{"id":16141,"date":"2026-05-18T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/16141\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:34:11","slug":"mma-prelim-pick-of-the-week-pfl-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/16141\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA Prelim Pick of the Week: PFL Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The UFC is off this week, so we\u2019ll throw our attention to the world\u2019s number 2 promotion \u2013 PFL. They head overseas to Belgium this weekend with former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson headlining against top prospect Patrick Habirora. This PFL Brussels card is loaded up with incredible fights with some great spots to look for some high-value MMA bets, picks, and predictions.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s column, we\u2019re looking for the best play on the entire slate of prelim fights for you to exploit. Come check out our best bet for these PFL Brussels prelims.<\/p>\n

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Prelim Pick of the Week: PFL Brussels
\nPFL Welterweight Fight: Khamzat Abaev vs Luca Poclit<\/a><\/p>\n

Start Time: Saturday (5\/23) 12:30pm EST (PFL App)<\/p>\n

Burried on the prelims of PFL Brussels is a local fighter who previous had a lot of hype behind him. Khamzat Abaev moved into the PFL Europe tournament in 2025 with some high hopes. However, an early exit has us looking to find some value on him here on the early part of Saturday\u2019s card.<\/p>\n

Abaev is known for him ability to hit hard and punish fighters on the ground. He throws with everything he\u2019s got when he\u2019s exchanging and has a solid double leg to keep things interesting. After going 5-0 on the regional scene around Europe, he ran into Chequina Noso Pedro, who was a little too much to handle. Pedro\u2019s ability to stay in the fight and survive the early attacks ultimately led to the first defeat for the Belgian.<\/p>\n

He should not run into the same problems when he faces Luca Poclit. Poclit is a crafty submission specialist, but he has two issues in this one. Firstly is that he has no ability to get this fight to the ground. He\u2019s talented with submissions, but wrestling is definitely not in his bag \u2013 especially against Abaev. Additionally, when on the feet, he looks like a fish out of water. His desire to get in close range is high due to the grappling, but he often does so without much defense.<\/p>\n

Those two issues should be enough for Abaev to cruise here.<\/p>\n

PFL Brussels Prelim Pick: Khamzat Abaev ML (TBD)<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019d like even more info to help make your MMA and UFC picks and predictions for PFL Brussels, check out the MMA Gambling Podcast<\/a>. They\u2019re dropping episodes five days a week to make you the smartest guy\/gal at the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC is off this week, so we\u2019ll throw our attention to the world\u2019s number 2 promotion \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[9475,18],"class_list":["post-16141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-blog","tag-brussels"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116596314589986843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}