PFL 6 Results: Kayla Harrison bullies Kaitlin Young, Ray Cooper III wins in 24 brutal seconds

Kayla Harrison is still the most dominant woman in MMA.

On Friday night, PFL 6 took place that the OTE Arena in Atlanta and, as expected, Kayla Harrison delivered a masterful performance, overpowering Kaitlin Young en route to a first round TKO victory. Young, who was temporarily substituted for Julia Budd but had no chance against the Olympic gold medalist, won every round. Harrison took Young down early in the first round and immediately moved to dominant position. From there it was only a matter of time as Harrison landed strikes until the referee intervened at the 2:35 mark of the opening frame.

After the victory, Harrison was in high spirits and got an early birthday cake from her family as she gave her post-fight speech. Harrison will next face Martina Jindrova in the semifinals in London almost a decade after she won a gold medal in judo for the U.S. at the 2008 Olympic Games.

In the co-main event, Sadibou Sy scored an upset win over Rory MacDonald, outpointing the Canadian fighter over a grueling 15 minutes. MacDonald was looking for takedowns in the clinch throughout the fight, but was unsuccessful. Sy was able defend his takedown and was able attack MacDonald at close range. This allowed him to do enough damage to earn unanimous approval from the judges. The win puts Sy into the semifinals, where he will face Carlos Leal.

MacDonald, who was victorious in his last fight in round one, will be in the playoffs and will take the top seed. He will then face Magomed Umalatov for the semis.

In the featured main card bout, Ray Cooper III delivered an overwhelming performance in the featured welterweight fight of the evening, bulldozing Brett Cooper en route to a TKO stoppage just 24 seconds into the bout. Unfortunately, given his weight miss earlier in the season, the victory wasn’t enough to secure Cooper a spot in the playoffs this year. This is the first year Cooper, who won the previous two PFL tournaments and was in the finals in 2018, will not be part of the PFL playoffs.

Magomed Magomedkerimov also won the welterweight division with a standing TKO over Dilano. Magomedkerimov simply overwhelmed Taylor with volume and power. Magomedkerimov was unable to reach the playoffs, just like Cooper.

Larissa Pacheco, who won the women’s lightweight category, continued to dominate everyone except Kayla Harrison. She finished Genah Fabian with strikes on ground in round 1. Pacheco came out guns blazing, hurting Fabian on the feet, before securing top position following a Fabian shot. After stepping into mount, Pacheco tried to secure an arm-triangle but couldn’t quite finish it so she settled for pounding Fabian out. This win secured the No. 1 overall seed for Pacheco, who will face

In the opening round of the main card, Magomed Umalatov landed a brutal knockout that put Jarrah Al Silwi out cold with an overhand right. The finish was enough to propel him into the welterweight playoffs, where he will face MacDonald.

In the prelims Olena Koleskyk and Martina Jindrova dominated the competition to get into the lightweight playoffs. Kolesnyk defeated Vanessa Melo unanimously, while Jindrova won the first round TKO against Zamzagul Fayzallanova. Kolesnyk will face Larissa Pachecho in the first round of the playoffs, while Jindrova will face Kayla Harrison.

Check out the full PFL 6 results below.

Main Card

Kayla Harrison def. Kaitlin Young via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:35

Sadibou Sy def. Rory MacDonald via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Ray Cooper III def. Brett Cooper via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:24

Magomed Magomedkerimov def. Dilano Taylor via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:26

Larissa Pacheco def. Genah Fabian via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:39

Magomed Umalatov def. Jarrah Al-Silawi by KO (punch) – Round 1, 3:33

Preliminaries

Marina Mokhnatkina Def. Abigail Montes via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 30-27).

Martina Jindrova def. Zamzagul Fayzallanova via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:04

Olena Kolesnyk def. Vanessa Melo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).