2022 Professional Fighters League heavyweight champion Ante Delija
will begin his attempt for a repeat when he faces Yorgan De
Castro in the
PFL 2 headliner on April 7.
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The promotion announced the card for its second regular season
event — which features heavyweights and women’s featherweights — on
Monday. In the co-main event, 2022 women’s lightweight winner
Larissa
Pacheco will square off against ex-Bellator champ Julia Budd at
145 pounds. Two more heavyweight bouts round out the main draw:
Bruno
Cappelozza vs. Matheus
Scheffel and Renan
Ferreira vs. Rizvan
Kuniev.
Seven bouts were announced for the preliminary portion of the card:
Denis
Goltsov vs. Michal
Andryszak; Martina
Jindrova vs. Amber
Leibrock; Olena
Kolesnyk vs. Aspen Ladd;
Marcelo
Nunes vs. TBA; Marina
Mokhnatkina vs. Yoko
Higashi; Amanda Leve
vs. Karolina
Sobek and Biaggio
Ali Walsh vs. TBA.
PFL 2 takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The
main card airs on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m.
PT, while prelims stream on ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m.
PT.
A protege of Mirko
Filipovic, Delija went 4-0 during his 2022 PFL campaign. He
completed a run through the organization’s postseason by scoring
first-round TKO victories against Ferreira and Scheffel to capture
the heavyweight title and a $1 million payout.
A four-time UFC veteran, De Castro has won three consecutive bouts
following a 1-3 stint within the Las Vegas-based promotion. Most
recently, “The Mad Titan” bested Junior dos
Santos at Eagle FC 47 when his opponent suffered a shoulder
injury 35 seconds into the third round of their encounter.