The fight card for the
Professional Fighters League Championships on Oct. 27 is
official.
The promotion announced the full lineup — with the exception of one
as yet to be announced preliminary bout — on Monday. The main card
airs on ESPN2 and is headlined by a women’s lightweight title clash
betweeen Kayla
Harrison and Taylor
Guardado. Three other $1 million championship bouts are set for
the main card: Ray Cooper
III vs. Magomed
Magomedkerimov at welterweight; Bruno Cappelozza vs. Ante Delija
at heavyweight and Movlid
Khaybulaev vs. Chris Wade at
featherweight.
Rounding out the main draw is boxing champion Claressa
Shields second pro MMA bout, as she meets Abigail
Montes.
Two championship fights will take place on the prelims: Antonio
Carlos Jr. vs. Marthin
Hamlet at light heavyweight and Loik
Radzhabov vs. Raush
Manfio at lightweight. The preliminary draw will also see Omari
Akhemdov face Jordan
Young at middleweight, while Don Madge
meets Nathan
Williams at lightweight. The preliminary lineup will stream on
ESPN+.
“The PFL World Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 27 will showcase the
determination and resilience our world class fighters have
showcased throughout the season in their quest to become a PFL
World Champion,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “After what’s already
been an incredibly successful season, I cannot wait to crown this
year’s six champions.”