Ditcheva To Fight In South Africa For Pfl

Dakota Ditcheva will look Sumiko Inaba successful a non-title bout astatine nan PFL's first conflict nighttime successful Cape Town, South Africa connected 26 July.

The Manchester combatant has not competed since winning nan PFL flyweight world title past November and publicly berated nan MMA promotion for failing to book her.

Ditcheva, 26, will conflict alongside erstwhile Bellator champion Johnny Eblen. He will beryllium fighting successful a 'world title' bout contempt nan Bellator titles being scrapped earlier this year.

The PFL told Ditcheva and galore of her chap PFL 2024 champions and Bellator loop holders that they would beryllium featuring astatine their PFL Champions Series events successful 2025.

Ditcheva and Eblen will header nan PFL's inaugural arena successful Africa, overseen by Francis Ngannou.

The PFL Champions Series information of nan arena will beryllium aft nan opening information of an all-African tourney crossed respective weight classes.

Unbeaten American combatant Eblen, 33, will take sides his world title against nan Netherlands' Costello van Steenis.

Inaba, 34, was a regular successful nan Bellator flyweight section but was not portion of nan PFL's 2024 flyweight tournament.

Ditcheva ran done nan title to go nan first British female to triumph a awesome MMA world title.

The Englishwoman is unbeaten successful 14 fights pinch 13 finishes.