PFL playoff finals staff predictions: Who takes home $1 million each?

	Copeland vs. Lins	Magalhaes vs. O’Connell	A. Magomedov vs. Taylor	Cooper vs. Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov vs. Schulte	Palmer vs. Siler
MMAjunkie readers’ consensus picks 2018: 170-118	Copeland (69%)	magalhaes2018 (76%)	A. Magomedov (62%)	Cooper (68%)	R. Magomedov (80%)	Palmer (84%)
Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2018: 187-96	Lins	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2018: 180-108	Copeland	Magalhaes	Taylor	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Ben Fowlkes @BenFowlkesMMA 2018: 179-109 2016 Champion	Copeland	O’Connell	A. Magomedov	Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Simon Samano @SJSamano 2018: 176-112	Copeland	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Trent Reinsmith @TrentReinsmith 2018: 176-112	Lins	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2018: 175-113	Copeland	Magalhaes	Taylor	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2018: 174-114 2014 Champion	Copeland	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Steven Marrocco @MMAjunkieSteven 2018: 174-114	Copeland	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Fernanda Prates @nandaprates_ 2018: 173-115	Copeland	Magalhaes	A. Magomedov	Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2018: 173-115	Copeland	Magalhaes	Taylor	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Brian Garcia @thegoze 2018: 167-121 2017 Champion	Lins	Magalhaes	Taylor	Magomedkerimov	R. Magomedov	Palmer
George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2018: 159-129	Copeland	Magalhaes	Taylor	Cooper	R. Magomedov	Palmer
Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2018: 151-137	Copeland	O’Connell	Taylor	Magomedkerimov	Schulte	Siler

The Professional Fighters League’s inaugural season comes to a close Monday with six $1 million playoff finals.

PFL 11 takes place at Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York and is the culmination of the first season – with $1 million playoff finals in six separate divisions. The event airs on MSNBC.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

In the heavyweight final, No. 3 seed Philipe Lins (13-3) takes on No. 8 seed Josh Copeland (18-5-1). Despite Lins being the higher seed coming through to the final, only three of our 13 MMAjunkie editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers are picking him to take home $1 million.

In the light heavyweight final, top seed Vinny Magalhaes (18-9) meets No. 6 seed Sean O'Connell (22-10). Magalhaes has made easy work of his opponents so far, and 11 of our 13 pickers have him to win $1 million at 205 pounds.

In the middleweight final, it’s a battle of the top two seeds. No. 1 Abusupiyan Magomedov (22-3-1) meets No. 2 Louis Taylor (17-4-1). And it’s a tight one: Magomedov has the slightest edge in our picks at 7-6.

The welterweight final features No. 1 seed Ray Cooper III (17-4) against No. 3 Magomed Magomedkerimov (22-5). It’s a close one, too, with just a 7-6 lead for Cooper.

At lightweight, No. 1 seed Natan Schulte (14-3-1) takes on No. 7 Rashid Magomedov (22-2-1). But only one of our pickers is taking Schulte to win it all.

And in the featherweight final, No. 1 seed Steven Siler (32-17-1) takes on No. 2 Lance Palmer (16-3). The two fought in November 2017, and Palmer won a unanimous decision. This time, 12 of our 13 pickers are taking him to win the rematch and $1 million.

In the MMAjunkie reader consensus picks, Copeland (69 percent), Magalhaes (76 percent), Abusupiyan Magomedov (62 percent), Cooper (68 percent), Rashid Magomedov (80 percent) and Palmer (84 percent) are the choices.

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