Alexandr
Shabliy will return to action at
PFL Chicago.
Shabliy is scheduled to return to the cage in a lightweight matchup
at the promotion’s Oct. 16 event at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The
Russian last competed in June against Alfie
Davis, which saw him bounce back from his defeat to Usman
Nurmagomedov.
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Alexandr Shabliy faces Landry Ward on Oct. 16 at PFL
Chicago
Shabliy (25-4) has lost just once since 2017 and was on a
nine-fight win streak before coming up short against Nurmagomedov,
the most recent PFL lightweight champ. He’ll look to compile
another win streak when he returns at PFL Chicago.
A flyweight
title fight headlines PFL Chicago: Tune in on Saturday, Oct. 16 at
11 p.m. ET on ESPN.
His upcoming opponent, Landry Ward
(11-3), is coming off a split-decision victory over Michael
Boylan in his PFL debut on Aug. 7 and has won his last three
fights.
The matchup joins a PFL Chicago card headlined by the women’s
flyweight title rematch between Liz
Carmouche and Jena
Bishop.
Apart from the main event and Shabliy vs. Ward, the promotion has
also added fights between Denis
Goltsov (17-1) and Maxwell
Djantou Nana (13-2) at heavyweight and Sarvarjon
Khamidov (37-9) and Rafael
do Nascimento (9-2) at bantamweight to the card.