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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2899548" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fabricio-Werdum">Fabricio Werdum</keyword> tied <keyword id="1715557" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="PFL">PFL</keyword> <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> opponent <keyword id="11217759" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="renan-ferreira">Renan Ferreira</keyword> up with a triangle choke Thursday.</li><li>Ferreira tapped, but the referee didn't spot it. Werdum loosened the hold and then lost by knockout.</li><li>Werdum - a former UFC champ - bemoaned the result. Watch it all unfold right here. </li></ul>The former <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum lost his <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/pfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Fighters League</a> debut in bizarre fashion Thursday, appearing to make his opponent tap before being knocked out himself seconds later.It all went down at PFL 3, a behind-closed-doors <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> event at the $200 million Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.PFL 3 was the third event of the 2021 PFL season, and showcased the league's biggest and baddest athletes - male heavyweights and female lightweights.In the PFL, athletes vie for as many points as possible so they can proceed to the playoffs later in the year.As PFL analyst and commentator <a href="https://www.insider.com/professional-fighters-league-leaders-return-to-mma-league-thursday-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenny Florian pointed out to Insider earlier this week</a>, Werdum is regarded as one of the favorites for this season's $1 million winner's check.Werdum looked to be living up to that reputation Thursday and thought he had his bout done and dusted in the first round. He had Renan Ferreira in a triangle choke, and appeared to make him tap twice.His pursuit of the PFL Championship suffered a strange hiccup, however, when the referee did not seem to spot Ferreira tapping out.Moments later Werdum was beaten by knockout.Watch the submission right here:Immediately after appearing to tap, Ferreira unleashed hammerfists on Werdum, rendering him unconscious, and reversing the result. Ferreira scored a knockout victory as opposed to suffering a submission defeat.The ramifications of the outcome are huge for the state of the PFL league. Victories in the league format are rewarded with three points, with additional points given to finishes.Rather than top the heavyweight table with six points (three for a win and three for a first-round finish), Werdum instead sees himself with zero, looking up at Ferreira who has those six points."I don't want to say nothing to him," Werdum said, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/5/6/22424131/pfl-3-results-renan-ferreira-taps-but-knocks-out-fabricio-werdum-kayla-harrison-rolls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to MMA Fighting</a>. "But he knows in his mind that he tapped. And it's not fair."See Ferreira's knockout win here:It is currently unclear if Werdum will officially challenge the result. If he were to challenge the result, it is not certain that it would be successful.

Ex-UFC king Fabricio Werdum made Renan Ferreira tap twice, but was knocked out moments later in a bizarre PFL debut

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A unique camera angle showcases a devastating finishing sequence at a <keyword id="1715557" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="PFL">PFL</keyword> event Thursday.</li><li>Cezar Ferreira kept swinging his limbs at Nick Roehrick until he won a 37-second knockout.</li><li>Watch it here, together with highlights from other PFL 2 fights.</li></ul>A cageside view of a thumping 14-strike sequence shows how brutal but awesome <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> can be.<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/pfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Fighters League (PFL)</a> returned for the second event of its regular season Thursday for an eight-bout card broadcast on ESPN from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.PFL has a number of unique camera angles, such as a bodycam on the referee, to cameras placed on the floor of the cage.One of those cameras caught Cezar Ferreira's 37-second finish over his light heavyweight opponent Nick Roehrick, and it's a timely reminder of how different professional combat athletes are to you and me.For one, Ferreira just doesn't stop swinging. His devastating finishing sequence started with a head kick, featured powerful slugs like hooks, and the final blows landed with an undeniable thud.But then there's Roehrick's resistance to the shots. Even though the finish counts as a stoppage, he was not left unconscious.Watch Ferreira's victory right here:Elsewhere on the card, <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/rory-macdonald" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rory MacDonald</a> dominated Curtis Millender in his PFL debut and won via rear-naked choke three minutes and 38 seconds into the first round.Watch MacDonald triumph here:Two former $1 million PFL champions also competed in separate bouts at PFL2.Emiliano Sordi, who won the light heavyweight tournament in 2019, out-pointed Chris Camozzi.And Ray Cooper III, the welterweight champ that same year, submitted Jason Ponet with an arm-triangle choke.Watch Cooper slam then sub Ponet here:PFL returns next Thursday, May 6 for its third event of the regular season, showcasing its heavyweight fighters in the men's and women's divisions.Former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum headlines the show with his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira.Women's lightweight, which ESPN has dubbed the heavyweight division for women, also features. Reigning queen Kayla Harrison returns to PFL with a bout against Mariana Morais.

