HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Marthin Hamlet envisioned himself being within the 2021 PFL gentle heavyweight closing, but seemingly no longer within the diagram in which he got it executed.
The Norwegian fighter earned a shot at winning $1 million and the 2021 PFL gentle heavyweight belt by stopping Brazil’s Cezar Ferreira within the predominant card of Friday’s 2021 PFL Playoffs 3. Hamlet (8-2) stopped Ferreira 13 seconds into their bout, winning via TKO.
The 2021 PFL Playoffs 3 took field at the Seminole Onerous Rock Hotel & Casino. The first card aired on ESPN2 and ESPN+ with the prelims completely on ESPN+.
Hamlet’s victory modified into as soon as atypical, as Ferreira collapsed in pain seconds into the fight, sooner than Hamlet ground-and-pounding his diagram into the closing. After throwing a kick, Ferreira grabbed his plant leg and fell to the canvas screaming.
Hamlet modified into as soon as confused, nearly to the point of disbelief.
“I gave him the kick, he gave me a kick relieve, and then I noticed he modified into as soon as lying down screaming and it doesn’t feel precise, it doesn’t feel precise,” Hamlet told MMA Junkie. “So I followed up with punches, and he screamed, ‘Precise discontinue, simply discontinue.’ I modified into as soon as delight in, ‘Is this precise? I’m within the closing?’ So yeah, it is what it is.”
Concentrate on Hamlet within the video above discuss his retract over Ferreira, his closing bout in opposition to Antonio Carlos Junior on Oct. 27, and more.