A women’s lightweight final between Kayla
Harrison and Larissa
Pacheco will headline the
PFL Championship card on Nov. 25.
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The organization announced the majority of the lineup for its final
event of the year on Wednesday. The PFL Championship will take
place at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York and will
see Brendan
Loughnane square off against Bubba
Jenkins at featherweight in the evening’s co-main event. The
main card will be a pay-per-view available via ESPN+, and begins at
8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. A price point was not announced, however.
The rest of the main draw will feature the remaining four PFL
finals: Ante Delija
vs. Mattheus
Scheffel at heavyweight; Olivier
Aubin-Mercier vs. Steven Ray at
lightweight; Sadibou Sy
vs. Dilano
Taylor at welterweight and Rob
Wilkinson vs. Omari
Akhmedov at light heavyweight. Additionally, the pay-per-view
offering will include a featherweight bout pitting Shane
Burgos against Marlon
Moraes and one more yet to be announced “showcase” fight.
The undercard will air on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT and includes
the following matchups: Natan
Schulte vs. Jeremy
Stephens at lightweight; Dakota
Ditcheva vs. Katherine
Corogenes at flyweight and Biaggo Ali Walsh vs. Tom Graesser in
an amateur lightweight clash. One more preliminary bout will be
announced at a later date.
“I am excited to announce the 2022 PFL World Championship is set
for Friday, November 25 and the stage doesn’t get any bigger than
ESPN+ PPV in primetime staged live from New York City at Hulu
Theater at Madison Square Garden,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray in a
release. “This special pay-per-view holiday event is stacked with
star talent and championship drama as PFL will deliver fans six
world title fights with six belts and $6 million on the line
headlined by undefeated superstar Kayla Harrison in the biggest
fight of her career against Larissa Pacheco, who has five
consecutive first round knockouts coming into this epic season
finale.”