The Skilled Fighters League (PFL) Africa will proceed its 2026 marketing campaign later this 12 months, because the league heads north for its subsequent and maiden landmark occasion in Casablanca, Morocco on October 10.
The historic card will showcase a number of the continent’s prime rising expertise alongside established regional standouts, as PFL Africa pushes to increase its dedication to bringing world-class Combined Martial Arts (MMA) to followers throughout Africa.
Casablanca will likely be PFL Africa’s subsequent cease after Johannesburg and Pretoria in South Africa, Kigali in Rwanda, Cotonou in Benin and most not too long ago Lagos, Nigeria on June 13.
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Lagos produced a memorable debut motion with a mixture of pleasure and frustrations throughout varied classes.
The featherweight showcase essential occasion noticed house boy Wasi Adeshina sq. off with Spain’s Ignacio Nacho Campos in a bout that headlined PFL Africa’s first occasion on Nigerian soil.
Adeshina, who returned to the cage as PFL Africa reigning champion, opened with a fast takedown, however Nacho labored again to his ft, landed a knee within the clinch and completed with a rear-naked choke submission in spherical 1.
The light-weight match co-main occasion noticed Nigeria’s Patrick Ocheme face Cameroon’s Octave Ayinda. Ocheme pivoted with a check-hook and ended the combat with a spotlight reel flying knee within the first spherical.
The cardboard additionally featured opening-round bantamweight and light-weight match bouts, with fighters throughout each brackets trying to e book their locations within the subsequent stage. Boule Godogo stopped Dauda Rajabu with floor and pound to punch his ticket to the semifinals of the bantamweight match, becoming a member of Dwight Joseph, who earned a break up resolution win.
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In a powerful three-round bout, Raphael Uchegbu earned a unanimous 30-27 sweep on the judges’ scorecards. The Algerian-Canadian Karim Henniene stole the present with a fast ‘anaconda’ choke victory to stay undefeated and transfer to the following section of the bantamweight match.
Demba Seck captured a dominant resolution win towards Jean Do Santos to advance to the semifinal spherical of the light-weight match. The high-energy Hussain Al Kurdi will be a part of him after his submission victory over Abderrahman Errachidy. Nigeria’s Cornel Thompson improved to 12 profession victories with ananimous resolution win to remain within the match.
Along with match motion, the Lagos occasion additionally included showcase bouts throughout a number of divisions. Brazil’s Elisandra “Lili” Ferreira handed Juliet Ukah her first profession loss with an armbar submission.
Middleweight Jordan Fongno broke Yahaya Yahuza’s eight-fight win streak with a flurry of punches, resulting in a Technical Knockout (TKO) win. Zambia’s Shelda Chipito survived an ankle damage to submit Egypt’s Haidy Ahmed with a rear-naked choke to kick off the occasion.
