Professional Fighters League
’s debut in Africa will take place
one week earlier than originally announced.

The organzation on Monday announced that both
PFL Africa 1 and PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai
both of
which were scheduled for July 26, will now go down on July 19. The
venue will remain the same: GrandWest Arena in Capetown, South
Africa. No reason was given for the change.

In addition to the change in date, the PFL revealed more
participants for the first-round tournament bouts at bantamweight
and heavyweight. Meanwhile, Nigerian strawweight prospect Juliet Ukah
will compete on the card in a showcase bout against an as-yet-to be
announced opponent.

The PFL Africa 1 card will precede the PFL Champions Series: Road
to Dubai card, which is headlined by a middleweight title tilt
pitting Johnny
Eblen
against Costella Van Steenis. In the co-main event, 2024
PFL champion Dakota
Ditcheva
will lock horns with Sumiko
Inaba
. More Champions Series bouts are expected to be revealed
in the coming weeks.

PFL Africa 1
Bantamweight:
Nkosi
Ndebele
vs. Mahmoud
Atef

Shannon
Van Tonder
vs. Boule
Godogo

Antero
dos Santos
vs. Karim
Henniene

Simbarashe
Hokonya
vs. Alain
Majorique

Heavyweight:
Maxwell
Djantou Nana
vs. Mickael
Groguhe

Jashell
Ticha Awa
vs. Justin
Clarke

Abdoullah
Kane
vs. Mohammad
Ben Yahia

Badreddine
Diani
vs. TBD

Strawweight Showcase:
Juliet
Ukah
vs. TBD

PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai
Johnny
Eblen
vs. Costello
van Steenis

Dakota
Ditcheva
vs. Sumiko
Inaba

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By IMAK ADMIN

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