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February 20, 2024
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The
Professional Fighters League season will begin in April with
events in three different cities.
The organization announced on Monday that its season format — which
now will include fighters from Bellator MMA — will take place on
April 4, April 12 and April 19 in San Antonio, Las Vegas and
Chicago. Fighters in six different weight classes will compete in
the PFL season, with the winners earning a $1 million prize at the
end of the campaign along with their championship status.
“The toughest test in MMA, the PFL regular season, just got tougher
with the addition of stars from Bellator,” said PFL CEO Peter
Murray in a release.
“The PFL is excited to kick off the 2024 regular season in front of
our great fans in San Antonio, Las Vegas and Chicago. This promises
to be the biggest regular season in history, with the PFL heading
to 10 top markets around the country and distribution to 160
countries around the world.”
While the PFL hasn’t revealed the entire roster for each weight
class in the upcoming season, a few prominent names that will be
competing were announced on Monday.
The regular season will begin on April 4 at the Boeing Center in
San Antonio and features heavyweights and the newly-added women’s
flyweight division. Confirmed participants include 2023 PFL Europe
champ Dakota
Ditcheva, Bellator flyweight queen Liz
Carmouche, 2022 PFL heavyweight champ Ante Delija
and former Bellator interim king Valentin
Moldavsky.
The second week will take place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in
Las Vegas and features the light heavyweight and lightweight
divisions. Confirmed light heavyweight participants include 2023
PFL champion Impa
Kasanganay, PFL Europe king Jakub Nedoh and ex-Bellator ruler
Phil
Davis. At lightweight, 2023 PFL finalist Clay
Collard and former Bellator 155-pound title holder Patricky
Freire are set to take part in the season.
Finally, the third week of the 2024 PFL season will go down at
Wintrust Arena in Chicago and spotlights the welterweight and
featherweight divisions. Undefeated PFL prospect Magomed
Umalatov and ex-Bellator 170-pound champ Andrey
Koreshkov will compete at welterweight, while 2023 PFL champion
Jesus
Pinedo and the undefeated Timur
Khizriev have been confirmed for lightweight.
The full roster, along with dates and locations for the rest of the
PFL season are expected to be announced soon.