Predicting all 6 PFL Finals match-ups ahead of the PFL Playoffs
By Amy Kaplan
2023 lightweight PFL Playoff match-ups
No. 1 Clay Collard vs. No. 4 (alternate) Shane Burgos
This match-up is a difficult one. On one hand Shane Burgos shouldn't even be in the playoffs and that alone should give Clay Collard the upper hand. But on the flip side, Burgos could realize this is his last chance to silence the doubters and pull some shocking KO out of his back pocket.
Nevertheless, I'm still picking Collard. He's been phenomenal this season and I don't see him letting go of that No. 1 seed momentum easily.
No. 2 Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. No. 3 Bruno Miranda
No one can stop the 2022 season champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier but Bruno Miranda is going to try. OAM is probably going to get a quick finish but a hard-fought three-round war could occur as well. But standing at the end of the night will be Aubin-Mercier joining Collard in the finals.
PREDICTION FOR FINALS: Clay Collard vs. Olivier Aubin-Mercier