{"id":96379,"date":"2026-06-29T03:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/gbs-davis-beaten-by-shabliy-at-pfl-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:23:23","slug":"gbs-davis-beaten-by-shabliy-at-pfl-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/gbs-davis-beaten-by-shabliy-at-pfl-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"GB&#039;s Davis beaten by Shabliy at PFL San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Britain&#39;s Alfie Davis\" height=\"1982\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/135fb5d453c9137d30a1a409b5bb4cb6\" width=\"3524\" data-uuid=\"3547d97b-267f-3d77-a93b-578f536d3f76\"><figcaption>Davis won the PFL&#39;s lightweight tournament in August 2025 [Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Britain&#39;s Alfie Davis was defeated by Alexander Shabliy via unanimous points decision in their PFL lightweight bout at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was caught by a right at the end of the second round but, as Shabliy tried to follow up and finish the fight, was saved by the bell.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old wobbled back to his corner and, while he fought on in the whole of the third and final round, all three judges scored the fight 30-27 in favour of Shabliy.   <\/p>\n<p>The Russian improved his career record to 25 wins and four defeats, while Davis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/cn471l82139o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">who won the PFL&#39;s lightweight tournament in August 2025<\/a> &#8211; suffered a seventh defeat in 28 professional fights.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/cgm49nyjr8ko?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">MMA schedule and results 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/crgy3zy4meyo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">Watch every Born to Brawl episode<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>         More MMA from the BBC       <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/articles\/cl5q9dk9jl3o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"tracking-img\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?s=646754&amp;p=sport.mixed-martial-arts.articles.cx2vd8vllr1o.page&amp;x1=%5Burn%3Abbc%3Aoptimo%3Aasset%3Acx2vd8vllr1o%5D&amp;x4=%5Ben-gb%5D&amp;x5=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fsport%2Fmixed-martial-arts%2Farticles%2Fcx2vd8vllr1o%5D&amp;x7=%5Barticle%5D&amp;x8=%5Bsynd_nojs_ISAPI%5D&amp;x9=%5BGB%27s+Davis+beaten+by+Shabliy+at+PFL+San+Diego%5D&amp;x11=%5B2026-06-28T10%3A35%3A05.53Z%5D&amp;x12=%5B2026-06-28T10%3A35%3A05.53Z%5D&amp;x19=%5Byahoo.north.america%5D\" width=\"1\" data-uuid=\"acb40701-5cf5-328f-8270-00cd589d52df\"><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/gbs-davis-beaten-shabliy-pfl-103510257.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davis won the PFL&#39;s lightweight tournament in August 2025 [Getty Images] Britain&#39;s Alfie Davis was defeated by Alexander Shabliy via unanimous points decision in their PFL lightweight bout at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Saturday. 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