Defending lightweight champion Olivier
Aubin-Mercier will welcome free-agent signee Shane
Burgos to the Professional Fighters League cage on April
14.
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The promotion on Monday announced the lineup for
PFL 3, which will feature lightweights and welterweights at the
Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. PFL begins with prelims at 7
p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+ and continues with the main
card on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. In the evening’s co-headliner,
2022 welterweight champ Sadibou Sy
will lock horns with Jarrah
Al-Silawi.
Other bouts slated for the main draw are as follows: Natan
Schulte vs. Steven Ray;
Raush
Manfio vs. Alex
Martinez; Shane
Mitchell vs. TBA and Abdul-Aziz
Abdulvakhabov vs. Ahmed
Amir.
Meanwhile, the ESPN2 prelims will feature the following four
contests: Clay
Collard vs. Yamato
Nishikawa; Magomed
Magomedkerimov vs. Don Madge;
Carlos
Leal Miranda vs. David
Zawada; and Magomed
Umalatov vs. Dilano
Taylor.
Aubin-Mercier is currently on riding the momentum of a six-bout
winning streak under the PFL banner. His run to the 2022
lightweight title included wins over Schulte, Manfio, Martinez and
Ray. Prior to signing with PFL, “The Canadian Gangster” went 7-5
during a stint in the UFC from 2014 to 2019.
Burgos, meanwhile, signed with PFL after compiling an 8-3 mark with
the UFC. “Hurricane” last appeared at UFC on ABC 3, where he earned
a majority decision triumph against Charles
Jourdain.Natan Schulte vs Steven Ray Raush Manfio vs Alex
Martinez Shane Mitchell vs Unknown Fighter Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov
vs Ahmed Amir Clay Collard vs Yamato Nishikawa Magomed
Magomedkerimov vs Don Madge Carlos Leal Miranda vs David Zawada
Magomed Umalatov vs Dilano Taylor