Cara de Sapato and Mutante have strong points and could face each other in the final, if they win in the PFL this Friday

A. Shoe Face (left) and E. Sordi (right) face each other with an eye on the light heavyweight final. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

It's time for another decisive round in the PFL. This Friday (27), the organization will define the finalists of its traditional tournament in the light heavyweight (up to 93kg) and featherweight (up to 65,7kg) divisions. In the category up to 93kg., Antonio Shoe Guy e Cezar Mutant They can make history, if they advance, and promote a Brazilian confrontation in the final round. In total, the event has 10 scheduled clashes.

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On the main card, Shoe Face will try to assert the advantage of having ranked first in the table. The Paraíba native will have a true 'Brazil x Argentina' match in the duel against Emiliano Sordi.

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Ward of Vitor belfort, Mutante has the first fight in the second half of the show. The São Paulo native will face Martin Hamlet, with an eye on the grand final.

The event will also introduce spectators to the finalists in the 65,7kg division. On one side of the key, Brendan Loughnane does the main fight against Movlid Khaybulaev. From the other, Chris Wade stares at Bubba Jenking.

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Brazil vs Argentina

In one of the most anticipated fights of the event, Antonio Shoe Guy to make good on the fact that they qualified first. To reach the semi-finals, the native of Paraíba recorded a victory – by knockout in the first round – and a 'I didn't answer', thus adding seven points.

To advance to the decision, which awards the champion with the title and the dream prize of more than R$5 million, the athlete will need to get past Argentine Emiliano Sordi. The 'hermano' qualified fourth, after winning a duel on points and drawing in the next match.

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In the PFL since the start of the season, Shoe Face makes a fresh start in his career after failing to resist a bad moment in the UFC and ending up leaving the organization. Champion of 'The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 3', the athlete may have a compatriot in the final, if Cezar Mutant win in the other bracket.

Mutant x Hamlet

Winner of the first edition of TUF Brasil, in 2012, Cezar Mutant He wants to prove that he is fully recovered from the unstable moment in his career, and make history in his new home. After leaving Ultimate and moving to the PFL in the 2021 season, Belfort's pupil put on a show on his debut by running over Nick Roehrick less than 40 seconds into the match. Afterwards, the São Paulo native ended up stumbling against Chris Camozzi, but reached the necessary score to reach the semi-final.

This Friday, Mutante will exchange forces with Martin Hamlet, which passed the stage in third place. Like Cezar, the Norwegian has had a triumph and a setback in the light heavyweight tournament.

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The confrontation between the two opens the main card of the show. Whoever triumphs faces the winner of Shoe Face against Sordi.

Featherweight finalists

The last two fights of the night will define the future of the featherweight division in the organization. Ranked first in isolation in the tournament, Brendan Loughnane tries to assert favoritism in their next challenge. This Friday, the fighter, who reached the semifinals with a victory by knockout in the first round and another by points, totaling nine, faces the fourth, Movlid Khaybulaev, who finished fourth.

In the duel, Loughnane will be committed to not only winning to advance to the big decision, but to taking away Movlid's unbeaten record, who doesn't know what it's like to lose in sport. The duel between both headlines the card.

The penultimate fight of the night features a meeting between the second and third placed teams in the championship. With two victories (one by knockout in the second round and the other by points), Chris Wade scored eight points and will face Bubba Jenkins, who scored two victories in the judges' decision and totaled six 'goals'.

The clash will bring the public a duel of styles. While Wade has the ground as his strong point, Jenkins is better known for his knockout power.