PGF World Season 9 is finally here and several competitors hit the ground running in week 1. It’s a tactic that fans will be very familiar with; as many athletes attempt to build up an early lead and secure their spot in the playoffs without too much stress in the final week. Although some of the welterweights have started their seasons off strong, there’s still plenty of time for things to change. There will undoubtedly be a few people flying under the radar right now who are going to make a run at the playoffs later, but they will have to act quickly to stop their opponents running away with it.
PGF World Season 9 Week 1 Full Results And Recap
The Las Vegas Kings have managed to kick off the season very well, and they find themselves 13 points clear at the top of the table already. The Philadelphia Phenoms and the Alabama Twisters netted 21 and 19 points respectively, so the fight for second-place is very close already. The gap to the Kings isn’t insurmountable, but they’ve got at least two matches as a buffer so next week will be pivotal. It’s also going to be important for the Colorado Wolverines; who had an absolutely disastrous start to their season. They scored just 3 points across all 15 matches and they’re going to need to get some big results next week before they fall behind permanently.
Top Performers
It’s very much a team effort from the Las Vegas Kings but Jett Thompson is their main man. Thompson submitted both Andrew Kochel and Joshua Squires with rear-naked chokes; making for a massive week of 12 points. His teammate Austin Oranday hit a pair of ankle-locks against Travis Haven and Jayden Groner, but they weren’t the only members of the Kings to find themselves high on the leaderboard. Chuy Magana also registered a pair of leglock wins, heel hooking Anthony Salisbury and making an incredible comeback to submit Sam Schwartzapfel with an ankle-lock.
Both the Phenoms and the Twisters also had one competitor surging up the leaderboard with a pair of wins. The Phenoms’ Shawn Melanson is actually in second overall with 10 points after he submitted Oranday with an ankle-lock and scored big with an arm-triangle choke finish against Jayden Groner. Finally the Twisters’ Kevin Beuhring submitted Caleb Crump with a quick heel hook in the very first match of the night, before scoring a big win over Derek Rayfield with another heel hook.
Other Winners
Both of the final two members of the Las Vegas Kings earned points too; as Jared Fekete got a big-scoring rear-naked choke finish against Noah McCully and Cameron Hurd registered an upset when he caught Rayfield with a toehold. McCully got a submission win of his own when he heel hooked Brett Moyer, and he was given an additional 2 points when Jake Straus was disqualified for slamming him. Kyle Chambers and Kochel finished off the Phenoms’ points tally for the day; calf-slicing Anthony Salisbury and ankle-locking Jonathan Wilson respectively.
The Twisters might not have won any of the ‘blocks’ but most of their competitors got off the mark in one way or another. Straus scored the most outside of Melanson becausd he submitted Fekete with a rear-naked choke, but Elijah Carlton and Travis Haven aren’t far behind him. Carlton heel hooked Wilson in his first match and Haven caught Groner in a beautiful armbar in his, so both of them have stayed in the running. The only man from the Wolverines to score any points was Brett Moyer, who closed the show with a heel hook finish over Fekete in the final match of the night.
PGF World Season 9 Week 1 Full Results
Kevin Beuhring defets Caleb Crump via Submission – Heel Hook
Elijah Carlton defeats Jonathan Wilson via Submission – Heel Hook
Travis Haven defeats Jayden Groner via Submission – Armbar
Anthony Salisbury vs Sam Schwartzapfel ends in a Draw – No Submission
Jake Straus vs Brett Moyer ends in a Draw – No Submission
Cameron Hurd defeats Derek Rayfield via Submission – Toehold
Jett Thompson defeats Andrew Kochel via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Shawn Melanson defeats Austin Oranday via Submission – Ankle-lock
Kyle Chambers vs Chuy Magana ends in a Draw – No Submission
Jared Fekete defeats Noah McCully via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Kevin Beuhring vs Cameron Hurd ends in a Draw – No Submission
Jett Thompson vs Elijah Carlton ends in a Draw – No Submission
Austin Oranday defeats Travis Haven via Submission – Ankle-lock
Chuy Magana defeats Anthony Salisbury via Submission – Heel Hook
Jake Straus defeats Jared Fekete via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Derek Rayfield vs Caleb Crump ends in a Draw – No Submission
Andrew Kochel defeats Jonathan Wilson via Submission – Ankle-lock
Shawn Melanson defeats Jayden Groner via Submission – Arm-triangle Choke
Kyle Chambers vs Sam Schwartzapfel ends in a Draw – No Submission
Noah McCully defeats Brett Moyer via Submission – Heel Hook
Kevin Beuhring defeats Derek Rayfield via Submission – Heel Hook
Andrew Kochel vs Elijah Carlton ends in a Draw – No Submission
Shawn Melanson vs Travis Haven ends in a Draw – No Submission
Kyle Chambers defeats Anthony Salisbury via Submission – Calf-slicer
Noah McCully defeats Jake Straus via Disqualification – Slam
Caleb Crump vs Cameron Hurd ends in a Draw – No Submission
Jett Thompson defeats Joshua Squires via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Austin Oranday defeats Jayden Groner via Submission – Ankle-lock
Chuy Magana defeats Sam Schwartzapfel via Submission – Ankle-lock
Brett Moyer defeats Jared Fekete via Submission – Heel Hook
PGF World Season 9 Standings After Week 1
The Las Vegas Kings – 34
Jett Thompson – 14
Austin Oranday – 9
Chuy Magana – 8
Jared Fekete – 8
Cameron Hurd – 5
The Philadelphia Phenoms – 21
Shawn Melanson – 10
Noah McCully – 6
Andrew Kochel – 5
Kyle Chambers – 4
Derek Rayfield – 1
The Alabama Twisters – 19
Kevin Beuhring – 7
Jake Straus – 6
Elijah Carlton – 4
Travis Haven – 3
Anthony Salisbury – 0
The Colorado Wolverines – 3
Jonathan Wilson – 0
Caleb Crump – 0
Jayden Groner – 0
Sam Schwarzapfel – 0
Brett Moyer – 3
Joshua Squires – 0
The full replay of PGF World Season 9 Week 1, including all of the above results, is available to watch on the promotion’s official YouTube channel:
