The highly anticipated PFL Africa event is drawing near, and the complete broadcast information is now available for fans.
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) confirmed on Monday that the main card for the event, taking place this Saturday in Africa, will be shown exclusively on ESPN+ for viewers in the United States. The headlining bout for the `Road to Dubai` portion of the event, held at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town, South Africa, features Middleweight champion Johnny Eblen against Costello van Steenis.
In the co-main event, undefeated 2024 Flyweight tournament champion Dakota Ditcheva is set to face Sumiko Inaba.
The main card also includes appearances by former Bellator champions AJ McKee and Corey Anderson. McKee is scheduled to return to the featherweight division to compete against Akhmed Magomedov, while Anderson will move up to the heavyweight division to fight 2024 Heavyweight tournament champion Denis Goltsov.
A lightweight bout between Artur Zaynukov and Takeshi Izumi will round out the main card lineup.
Before the main `Road to Dubai` card begins, a nine-fight PFL Africa preliminary card will be streamed live on the official PFL App.
Here is the complete fight lineup for PFL Africa:
Main Card (ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET)
- Johnny Eblen vs. Costello van Steenis
- Dakota Ditcheva vs. Sumiko Inaba
- AJ McKee vs. Akhmed Magomedov
- Artur Zaynukov vs. Takeshi Izumi
- Corey Anderson vs. Denis Goltsov
Preliminary Card (PFL App at 10 a.m. ET)
- Nkosi Ndebele vs. Mahmoud Atef
- Maxwell Djantou Nana vs. Mickael Groguhe
- Shannon Van Tonder vs. Boule Godogo
- Jashell Ticha Awa vs. Justin Clarke
- Antero dos Santos vs. Karim Henniene
- Abdoulaye Kane vs. Joffie Houlton
- Simbarashe Hokonya vs. Frans Mlambo
- Abraham Bably vs. Badr Medkouri
- Juliet Ukah vs. Ceileigh Niedermayr
Oliver Croft