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USA Today
23-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
A.J. McKee, Corey Anderson join inaugural PFL Africa lineup in July
A.J. McKee, Corey Anderson join inaugural PFL Africa lineup in July ๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข #PFLCapeTown ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ Stayed tuned as more fight announcements are on the way! ๐๐ Tickets are on SALE NOW for July 19th ๐ ๐๏ธ #PFLChampionSeries โ PFL (@PFLMMA) May 23, 2025 PFL Africa continues to add some of the promotion's biggest names. Former Bellator champion A.J. McKee (22-2) returns to featherweight to take on Akhmed Magomedov (11-1) July 19 at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, promotion officials announced Friday morning. McKee is coming off a split decision loss to Paul Hughes this past October at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants. Meanwhile, Magomedov has won five of his past six fights, most recently submitting Nathan Kelly in January. Also joining the lineup is a heavyweight matchup between Corey Anderson (18-6-1) and Denis Goltsov (36-8). Anderson hasn't competed since claiming the vacant Bellator light heavyweight title with a win over Karl Moore in March 2024. 2024 PFL heavyweight tournament winner Goltsov will look to make it five straight victories. He has finished his past seven wins. The current PFL Africa card includes:
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Johnny Eblen, Dakota Ditcheva to compete in inaugural PFL Africa event in July
PFL's debut event in Africa will feature two of the promotion's biggest stars. PFL Africa, led by chairman Francis Ngannou, officially is set to launch July 26 at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, promotion officials announced Wednesday morning. Headlining the event will be Bellator champion Johnny Eblen (16-0), who defends his middleweight title against Costello van Steenis (16-3). In the co-main event, 2024 PFL women's flyweight champion Dakota Ditcheva (14-0) meets Hawaii's Sumiko Inaba (8-1). ๐ผ๐๐๐๐พ๐ผ. ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค PFL Africa launches Saturday 26th July at the GrandWest Arena in Cape Town, South Africa! New stars will be born โญ๏ธ Champions will emerge ๐ History will be made ๐ฅ#PFLCapeTown | Saturday July 26โฐGrandWest Arena | South Africa โ PFLAfrica (@PFLAfrica) May 7, 2025 The fights featuring Eblen and Ditcheva are taking place under the PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai branding, with three more expected to follow. It'll mark Eblen's first action since Oct. 19, 2024 when he defended his belt against Fabian Edwards. Ditcheva will compete for the first time since Nov. 29, 2024 when she defeated former UFC title challenger Taila Santos in the 2024 women's flyweight final. The PFL Africa portion of the card marks the launch of the inaugural PFL Africa tournament, which features eight-man brackets in the heavyweight and bantamweight divisions. As of now, half of each field is set, with the PFL saying it will announce the remaining bouts soon. The current PFL Africa card includes: Johnny Eblen vs. Costello van Steenis โ for middleweight title Dakota Ditcheva vs. Sumiko Inaba Justin Clarke vs. Jashell Ticha Awa โ PFL Africa heavyweight quarterfinal Mahmoud Atef vs. Nkosi Ndebele โ PFL Africa bantamweight quarterfinal Abdoullah Kane vs. Mohammad Ben Yahia โ PFL Africa heavyweight quarterfinal Abderrahman Errachidy vs. Simbarashe Hokonya โ PFL Africa bantamweight quarterfinal This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Johnny Eblen, Dakota Ditcheva return at inaugural PFL Africa event
