PFL Pittsburgh ‘Eblen vs. Battle’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

Johnny Eblen (185.8) vs.
Bryan Battle (186)Dalton Rosta (185.8)
vs. Impa Kasanganay (185.8)Ariane Lipski
da Silva (125.8) vs. Sumiko Inaba (124.6)Alexei Pergande (146) vs.
Julio Arce (146)Lazaro Dayron (135.8)
vs. Jacob Thrall (136)Allan Begosso (139.6)
vs. Jack Cartwright (140)Natan Schulte (155.8)
vs. Jakub Kaszuba (155.4)Robert Watley (155.4)
vs. Dakota Bush (155.4)Ernesto
Rodriguez (171) vs. Masayuki Kikuiri (169.6)Tatiana
Postarnakova (125.8) vs. Elora Dana (125.2)Josh Fremd (185.6)
vs. Jarrah Al-Silawi (185.6)Ethan Goss (145.8) vs.
Frederik Dupras (145.8) Sherdog’s live
PFL Pittsburgh coverage will begin Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

A
high-stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in
LIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET.

Ethan
Goss (145.8) vs. Frederik
Dupras (145.8)

Round 1

Featherweights kick off festivities at PFL Pittsburgh, where Goss
(12-8, 0-1 PFL) awaits Dupras (9-2, 1-1 PFL) in a three-round clash
at 145 pounds. Chip Snider adjudicates matters. Off they go. Dupras
steps forward with a head kick and ducks into a takedown. Goss
employs butterfly guard and hunts a potential sweep. Dupras powers
into half guard, figure fours the right leg and prompts a scramble.
He then hunts for a guillotine. Goss defends the maneuver.
However, he leaves his neck exposed in a bid to get back to his
feet. Dupras clamps down hard on the choke. Goss kicks his legs
wildly, then appears to go limp. Snider calls it off.

The Official Result

Frederik Dupras def. Ethan Goss—Technical Submission (Guillotine
Choke) 2:46 R1

Josh
Fremd (185.6) vs. Jarrah
Al-Silawi (185.6)

Round 1

They keep the line moving in the middleweight division, as Fremd
(11-6, 0-0 PFL) toes the line against Al-Silawi (21-7, 4-4 PFL) at
185 pounds. Nick Berens administers the law and order. No glove
touch between the two participants. Fremd greets his counterpart
with a jab, low kick and lead left hook. Al-Silawi circles and gets
off a one-two. Fremd controls the center, then eats an overhand
right. Fremd answers with one of his own and charges forward with
Al-Silawi off-balance. Strong leg kick from Fremd, who jabs at the
body and then goes to the head. Al-Silawi dives on a single-leg,
only to run right into a front choke. Nevertheless, he completes
the takedown and settles in half guard as Fremd clings to his neck.
Al-Silawi moves behind the American and loses position in his haste
to take the back. Al-Silawi trips him with an attempted heel hook
and again works to the back, with Fremd on his knees. Punches and
hammerfists from the Jordanian. Fremd stands, only to be taken down
again. More ground-and-pound from Al-Silawi with a minute left in
the round. Fremd reverses into top position. Al-Silawi closes his
guard in an attempt to minimize damage. He rolls for an armbar. No
luck. They stand in the closing seconds before Fremd scores with a
late takedown.

Sherdog Scores Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Fremd
J.L. Kirven scores the round: 10-9 Fremd
Mike Pendleton scores the round: 10-9 Fremd

Round 2

Back at it after the one-minute respite. Fremd presses forward and
slams a kick into his opponent’s lead leg. Al-Silawi struggling
without output in the standup exchanges. Fremd clinches. Al-Silawi
lands a knee to the body, but eats some punches to the face. He
defends a single-leg. Al-Silawi snatches a front headlock and lands
a knee. They separate with a little more than three minutes left in
the round. Two left hooks to the body from Al-Silawi, who closes in
and completes a takedown. Fremd stands. Al-Silawi dives back into
the clinch. They break apart. Al-Silawi lands a right uppercut.
Fremd looks tired all of a sudden. Even so, he presses forward.
Al-Silawi lands a body kick. Fremd answers with a jab. Strong
multi-punch volley from the American followed by a clinch knee.
Fremd pins him to the fence, unleashes his hands and scores with a
takedown. Ground-and-pound ensues, who may have salted away another
round with a late surge.

Sherdog Scores Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Fremd
J.L. Kirven scores the round: 10-9 Fremd
Mike Pendleton scores the round: 10-9 Fremd

Round 3

Al-Silawi may be faced with an uphill climb here. They touch gloves
in a show of respect. Fremd jabs to the head, then feints to the
body before landing a leg kick and a short left hook. Al-Silawi
lands a left hook. Fremd cuts him off with a quick barrage and a
knee behind it. He steps into an overhand right. Al-Silawi jumps to
a guillotine with Fremd still standing. Big slam from Fremd, who
dodges an armbar and plows into full guard with three minutes to
go. Al-Silawi rolls for another armbar and eats a right hand to the
face for his troubles. Fremd moves to half guard. Body-head punches
from the American, with a few elbows mixed in. Al-Silawi hunts a
leg lock. Fremd counters with powerful punches. Al-Silawi’s leg
gets entangled in his opponent’s shorts. Wardrobe malfunction. They
restart after the ref separates them. Fremd sends a knee crashing
into the Jordanian’s body.
Fremd connects with a picture-perfect counter left hook that
faceplants his opponent in the center of the cage. Fremd lands one
final shot before Berens can intervene. Chants of “USA!” break
out. Fremd reduced to tears.