The PFL European tournament touches down in Newcastle for the first time in 2024, as the season rolls on with an intriguing main event.
World champion boxer and UK’s own Savannah Marshall will make her professional MMA debut when she takes on Brazil’s Mirela Vargas, who is making her promotional debut with PFL.
Here are the weigh-in results for the entire card of PFL Newcastle which will air on DAZN live in the UK and Ireland on June 8, 2024.
Main card:
- Savannah Marshall (160.8 lbs) vs Mirela Vargas (158.7 lbs) – Main event catchweight fight
- Kane Mousah (155.5 lbs) vs Dylan Tuke (155.7 lbs) – Lightweight
- Jack Grant (170.2 lbs) vs Charlie Leary (170.2) – Welterweight season fight
- Lewis McGrillen (135.4 lbs) vs Matiss Zaharovs (135.2 lbs) – Bantamweight showcase fight
- Shanelle Dyer (125.7 lbs) vs Mariam Torchinava (125.7 lbs) – Women’s Flyweight season fight
Prelim card:
- Ibragim Ibragimov (145.9 lbs) vs Josh Reed (145.1 lbs) – Featherweight showcase
- Dominique Wooding (135.7 lbs) vs Julien Lopez (135.4 lbs) – Bantamweight season fight
- Lizzy Gevers (124.9 lbs) vs Karolina Wojcik (125.3 lbs) – Women’s Flyweight season fight
- Mark Ewen (155.1 lbs) vs Claudio Pacella (155.6 lbs) – Lightweight showcase fight
- Khurshed Kakhorov (135.7 lbs) vs Tuomas Gronvall (134.0 lbs) – Bantamweight season fight
- Valentina Scatizzi (125.9 lbs) vs Marie Loiseau (125.4 lbs) – Women’s Flyweight season fight
- Ben Woolliss (144.7 lbs) vs Nikola Ivanovic (144.0 lbs) – Featherweight showcase fight
- Alexander Luster (135.8 lbs) vs Alperen Karabulut (135.6 lbs) – Bantamweight fight
- Dee Begley (130.3 lbs) vs Paulina Wisniewska (125.1 lbs) * – Catchweight women’s fight
*Dee Begley missed weight and her fight against Wisniewska was moved to a catchweight of 131 lbs. Begley forfeited a portion of her fight purse and will be deducted one point on the final official judges’ scorecards should the fight end in a decision. The deduction will also apply to the official fight result.
There was one cancelled fight for the event as Ayton De Paepe weighed 137.5 pounds, 1.5 pounds over the bantamweight limit. As a result, his fight against Dean Garnett was cancelled and Garnett will receive a walkover win in the PFL Europe Regular Season and advances to the 2024 PFL Europe Playoffs.
Watch the video above for the complete ceremonial weigh-ins show including fighter faceoffs.
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