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PFL Week 6 predictions: Which welterweights, featherweights will head to the playoffs?

The PFL wraps up the second half of its 2024 regular season with welterweights and featherweights in action at the third of three straight weeks of events to determine the playoff fields.

2024 PFL 6 (ESPN/ESPN+) takes place Friday at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.

(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.

(Apropos of nothing, we’re big fans of going on holiday around here, and coincidentally our staff picks features have a Holliday as a fan. We like tunes with our MMA coverage, so here are our top five “holiday” songs, in tribute: (1) “Holiday” by Green Day (2) “Holiday” by Madonna (3) “Holiday in Cambodia” by Dead Kennedys (4) “Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham (5) “Holidays in the Sun” by Sex Pistols (HM) “Deadbeat Holiday” by Green Day.)

Gabriel Braga vs. Bubba Jenkins

Gabriel Braga vs. Bubba Jenkins faceoff – 2024 PFL 6: Sioux Falls Ceremonial Weigh-Ins at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Braga (13-1), Jenkins (21-8)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.23.24): Braga -185, Jenkins +155
Junkie pick results: Braga 11, Jenkins 0

Magomed Umalatov vs. Brennan Ward

Magomed Umalatov vs. Brennan Ward faceoff – 2024 PFL 6: Sioux Falls Ceremonial Weigh-Ins at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Umalatov (15-0), Ward (17-8)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.23.24): Umalatov -3200, Ward +1400
Junkie pick results: Umalatov 9, Ward 2

Logan Storley vs. Luca Poclit

Logan Storley vs. Luca Poclit faceoff – 2024 PFL 6: Sioux Falls Ceremonial Weigh-Ins at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Storley (15-3), Poclit (9-1)
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.23.24): Storley -305, Poclit +245
Junkie pick results: Storley 11, Poclit 0

Brendan Loughnane vs. Justin Gonzales

Brendan Loughnane vs. Justin Gonzales faceoff – 2024 PFL 6: Sioux Falls Ceremonial Weigh-Ins at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Records: Loughnane (28-5), Gonzales (14-4)
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 06.23.24): Loughnane -650, Gonzales +470
Junkie pick results: Loughnane 11, Gonzales 0

Check out all the main card picks below.

Loughnane
vs.
Gonzales
Storley
vs.
Poclit
Umalatov
vs.
Ward
Braga
vs.
Jenkins
MMA Junkie readers’
consensus picks
106-64

Loughnane
(91%)

Storley
(88%)

Umalatov
(91%)

Braga
(90%)
Farah Hannoun
@Farah_Hannoun
111-59

Loughnane

Storley

Ward

Braga
Ken Hathaway
@1khathaway
111-59
2018, 2022 Champion

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Mike Bohn
@MikeBohn
109-61
2014 Champion

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Nolan King
@mma_kings
108-62
2023 Champion

Loughnane

Storley

Ward

Braga
Abbey Subhan
@kammakaze
103-67

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Matthew Wells
@MrMWells
103-67

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Simon Samano
@SJSamano
100-70

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Matt Erickson
@MattE
100-70

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Brian Garcia
@thegoze
99-71
2017 Champion

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
Danny Segura
@dannyseguratv
93-77

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga
George Garcia
@MMAjunkieGeorge
88-82

Loughnane

Storley

Umalatov

Braga

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for PFL 2024, Week 6.

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