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VIDEO: Ante Delija Outworks Maurice Greene At PFL 5

Playoff matchups were decided and fighters were eliminated at PFL 5.

Drew Beaupré

VIDEO: Ante Delija Outworks Maurice Greene At PFL 5
VIDEO: Ante Delija Outworks Maurice Greene At PFL 5 /

The PFL’s 2023 season rolled on with a PFL 5 card that saw heavyweights and women’s featherweights try to book their spot in this year's playoffs. 

The event took place in Atlanta, Georgia at the Overtime Elite Arena, and in the headlining bout last year’s heavyweight champion Ante Delija took on UFC veteran Maurice Greene. 

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Delija failed to get the finish he needed to make the 2023 playoffs, but he did manage to get a decision victory and end Greene's season in the process.

The co-main event saw last year’s PFL Women’s Featherweight Champion Larissa Pacheco make short work of Amber Leibrock, who entered the night as the top seed in the women's featherweight rankings.

Larissa Pachecho and Amber Leibrock face off before 2023 PFL 5.
Larissa Pacheco brutally finished Amber Leibrock in the night's co-main event :: (Cooper Neill/PFL)

Other notable names on the card included the likes of Julia Budd, Aspen Ladd, Yorgan De Castro and former TUF contestant Jordan Heiderman, as well as Muhammad Ali’s grandson Biaggio Ali Walsh, who scored his third first-round victory in as many PFL bouts. 

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You can find highlights from the event below, as well as the full results for every fight.

Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock

Renan Ferreira def. Matheus Scheffel

Biaggio Ali Walsh def. Travell Miller

Aspen Ladd def. Karolina Sobek

Denis Goltsov vs. Yorgan De Castro

Marcelo Nunes def. Danilo Marques 

Main Card (ESPN+, 10:00 p.m. ET)

• Ante Delija def. Maurice Greene via Unanimous Decision (29-28x3)

• Larissa Pacheco def. Amber Leibrock via TKO: R1, 0:45

• Renan Ferreira def. Matheus Scheffel via KO: R1, 0:50

• Biaggio Ali-Walsh def. Travell Miller via KO: R1, 1:27

• Aspen Ladd def. Karolina Sobek via Submission (Armbar): R2, 4:57

Prelims (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)

• Denis Goltsov def. Yorgan De Castro via KO: R1, 0:18

• Marina Mokhnatkina def. Evelyn Martins via Unanimous Decision (29-28x2, 30-27)

• Marcelo Nunes def. Danilo Marques via KO: R1, 3:40

• Julia Budd def. Martina Jindrová via Unanimous Decision (29-28x3)

• Olena Kolesnyk def. Yoko Higashi via Unanimous Decision (30-27x3)

• Jordan Heiderman def. Patrick Brady via TKO (Knee Injury): R1, 2:26

• Isaiah Pinson def. Denzel Freeman via Split Decision (29-28x2, 28-29)

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