PFL in October 2026: 24 bouts, 10 knockouts, 3 submissions and a 54% finish rate

PFL put on 24 bouts across two events in October 2026, and 10 of them ended inside the first round. Only 54% of the fights finished before the judges were needed, a month shaped as much by decisions as by knockouts.

PFL results in October 2026: two events, 24 bouts

The month had two cards. PFL Africa 3 took place on 10 Oct 2026 in Casablanca, Morocco, with 11 bouts. PFL Chicago: Carmouche vs. Bishop 2 followed on 16 Oct 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, with 13 bouts.

Finish rate here means the share of bouts that ended by KO, TKO or submission rather than a decision. For October it came to 54%, so a little over half of PFL's fights did not reach the scorecards.

How the fights ended: knockouts, submissions and decisions

Ten bouts ended by KO or TKO, level with the decisions and far ahead of every other way to finish a fight. Submissions were rare, with 3. Another 10 fights went the distance and were decided by the judges, and one bout ended in a different outcome that is not a finish or a decision.

Speed was the other theme. Ten finishes came in round one, exactly as many as there were decisions. The early ending was as common as the full distance, and fighters who found the finish tended to find it early.

The fastest PFL finishes of the month

The quickest ending of October was a rear naked choke, not a knockout. Cobey Fehr submitted Rosario Romero in 0:58 of the first round in the bantamweight division. Four TKOs followed, the last of them at 1:49.

Date	Bout	Method	Time
16 Oct 2026	Cobey Fehr vs. Rosario Romero	Submission (rear naked choke)	0:58
16 Oct 2026	Levan Khabalaev vs. Brock Hamer	TKO (punches)	1:01
10 Oct 2026	Shido Boris Esperança vs. Peace Nguphane	TKO (punches)	1:03
16 Oct 2026	Eliezer Kubanza vs. Trey Waters	TKO (punches)	1:36
16 Oct 2026	Rafael do Nascimento vs. Sarvarjon Khamidov	TKO (punches)	1:49

Four of the five fastest finishes came in Chicago. Levan Khabalaev stopped Brock Hamer at lightweight, Eliezer Kubanza stopped Trey Waters at welterweight, and Sarvarjon Khamidov beat Rafael do Nascimento in a second bantamweight bout. The only one from Casablanca was Shido Boris Esperança, who won at welterweight against Peace Nguphane.

The title fight: Bishop beats Carmouche

The only title fight of the month was the women's flyweight main event in Chicago. Jena Bishop beat Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision after five rounds. It was a full five-round title fight with no stoppage, the kind of result that pulls a monthly finish rate down.

Which PFL divisions finished the most fights

By weight class, the picture was uneven.

Lightweight had the most bouts with 6, and 4 of them finished, a finish rate of 67%. Bantamweight was the most finish-heavy of the divisions with several fights, with 3 finishes in 4 bouts, or 75%. Welterweight produced 5 bouts and 2 finishes, a rate of 40%.

Featherweight and women's flyweight both had 3 bouts and 1 finish, a rate of 33% each. The women's catchweight bout was a decision, so that division finished at 0%. The heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions each had one bout and one finish, so their 100% figures rest on a single fight.

Lightweight and bantamweight are where October's early stoppages were concentrated, and they are the divisions to watch for quick endings when PFL returns.