Taila Santos makes weight and confirms title fight and million-dollar prize in the PFL finals

Taila Santos weighing in for the PFL final

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Taila Santos took an important step in her quest to win the PFL flyweight tournament (up to 65,7 kg), with a prize of US$ 1 million (approximately R$ 5,98 million) at the current exchange rate. On the morning of this Thursday (28), the day before the grand final of the competition against Dakota Ditcheva, the fighter from Santa Catarina won the challenge against the scales at the official weigh-in of the event, which takes place this Friday (29), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PFL World Championsip 2024 co-main event lineup, Taila Santos hit 56,7 kg, the weight limit for the flyweight division. The Brazilian's opponent, the undefeated British Dakota Ditcheva, also confirmed her presence, hitting 56,6 kg.

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As much as Taila Santos and Dakota Ditcheva, all ten others involved in the event's tournament finals fulfilled their commitments and stayed within the limits of their respective categories.

PFL World Championship weigh-in results

Order date: November 29th, 2024

Open Hours: from 9:15 am (Brasília time)

Location: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE in real time; Combat Channel (from 11:30 am) on TV,  Combat Channel on Youtube (preliminary card) and CombatePlay through the Internet

MAIN CARD (15pm Brasília time)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Timur Khizriev (65,7 kg) x Brendan Loughnane (65,6 kg)

Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Dakota Ditcheva (56,6 kg) x Taila Santos (56,7 kg)

Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Impa Kasanganay (92,8 kg) x Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (92,5 kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Shamil Musaev (77 kg) x Magomed Umatulov (76,5 kg)

Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Brent Primus (70 kg) x Gadzhi Rabadanov (70,3 kg)

Heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg): Denis Goltsov (111,4 kg) vs Oleg Popov (113,1 kg)

PRELIMINARY CARD (PFL MENA) (9:15 pm Brasília time)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Marouane Bellagouit (65,6 kg) vs Abdullah Al-Qahtani (65,5 kg)

Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Mohammad Alaqraa (76,9 kg) vs Omar El Dafrawy (77,1 kg)

Atomweight (up to 47,7 kg.): Hattan Alsaif (47,8 kg) x Lilia Osmani (49,1 kg)*

Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Ali Taleb (60,7 kg) x Rachid El Hazoume (61,1 kg)

Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Mohsen Mohammadseifi (70,1 kg) vs Georges Eid (70,3 kg)

Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Mansour Barnaoui (69,6 kg) x Alfie Davis (70,6 kg)

Heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg): Slim Trabelsi (110,4 kg) x Abraham Bably (114,2 kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Gabriel Braga x Jeremy kennedy (65,7 kg)

Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Asael Adjoud (66,1 kg) x José Perez (65,7 kg)

Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Costello van Steenis (84,3 kg) x John Dantas (83,9 kg)