The Professional Fighters League isn’t waiting until next season to
throw Shane
Burgos and Marlon
Moraes into the fire.
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According to
ESPN, the recently-signed fighters have agreed to square off at
the PFL Championships in November at featherweight. The promotion
hasn’t officially announced a date or venue for the event, but the
card is expected to take place on Nov. 25.
Burgos recently parted ways with the UFC following an 8-3 stint
with the Las Vegas-based organization, which prompted Dana White to
admit that it was a mistake not re-signing the Team Tiger Schulmann
representative. The 31-year-old known as “Hurricane” is coming off
back-to-back decision triumphs over Billy
Quarantillo and Charles
Jourdain in the Octagon.
Moraes, meanwhile, announced his retirement in April before
returning to sign with the PFL. Moraes was the World Series of
Fighting’s first bantamweight champion before signing with the UFC,
where he earned wins over the likes of Aljamain
Sterling, John Dodson,
Jimmie
Rivera and Raphael
Assuncao before falling to Henry
Cejudo in a 135-pound title bout. He ended his stint in the UFC
with four straight defeats — all by knockout or technical
knockout.