PFL 7 2022: Pettis vs. Ray 2 - Light Heavyweight and Lightweight Playoffs is an upcoming mixed martial arts event for the 2022 season of the Professional Fighters League scheduled to be held on August 5, 2022, at the Hulu Theater in New York City, New York, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (ESPN)
Lightweight Anthony Pettis vs. Stevie Ray
Light Heavyweight Josh Silveira vs. Omari Akhmedov
Lightweight Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Alex Martinez
Light Heavyweight Rob Wilkinson vs. Delan Monte
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight Marthin Hamlet vs. Cory Hendricks
Heavyweight Dylan Potter vs. Marcelo Nunes
Welterweight Mahmoud Fawzy vs. Itso Babulaidze
Postliminary card (ESPN+)
Featherweight Ricardo Jimenez vs. Brahyan Zurcher
Lightweight Elvin Espinoza vs. Corey Jackson
Welterweight Lucas Barbosa vs. Elmar Umarov
Lightweight Alexei Pergande vs. Elvis Lebron Quiles
Background
This event will feature the semifinal bouts of the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight playoffs.
Rob Wilkinson and Delan Monte will face each other in the Light Heavyweight division. Wilkinson made his third appearance with PFL cage, going 2-0 in the regular season with a first and second round stoppages. Monte was 1-1 during the regular season in 2022. The other side of the bracket was to see two former UFC veterans, Antônio Carlos Júnior and Omari Akhmedov, face off against each other. However, Antonio suffered an ACL injury requiring surgery, sidelining him for the rest of the year and he was replaced by Josh Silveira for the playoffs.
The Lightweight bracket sees former UFC Champion Anthony Pettis take on UFC vet Stevie Ray while Olivier Aubin-Mercier and Alex Martinez face off in the other lightweight semifinal.
