Check out these photos from Denis Goltsov's submission victory over Oleg Popov to win $1 million at 2024 PFL Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos by Jose Peñuela, PFL MMA)

Denis Goltsov submitted Oleg Popov to become the 2024 PFL heavyweight champion, setting himself up for a possible Francis Ngannou fight.

PFL 2024 Championships kicks off with a fight between Denis Goltsov and Oleg Popov Check out our PFL pick for Goltsov-Popov prediction.

Denis Goltsov and Oleg Popov meet Saturday for the heavyweight $1 million title at the 2024 PFL Championship. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup.

Denis Goltsov finally broke through and became a million-dollar winner with a slick first-round submission victory over Oleg Popov to kick off the PFL World

Denis Goltsov took less than half a round to submit Oleg Popov, off his back no less, and claim the 2024 PFL heavyweight title.

Denis Goltsov is $1 million richer thanks to a slick triangle choke submission. The 2024 PFL Championship main card opener Friday, Goltsov (36-8) was taken down in the opening seconds, but within a few minutes had opponent Oleg Popov (19-2) snoozing on top

The PFL will crown six champions at the 2024 season finale Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with each winner taking home a $1-million grand prize.Follow along below as theScore provides results and analysis of the six title fights on the main card starting at 1 p.

Denis Goltsov won a technical knockout over Linton Vassell last April to kick-start his 2024 challenge for PFL heavyweight gold. “The Russian Bogatyr” then stopped Thiago Santos in June and followed that with his third TKO of the year with a first-round finish of Timothy Johnson to qualify for the final.

The opening minute of the 2024 PFL heavyweight championship between Russia’s Denis Goltsov and Oleg Popov was going well for the younger Popov, who came in on a seventeen-fight winning streak. He landed a takedown with little resistance,