A cageside view of a thumping 14-strike KO sequence shows how brutal but awesome MMA can be

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The biggest, baddest athletes on the <keyword id="1715557" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="PFL">PFL</keyword> roster return to the <keyword id="6403489" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma">MMA</keyword> cage on Thursday.</li><li>PFL CEO <keyword id="5885869" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Peter-Murray">Peter Murray</keyword> said this was by design: The league wants to showcase its big men and women.</li><li>Fighters <keyword id="2899548" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fabricio-Werdum">Fabricio Werdum</keyword> and <keyword id="419948" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kayla-Harrison">Kayla Harrison</keyword> are both expected go far in the 2021 league.</li></ul>The biggest, baddest men and women on the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/pfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professional Fighters League</a> roster will return to the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> season for a heavyweight showcase on Thursday.The showcase involves 18 fighters in nine separate bouts, with the heaviest athletes in the PFL stable: Heavyweight for men (206 to 265 pounds), and lightweight for women (up to 155 pounds). PFL CEO Peter Murray told Insider that the structure of the MMA event is intentional. The company wanted to restart its live-events business with big-name athletes like Anthony Pettis and Rory MacDonald in the earliest events of its 2021 season - PFL 1 and PFL 2 - before leading into PFL 3, where the company's strongest and heaviest athletes do battle."We wanted to build up to the big guns for the men and women, and that's the exciting thing about seeing two weight classes on the same night," Murray said. "The similarities and differences, the story, the experience. For sure, this was all by design."PFL 1 and PFL 2 were the first live shows since 2019, since the PFL postponed its 2020 season due to the pandemic. The current season's events are being held behind closed doors, at a quarantined studio inside the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.The PFL is unlike other combat-sports promotions that operate in MMA, since it adopts a structure similar to the NFL and NBA: Athletes navigate through a regular season, a playoff, and a lucrative tournament final. By contrast, firms like the UFC construct fight cards that feature multiple standalone matches in which the winners advance in the rankings of their respective weight classes. Then eventually, they might challenge for a title.So far, the PFL's 2021 season has produced a stunning upset - boxing cult hero Clay Collard out-pointed the former UFC champion, Pettis, in April. The league also offered a lesson in pure dominance, when <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-cezar-ferreiras-14-strike-finish-proves-mma-is-awesome-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacDonald</a>, the former Bellator ruler, <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-cezar-ferreiras-14-strike-finish-proves-mma-is-awesome-2021-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted PFL 2 opponent Curtis Millender with a rear-naked choke</a> on April 29.On Thursday, the male heavyweights and female lightweights - a weight class unofficially regarded as the heavyweight division for women - take center stage.It's an event that will be of special interest to PFL President Ray Sefo, a former fighter in multiple combat disciplines. He stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 265 pounds."Ray Sefo - he's a big fella," Murray told Insider. "He loves all the fighters, weight classes, but there's a special place for the heavyweights for Ray. He always has an added wink and extra smile when it comes to male heavyweights and women's lightweights."<h2>Thursday's event offers 9 PFL fights</h2>"There's a lot of really great fighters on display," PFL analyst and commentator <keyword id="5496669" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kenny-Florian">Kenny Florian</keyword> told Insider of Thursday's showcase.Here's the full slate:<ul><li>Fabricio Werdum vs. Renan Ferreira - heavyweight</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/kayla-harrison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kayla Harrison</a> vs. Mariana Morais - women's lightweight</li><li>Muhammad Usman vs. Brandon Sayles - heavyweight</li><li>Genah Fabian vs. Laura Sanchez - women's lightweight</li><li>Denis Goltsov vs. Justin Willis - heavyweight</li><li>Larissa Pacheco vs. Julija Pajic - women's lightweight</li><li>Ante Delija vs. Bruno Cappelozza - heavyweight</li><li>Cindy Dandois vs. Kaitlin Young - women's lightweight</li><li>Olena Kolesnyk vs. Taylor Guardado - women's lightweight</li></ul><h2>Werdum and Harrison could win this season's $1 million checks</h2><div type="image" title="Kenny Florian joins PFL MMA" height="500" width="1000" msid="82420225" hostid="261"></div>Florian singled 0ut Denis Goltsov as a fighter to keep an eye on because of the Russian's movement and skills in the sambo discipline. But Florian seemed most excited about Fabricio Werdum, who makes his debut for PFL at age 43.A black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo, and Muay Thai, Werdum is a former UFC champion. He left the Las Vegas-based promotion with a win after submitting Alexander Gustafsson with an armbar on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi in July. Months later, he signed a deal with the PFL."A motivated Fabricio Werdum is capable of defeating any heavyweight in the world," Florian said. "Yes, he's a little bit older, but it seems when he's motivated, his striking and his wrestling go to new heights. This opportunity to fight all these guys who don't have the same kind of experience he has presents a great opportunity for him to not only look good but make a heck of a lot of money this year."In the women's bracket, Florian foresees a second successive championship win for Kayla Harrison. That would mean she'd take home another $1 million check on top of her other fight payments. Harrison is a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka."I don't see how anyone can really defeat her at this point," Florian said.He added that Larissa Pacheco could provide a challenge, "as she's tough as nails." But ultimately, he thinks "it's Kayla's tournament to lose.""She's such a strong favorite, and with her mindset and physical skills, she's going to be even better this season," he said of Harrison, adding, "this season, she could prove that she is [a superstar]. I think she's pretty much there. I see her being so dominant that she's the best 155-pounder in the world. Easily."Over the course of this season, Florian said, he's curious to see how Harrison has evolved, as well as "what tricks she's got."PFL's event on Thursday will be broadcast on ESPN+ from 5.30 p.m. ET before transitioning to ESPN for 7 p.m.The event will also be on ESPN Deportes.

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