PFL 2023, Week 5: Make your predictions for women’s featherweights, heavyweights in Atlanta
We want your predictions for Friday’s PFL 2023, Week 5 event in Atlanta.
Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT).
Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the PFL 2023, Week 5 main card staff predictions we release Thursday ahead of the event. PFL 2023, Week 5 takes place Friday at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. The main card airs on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.
Make your picks for the fights below.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2023, Week 5.
Denzel Freeman vs. Isaiah Pinson
Records: Denzel Freeman (4-0), Isaiah Pinson (2-0)
Past five: Freeman 4-0, Pinson 2-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Patrick Brady vs. Jordan Heiderman
Records: Patrick Brady (5-0), Jordan Heiderman (6-1)
Past five: Brady 5-0, Heiderman 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Yoko Higashi vs. Olena Kolesnyk
Records: Yoko Higashi (8-3), Olena Kolesnyk (8-5)
Past five: Higashi 4-1, Kolesnyk 3-2
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: Kolesnyk No. 7
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Julia Budd vs. Martina Jindrova
Records: Julia Budd (16-6), Martina Jindrova (6-4)
Past five: Budd 2-3, Jindrova 3-2
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: Budd No. 9
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Danilo Marques vs. Marcelo Nunes
Records: Danilo Marques (14-4), Marcelo Nunes (9-2)
Past five: Marques 3-2, Nunes 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Evelyn Martins vs. Marina Mokhnatkina
Records: Evelyn Martins (5-0), Marina Mokhnatkina (9-3)
Past five: Martins 5-0, Mokhnatkina 4-1
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Yorgan De Castro vs. Denis Goltsov
Records: Yorgan De Castro (9-4), Denis Goltsov (30-7)
Past five: De Castro 3-2, Goltsov 4-1
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Renan Ferreira vs. Matheus Scheffel
Records: Renan Ferreira (9-4), Matheus Scheffel (17-10)
Past five: Ferreira 3-2, Scheffel 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Aspen Ladd vs. Karolina Sobek
Records: Aspen Ladd (10-4), Karolina Sobek (4-1)
Past five: Ladd 2-3, Sobek 4-1
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: Ladd No. 8
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Amber Leibrock vs. Larissa Pacheco
Records: Amber Leibrock (7-4), Larissa Pacheco (20-4)
Past five: Leibrock 4-1, Pacheco 5-0
Division: Women’s featherweight
Rankings: Pacheco No. 4, No. 10 pound-for-pound
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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Ante Delija vs. Maurice Greene
Records: Ante Delija (23-5), Maurice Greene (11-7)
Past five: Delija 4-1, Greene 3-2
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: Delija honorable mention
Odds(as of 06.12.23): N/A
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PFL 2023, Week 5 fight card (as of June 12, noon ET)
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)
Ante Delija vs. Maurice Greene
Amber Leibrock vs. Larissa Pacheco
Travell Miller vs. Biaggio Ali Walsh
Aspen Ladd vs. Karolina Sobek
Renan Ferreira vs. Matheus Scheffel
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Yorgan De Castro vs. Denis Goltsov
Evelyn Martins vs. Marina Mokhnatkina
Danilo Marques vs. Marcelo Nunes
Julia Budd vs. Martina Jindrova
Yoko Higashi vs. Olena Kolesnyk
Patrick Brady vs. Jordan Heiderman
Denzel Freeman vs. Isaiah Pinson
