PFL Africa arrives sooner than anticipated.
The league’s first-ever occasion on the continent has been moved from July 26 to July 19, PFL introduced Tuesday.
PFL Africa takes place at GrandWest Enviornment in Cape City, South Africa, and is definitely comprised of two occasions. The latter occasion is a PFL Champions Sequence: Street to Dubai present, which is headlined by middleweight champion Johnny Eblen defending his title towards Costello van Steenis.
Within the co-main occasion, undefeated flyweight star Dakota Ditcheva fights Sumiko Inaba.
The primary a part of the present, formally PFL Africa 1, options the beginning of the league’s Africa area tournaments as heavyweights and bantamweights are in motion. See that lineup under.
Nkosi Ndebele vs. Mahmoud Atef — bantamweight
Maxwell Djantou Nana vs. Mikael Groguhe — heavyweight
Shannon Van Tonder vs. Boule Godogo — bantamweight
Jashell Ticha Awa vs. Justin Clarke — heavyweight
Antero Dos Santos vs. Karim Henniene — bantamweight
Abdoullah Kane vs. Mohammed Ben Yahia — heavyweight
Simbarashe Hokonya vs. Alain Majorique — bantamweight
Badredinne Medkouri vs. TBD — heavyweight
Juliet Ukah vs. TBD
Oddly, Tuesday’s schedule change places PFL in direct competitors with UFC 318, which is headlined by a trilogy bout between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier in what’s being billed as Poirier’s retirement battle.