Pivotal Bouts Added to July 19’s PFL Africa Champions Series Event

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May 23, 2025

Professional Fighters League added two solid matchups to its
growing July 19
PFL Champions Series 2: 2025 Africa First Round event at
GrandWest Arena in Capetown, South Africa.

Headlined by a middleweight title tilt pitting Johnny
Eblen against Costello
van Steenis, the event also features 2024 PFL champion Dakota
Ditcheva, who will do battle with Bellator
MMA veteran Sumiko
Inaba.

On Friday, PFL revealed two more intriguing tilts to July 19’s
lineup as A.J. McKee
will lock horns with Akhmed
Magomedov in a featherweight clash and Corey
Anderson will toe the line against Denis
Goltsov in a heavyweight scrap.

The PFL Africa 1 card will precede the PFL Champions Series ‘Road
to Dubai’ on the same day at GrandWest Arena and host bantamweight
and heavyweight tournaments, as well as showcase fights.

PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai Fight Card

Johnny
Eblen vs. Costello
van Steenis
Dakota
Ditcheva vs. Sumiko
Inaba
A.J.
McKee vs. Akhmed
Magomedov
Corey
Anderson vs. Denis
Goltsov

PFL Africa 1 Fight Card

Bantamweight Tournament:
Nkosi
Ndebele vs. Mahmoud
Atef
Shannon
Van Tonder vs. Boule
Godogo
Antero
dos Santos vs. Karim
Henniene
Simbarashe
Hokonya vs. Alain
Majorique

Heavyweight Tournament:
Maxwell
Djantou Nana vs. Mickael
Groguhe
Jashell
Ticha Awa vs. Justin
Clarke
Abdoullah
Kane vs. Mohammad
Ben Yahia
Badreddine
Diani vs. TBD

Strawweight Showcase Bout:
Juliet
Ukah vs. TBD

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Angola’s own Shido Boris Esperanca plans on bringing the action to
PFL Africa

Follow @PFLAfrica
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May 22, 2025