlers, but when you
01:41show that kind of grit on the feet and the great shots, the quickness, the, you know,
01:47the different attacks, it wasn't just straight rights or one twos or just basic boxing.
01:52Like I said, he was throwing some spinning back kicks.
01:54He was throwing lots of different combinations and different attacks, give you a different
01:58look with every time.
01:59Loughnane struggled with it.
02:01Others might as well.
02:02We will see what 2025 holds for the future champ.
02:05You know, if you watch me on Coast to Coast this past week, I was giving out some picks,
02:09figuring out what we can do.
02:10You know, Hizriyev, of course, was a big favorite, so it was hard to bet him, but he wins that.
02:14We also went Loughnane plus five and a half on the spread on DraftKings.
02:18So that one paid off at least, you know, even though he lost, you get some good victory
02:22there.
02:23Also, co-main event was the women's flyweight title.
02:26Go to Ditcheva versus Tyler Santos.
02:28We talked to Ditcheva a couple of weeks ago.
02:30The undefeated young phenom rising up the ranks, just dropping ladies left and right.
02:34Go against Santos, a longtime vet who has fought for titles in the UFC.
02:38Coming now fighting for the title in the PFL.
02:40A lot more experience, a lot more grit in a lot of people's minds because of what we've
02:44seen from her.
02:45We hadn't seen Ditcheva go deep into a fight.
02:46Could she handle a big, strong grappler like this?
02:50The answer is yes.
02:52And she did it pretty convincingly.
02:54Second round knockout for her as she dropped Santos.
02:56Talked some smack afterwards talking about how Santos was calling her a Barbie, saying
03:01that she wasn't that good, that she was going to put her in her place.
03:04Well, she said, Barbie just beat your butt and threw on some lipstick afterwards.
03:09I mean, it was just a great performance by Ditcheva.
03:13Santos was trying to get her against the cage, maybe rough her up a little bit there, go
03:16for takedowns there.
03:17Ditcheva used great body control, stayed on the feet, picked her apart, and just mixed
03:22up her attacks left and right.
03:24She threw some great, just straight shots to the face.
03:27Then all of a sudden would throw the straight kick to the face and catch Santos with that.
03:30Throw some leg kicks to make her think low, just constantly raising and lowering her eyes
03:35and her point of defense.
03:37Then every time that she brought her hands up, well, let's throw some good knees to the
03:40body.
03:41Ditcheva just kept picking her apart through the first two rounds whenever she got free
03:44of the grappling that Santos was trying to do.
03:47Then in the second round, as you saw there in the video, those body shots, first a big
03:50knee to the body, then two big uppercuts are what end this fight as she finishes Santos.
03:56She doubles her over with the uppercut to the body and then finished her once more.
03:59She is now the PFL women's champion in the flyweight division.
04:05Was the European champion, now the overall flyweight champion, and we'll see what's next
04:09for her.
04:10She gets some pay-per-view fights or what, but she's shown that she is a rising star
04:13for the PFL.