On Thursday, June 7, the Professional Fighters League kicked off its 2018 regular season from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In the night’s main event, former World Series of Fighting and Titan FC featherweight champion Andre Harrison defeated UFC veteran Jumabieke Tuerxun.
In the evening’s other action, former World Series of Fighting bantamweight titleholder Bekbulat Magomedov fought former featherweight champ Lance Palmer, former King of Pancrase champion Nazareno Malegarie took on former Bellator bantamweight titleholder Marcos Galvão, and former WSOF featherweight champ battled England’s Lee Coville.
The preliminary action began at 6:15 p.m. ET on Facebook. The main card continued on NBC Sports Network at 9 p.m. ET.
Andre Harrison def. Jumabieke Tuerxun by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Lance Palmer def. Bekbulat Magomedov by submission (rear-naked choke). Round 2, 3:21
Timur Valiev def. Max Coga by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Alex Nicholson def. Jake Heun by knockout (flying knee). Round 2, 0:58
Jared Rosholt def. Valdrin Istrefi by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-25, 29-28)
Nazareno Malegarie def. Marcos Galvão by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Kelvin Tiller def. Caio Alencar by knockout (punch). Round 1, 3:34
Steven Siler def. Magomed Idrisov by submission (triangle choke). Round 1, 4:19
Alexandre Almeida def. Lee Coville by submission (armbar). Round 1, 1:22
Francimar Barroso def. Daniel Gallemore by TKO (injury). Round 1, 3:57