Linton Vassell won the fight however lost the war.

On Thursday night, PFL 4 occurred at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT and in the primary occasion, Vassell handled Valentin Moldavsky in a heavyweight trilogy match, eking out a split choice. It was a hard-fought fight with Moldavsky managing much of the action however Vassell landing more harmful blows, consisting of dropping Moldavsky with a huge knee, which damage eventually won him the battle on 2 judges’ scorecards.

Unfortunately, due to the fact that of his previous loss throughout the routine season, Vassell lost out on the heavyweight playoffs, which Moldavsky was currently locked for. Moldavsky will deal with colleague Oleg Popov in the semifinals of the heavyweight playoffs.

In the co-main occasion, Dakota Ditcheva destroyed Chelsea Hackett to make the No. 1 seed in the flyweight playoffs. Ditcheva dropped Hackett practically instantly and swarmed her. Hackett fought through however Ditcheva continued to soak the pressure, lastly completing things off with a callous body shot. Ditcheva will deal with Jenna Bishop in the preliminary of the playoffs.

In the included battle of the night, Denis Goltsov punched his ticket to a 5th PFL playoffs with a dominant efficiency versus Thiago Santos. Goltsov captured Santos early with a check hook, dropping the previous UFC light heavyweight title opposition. Goltsov then followed him to the ground and worked Santos over with control and punches up until the referee was required to stop the bout. Goltsov gets in the playoffs as the No. 1 seed at heavyweight and will deal with Tim Johnson in the semifinals.

In the primary card opener, Liz Carmouche when again beat Kana Watanabe to make an area in the flyweight playoffs. A rematch of a 2021 battle in Bellator that saw Carmouche score a 35-second knockout, this time around Watanabe provided Carmouche all she might deal with and was on her method to an upset up until Carmouche secured an armbar in the last 10 seconds to get the excellent resurgence surface.

On the prelim part of the night, Oleg Popov and Taila Santos both clinched areas in the heavyweight and flyweight playoffs respectively.

Check out the complete PFL 4 outcomes here.