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Matt Erickson

PFL predictions: Which heavyweights, women’s flyweights will be playoff-bound?

PFL Taila Santos Thiago Santos Denis Goltsov Valentin Moldavsky Dakota Ditcheva Liz Carmouche Chelsea Hackett Cooper Neill Jena Bishop

The second half of the PFL’s regular season gets underway Thursday with heavyweight and women’s flyweights.

PFL 2024, Week 4 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Jena Bishop vs. Taila Santos

Records: Bishop (7-0), Santos (20-3)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.09.24): Santos -600, Bishop +375
Junkie pick results: Santos 10, Bishop 1

Liz Carmouche vs. Kana Watanabe

Records: Carmouche (21-7), Watanabe (13-2-1)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.09.24): Carmouche -380, Watanabe +260
Junkie pick results: Carmouche 11, Watanabe 0

Denis Goltsov vs. Thiago Santos

Records: Goltsov (33-8), Santos (22-12)
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.09.24): Goltsov -650, Santos +400
Junkie pick results: Goltsov 9, Santos 2

Dakota Ditcheva vs. Chelsea Hackett

Records: Ditcheva (11-0), Hackett (4-2-1)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.09.24): Ditcheva -3000, Hackett +1000
Junkie pick results: Ditcheva 11, Hackett 0

Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell

Records: Moldavsky (13-3), Vassell (23-9)
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.09.24): Moldavsky -320, Vassell +230
Junkie pick results: Moldavsky 10, Vassell 1

Check out all the main card picks below.

PFL Week 4 main card picks

	Moldavsky vs. Vassell	Ditcheva vs. Hackett	Goltsov vs. Santos	Carmouche vs. Watanabe	Bishop vs. Santos
MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 93-51	Moldavsky (73%)	Ditcheva (90%)	Goltsov (64%)	Carmouche (81%)	Santos (80%)
Ken Hathaway @1khathaway 95-49 2018, 2022 Champion	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Mike Bohn @MikeBohn 95-49 2014 Champion	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 93-51	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Nolan King @mma_kings 91-53 2023 Champion	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 88-56	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Matthew Wells @MrMWells 88-56	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Simon Samano @SJSamano 87-57	Vassell	Ditcheva	Santos	Carmouche	Santos
Matt Erickson @MattE 86-58	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Santos	Carmouche	Bishop
Brian Garcia @thegoze 82-62 2017 Champion	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 80-64	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 73-71	Moldavsky	Ditcheva	Goltsov	Carmouche	Santos