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The Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced full cards for the first three 2024 PFL Regular Season events, available live on ESPN platforms in the U.S. and via DAZN in Canada, Europe and additional premium sports platforms internationally. The PFL Regular Season features a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship with each winner of the six weight divisions receiving a US$1M prize.
The first 2024 PFL Regular Season event, live on April 4, 2024 emanating from the Boeing Center in San Antonio, Texas (TX), will feature some of the world’s best Heavyweights and Women’s Flyweight fighters and is headlined by 2022 PFL World Champion Ante Delija and BELLATOR’s former Interim Heavyweight champion Valentin Moldavsky with a co-main event featuring Denis Goltsov facing Linton Vassell. The second event of the 2024 PFL Regular Season will take place on April 12, 2024 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada (NV) and showcase the Light Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions. The main event will see former BELLATOR Light Heavyweight Champion Phil Davis take on 2022 PFL Lightweight Champion Robert Wilkinson while 2023 PFL Light Heavyweight Champion Impa Kasanganay faces Alex Polizzi. The third and final 2024 PFL Regular Season first half event takes place on April 19, 2024 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois (IL) and will feature action in Welterweight and Featherweight divisions. Undefeated Welterweight Magomed Umalatov returns to the PFL SmartCage to take on former BELLATOR Welterweight Champion Andrey Koreshkov in the main event while 2022 PFL Featherweight Champion Brendan Loughnane faces former title challenger Pedro Carvalho in the night’s co-main event.
PFL San Antonio – April 4, 2024, Boeing Center, San Antonio, TX, 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT/8:00 pm MT/7:00 pm PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+
Main Card
• Heavyweight Regular Season Main Event: Ante Delija (24-5) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (12-3)
• Heavyweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Denis Goltsov (32-8) vs. Linton Vassell (24-8)
• Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Liz Carmouche (20-7) vs. Juliana Velasquez (12-2)
• Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Tyrell Fortune (13-2) vs. Daniel James (14-7-1)
Early Card (6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/4:00 pm MT/3:00 pm PT on ESPN+)
• Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Dakota Ditcheva (10-0) vs. Lisa Mauldin (6-3)
• Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Bruno Cappelozza (15-7) vs. Sergei Bilostenniy (11-3)
• Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Taila Santos (19-3) vs. Denise Kielholtz (8-5)
• Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Steve Mowry (10-1-1) vs. Oleg Popov (16-1)
• Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Kana Watanabe (12-2-1) vs. Shanna Young (9-5)
• Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Chelsea Hackett (4-1-1) vs. Jena Bishop (6-0)
• Featherweight Showcase Bout: Lucas Brennan (9-0) vs. Dimitre Ivy (12-7)
PFL Las Vegas – April 12, 2024, The Theater At Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, NV, 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT/7:00 pm MT/6:00 pm PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+
Main Card
• Light Heavyweight Regular Season Main Event: Phil Davis (24-7) vs. Robert Wilkinson (17-2)
• Light Heavyweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Impa Kasanganay (15-4) vs. Alex Polizzi (10-3)
• Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Clay Collard (24-12) vs. Patricky Pitbull (25-12)
• Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Mads Burnell (18-5) vs. Michael Dufort (12-4)
• Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Sadibou Sy (16-7-2) vs. Josh Silveira (12-2)
• Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Antonio Carlos Jr. (15-5) vs. Simon Biyong (9-3)
Early Card (6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT/4:00 pm MT/3:00 pm PT on ESPN+)
• Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (21-7-1) vs. Jakob Nedoh (8-1)
• Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Bruno Miranda (16-4) vs. Brent Primus (12-3)
• Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov (20-4-2) vs. Solomon Renfro (11-4)
• Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Jay Jay Wilson (10-1) vs. Adam Piccolotti (14-5)
• Heavyweight Showcase Bout: Marcelo Nunes (10-2) vs. Giacomo Lemos (8-0)
PFL Chicago – April 19, 2024, Wintrust Arena, Chicago, IL, 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT/8:00 pm MT/7:00 pm PTon ESPN and ESPN+
Main Card
• Welterweight Regular Season Main Event: Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) vs. Magomed Umalatov (14-0)
• Featherweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Brendan Loughnane (27-5) vs. Pedro Carvalho (13-8)
• Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Logan Storley (15-2) vs. Shamil Musaev (16-0-1)
• Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Gabriel Braga (12-1) vs. Justin Gonzalez (14-3)
• Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Goiti Yamauchi (28-6) vs. Neiman Gracie (12-4)
• Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Bubba Jenkins (21-7) vs. Kai Kamaka (12-5-1)
Early Card (6:30 pm ET/5:30 pm CT/4:30 pm MT/3:30 pm PT on ESPN+)
• Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Adam Borics (18-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (20-7-2)
• Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Timur Khizriev (14-0) vs. Brett Johns (20-3)
• Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Laureano Staropoli (13-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (11-0)
• Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Don Madge (10-4-1) vs. Kyle Crutchmer (10-2)
“The Professional Fighters League is excited to return to Regular Season action this April with three hard-hitting and crowd-pleasing events. The PFL’s extensive roster of world-class fighters, which now includes BELLATOR stars, means the toughest test in MMA, the PFL Regular Season, just got tougher," said PFL CEO Peter Murray. PFL is the only organization in MMA with the sports-season format, where individual fighters compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship each year. The combined roster of PFL and BELLATOR boasts 30% of its fighters independently world-ranked in the top 25 of their respective weight-class. PFL has an expansive global vision for the sport and is building the “Champions League of MMA” with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, and more international leagues in development. PFL leads in technology and innovation, with its proprietary PFL SmartCage, powering fight analytics, real-time betting, AI scoring, and a next-generation viewing experience. PFL is available on ESPN and ESPN+ in the U.S. and is broadcast and streamed in 150 countries with 20 premium media distribution partners.
