NEW YORK – The only way Lance Palmer could outdo his overall dominant past performances over Alex Gilpin was to take him out. Palmer (22-3 MMA, 11-0 PFL) won the featherweight tournament and $1 million for the second straight year by defeating Gilpin (14-4 MMA, 2-3 PFL) for the third time in a row at the 2019 PFL Championship on Tuesday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Palmer’s original opponent, Daniel Pineda, failed a drug test , which forced him out of the final. He subsequently was replaced by Gilpin. Palmer beat Gilpin by unanimous decision all three times they fought, and while he admitted he would have liked to score a finish this time around, he was happy with his performance. “I really just wanted to get a finish in this fight, and it didn’t accumulate the way I wanted to,” Palmer said.
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