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Matt Erickson

PFL Week 1 predictions: Two unanimous picks to open season in San Antonio

The PFL is back for the start of its 2024 regular season, and heavyweights and women’s flyweights are on display for the first of three straight weeks of events.

PFL 2024, Week 1 (ESPN2/ESPN+) takes place Thursday at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

(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.

Dakota Ditcheva vs. Lisa Mauldin

Dakota Ditcheva 2023 PFL Europe 4 official weigh-in

Records: Ditcheva (10-0), Mauldin (6-3)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.24): Ditcheva -2400, Mauldin +1200
Junkie pick results: Ditcheva 11, Mauldin 0

Liz Carmouche vs. Juliana Velasquez

Liz Carmouche

Records: Carmouche (20-7), Velasquez (12-2)
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: Carmouche No. 3, No. 6 pound-for-pound; Velasquez No. 6, No. 15 pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 04.03.24): Carmouche -185, Velasquez +155
Junkie pick results: Carmouche 11, Velasquez 0

Denis Goltsov vs. Linton Vassell

Linton Vassell

Records: Goltsov (32-8), Vassell (23-8)
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.24): Goltsov -125, Vassell +105
Junkie pick results: Vassell 6, Goltsov 5

Ante Delija vs. Valentin Moldavsky

Valentin Moldavsky

Records: Delija (24-5), Moldavsky (12-3)
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 04.03.24): Delija +135, Moldavsky -160
Junkie pick results: Moldavsky 6, Delija 5

Check out all the main card picks below.

PFL Week 1 main card picks

Delija
vs.
Moldavsky
Goltsov
vs.
Vassell
Carmouche
vs.
Velasquez
Ditcheva
vs.
Mauldin
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
44-25

Moldavsky
(62%)

Vassell
(60%)

Carmouche
(74%)

Ditcheva
(94%)
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
49-20
2014 Champion

Moldavsky

Goltsov

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
42-23

Delija

Goltsov

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Ken Hathaway
@1khathaway
43-26
2018, 2022 Champion

Moldavsky

Goltsov

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
43-26

Delija

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
42-27

Delija

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Matt Erickson
@MattE
41-28

Moldavsky

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
40-29
2017 Champion

Delija

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Nolan King
@mma_kings
40-29
2023 Champion

Moldavsky

Goltsov

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
38-31

Moldavsky

Goltsov

Carmouche

Ditcheva
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
32-37

Moldavsky

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
30-39

Delija

Vassell

Carmouche

Ditcheva

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL Week 1.

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