PGF World Season 9 is really kicking into high gear with week 2, as the race for a spot in the playoffs is starting to heat up. There’s still plenty of time left for anyone to make a run for one of those spots of course, but the front-runners are now starting to build up a lead over the rest. It’s the positions after the very top of the table that are the ones everyone is fighting for; where just one good night is enough to change the order. That happened quite a few times during week 2, and the middle of the league table looks significantly different to last week.
PGF World Season 9 Week 2 Full Results And Recap
It was yet another tough week for the Colorado Wolverines and although they scored twice as many points as they did last week, the gap between them and the other teams is just growing bigger and bigger. It’s already looking virtually impossible that they win the league but if things don’t turn around next week, they’re going to find themselves quickly isolated in last place. At the other end of the table, the Las Vegas Kings maintained their hold over first place but they lost a lot of ground. That’s because the Alabama Twisters had a fantastic week, overtaking the Philadelphia Phenoms and closing the gap to the top down to just 7 points.
Top Performers
Kevin Beuhring is probably the star of week 2; netting a perfect record by ankle-locking Noah McCully and getting a pair of rear-naked choke wins over Caleb Crump and Jared Fekete. Chuy Magana had just as impressive of a performance; as he scored a trio of ankle-lock finishes against McCully, Jake Straus, and Brett Moyer. The final man to win all of his matches this week was Beuhring’s teammate, PGF posterboy Elijah Carlton. Carlton heel hooked Jayden Groner before finishing his night with slick armbar finishes against Derek Rayfield and Cameron Hurd.
Andrew Kochel started out very strong with a heel hook win over Hurd and managed to rally after a loss to ankle-lock Clayton Wimer in his final match of the night, scoring a solid 7 points in total. Austin Oranday is another man who’s closing in on Thompson though; after he locked up a D’arce choke against Sam Schwartzapfel and caught Anthony Salisbury with a very tight Estima lock. The final man to submit two opponents was Travis Haven, who submitted Kochel with a triangle choke and hit a crazy counter-leglock to finish Schwartzapfel.
Other Winners
Despite their best efforts, Jett Thompson still holds on to the second spot after submitting Haven with a rear-naked choke and scoring bonus points when Clayton Wimer was given multiple penalties. Shawn Melanson also kept himself in the mix at the top half of the table with a submission win over Anthony Salisbury, showing off his excellent armbars. The only other winner this week was Caleb Crump, who submitted injury-replacement Armin Bruni with a D’arce choke in his final outing. That makes Crump the highest scorer in the Colorado Wolverines and keeps his playoff hopes alive in the process.
PGF World Season 9 Standings After Week 2
Andrew Kochel defeats Cameron Hurd via Submission – Heel Hook
Shawn Melanson vs Jett Thompson ends in a Draw – No Submission
Kyle Chambers vs Austin Oranday ends in a Draw – No Submission
Chuy Magana defeats Noah McCully via Submission – Ankle-lock
Derek Rayfield vs Jared Fekete ends in a Draw – No Submission
Kevin Beuhring defeats Joshua Squires via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Elijah Carlton defeats Jayden Groner via Submission – Heel Hook
Travis Haven defeats Sam Schwartzapfel via Submission – Heel Hook
Brett Moyer vs Anthony Salisbury ends in a Draw – No Submission
Caleb Crump vs Jake Straus ends in a Draw – No Submission
Cameron Hurd vs Joshua Squires ends in a Draw – No Submission
Jett Thompson defeats Clayton Wimer via Decision – Penalties
Austin Oranday defeats Sam Schwartzapfel via Submission – D’arce Choke
Chuy Magana defeats Brett Moyer via Submission – Ankle-lock
Jared Fekete vs Caleb Crump ends in a Draw – No Submission
Elijah Carlton defeats Derek Rayfield via Submission – Armbar
Travis Haven defeats Andrew Kochel via Submission – Triangle Choke
Shawn Melanson defeats Anthony Salisbury via Submission – Armbar
Kyle Chambers vs Jake Straus ends in a Draw – No Submission
Kevin Beuhring defeats Noah McCully via Submission – Ankle-lock
Derek Rayfield vs Joshua Squires ends in a Draw – No Submission
Andrew Kochel defeats Clayton Wimer via Submission – Ankle-lock
Shawn Melanson vs Sam Schwartzapfel ends in a Draw – No Submission
Kyle Chambers vs Brett Moyer ends in a Draw – No Submission
Caleb Crump defeats Armin Bruni via Submission – D’arce Choke
Elijah Carlton defeats Cameron Hurd via Submission – Armbar
Jett Thompson defeats Travis Haven via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Austin Oranday defeats Anthony Salisbury via Submission – Estima Lock
Chuy Magana defeats Jake Straus via Submission – Ankle-lock
Kevin Beuhring defeats Jared Fekete via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
The Las Vegas Kings – 60
Jett Thompson – 23
Austin Oranday – 19
Chuy Magana – 18
Jared Fekete – 9
Cameron Hurd – 6
The Alabama Twisters – 53
Kevin Beuhring – 24
Elijah Carlton – 16
Travis Haven – 14
Jake Straus – 8
Anthony Salisbury – 2
The Philadelphia Phenoms – 32
Shawn Melanson – 14
Andrew Kochel – 12
Noah McCully – 6
Kyle Chambers – 4
Derek Rayfield – 1
Armin Bruni – 0
The Colorado Wolverines – 9
Caleb Crump – 6
Brett Moyer – 3
Jayden Groner – 0
Jonathan Wilson – 0
Sam Schwarzapfel – 0
Joshua Squires – 0
Clayton Wimer – 0
The full replay of PGF World Season 9 Week 2, including all of the above results, is available to watch on the promotion’s official YouTube channel:
