Professional Fighters League has added champions from three
regional promotions to its roster.
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The promotion announced on Tuesday that it has signed Eagle FC
heavyweight champ Rizvan
Kuniev, Standout Fighting Tournament lightweight title holder
Manoel
Sousa and Jungle Fights welterweight king Quemeul Ottoni. The
Ottoni signing was
recently reported by Sherdog.com. It is unclear when the three
new signings will make their respective promotional debuts.
“We are excited to add these elite fighters to our global roster,”
PFL president of fighter operations Ray Sefo said.
“The PFL will put these athletes on the global stage.”
Russia’s Kuniev will bring an 11-fight winning streak into his PFL
debut. After a third-round technical knockout victory against
Edivan
Santos on Dana White’s Contender Series failed to net a UFC
contract in September 2021, Kuniev captured the Eagle FC belt with
a first-round submission of Anthony
Hamilton this past March.
The 25-year-old Sousa is undefeated in nine professional outings.
He claimed the SFT throne with a first-round knockout of Brendo
Bispo de Souza in July 2021 before moving on to Cage Fury
Fighting Championships, where he has scored back-to-back finishes
of Trevor
Ollison and Mauro
Chaulet this year.
Ottoni is perhaps best known for his submission win over Alex
Peireira under the Jungle Fight banner in 2015, making him the only
person to defeat the current UFC middleweight champ in MMA
competition. The 30-year-old Sao Paulo native ahs won five straight
fights and is coming off a championship win over Jose Diaz at
Jungle Fight 107 this past May.