Last night, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) touched down in Washington DC with PFL 3.\u00a0This event featured the opening rounds for the league’s welterweight and middleweight seasons, and just like their first two shows, it was an absolute thriller.<\/p>\n
In the main event, former Strikeforce middleweight champion and UFC welterweight title challenger Jake Shields was absolutely whooped by a relative unknown in Ray Cooper III. This massive upset came with an interesting footnote, as Shields had twice battled Cooper’s father, Ray Cooper II, going 1-1. So, this was not just “Jake Shields vs. Ray Cooper III” in the sense that Shields was fighting Ray Cooper the third. It was also Jake Shields vs. Ray Cooper III in the sense that it was Shield’s third fight with an opponent named Ray Cooper. Like I said… an interesting footnote.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on the card, we saw other significant upsets, as\u00a0Abubakar Nurmagomedov, the cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov, was tapped out by massive Ukrainian underdog\u00a0in Pavel Kusch.<\/p>\n
Other highlights of the card included a decision win from UFC veteran Rick Story and a submission win from UFC veteran John Howard.<\/p>\n
Here are the full PFL 3 results, along with some of the highlights.<\/p>\n
Ray Cooper III (5 pts.) def. Jake Shields (0 pts.) by TKO (strikes) at\u00a02:09<\/span><\/span>\u00a0R2<\/strong><\/p>\n 14 years later, the Cooper family exacts their revenge! Ray Cooper III defeats Jake Shields in Round 2 by TKO earning 5 points.#PFL3<\/a> #MMA<\/a> #PFLmma<\/a> #WhatDoYouFightFor<\/a> #DC<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ws95qUVUfA<\/a><\/p>\n — PFL MMA (@ProFightLeague) July 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n