Only the
Professional Fighters League could go to Nigeria.
Mere hours before the first PFL Africa event in 2026,
PFL Pretoria, kicked off, the organization released some
details about its second jaunt to the continent. For the first time
in PFL history, the league will be traveling to Nigeria, posting up
in Lagos at the Eko Convention Center on June 13 for the event that
will be coined either
PFL Nigeria or PFL Lagos. While only two fights have been
revealed, the plan is for the opening round of the bantamweight and
lightweight brackets to officially commence.
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Headlining the fight card is a non-tournament tilt pitting local
athlete Wasi
Adeshina (10-3) against Spain’s Nacho
Campos (7-2) at 145 pounds. The former carved his way through
the 2025 PFL Africa tournament, debuting with the organization in
August and picking up three victories in the span of four-plus
months to take home the $100,000 check and a shot at greater
heights. In the tournament, he tapped Jean-Jacques
Lubaya, outworked Dwight
Joseph across three rounds and forced the doctors to rescue
Alain
Majorique from a gargantuan cut in the finals.
Campos may not have as much experience in the confines of the PFL
as his adversary, but he won when it mattered most. In his company
return in March, Campos outhustled an overweight Mathys
Duragrin to put himself on the radar of the PFL brass. His
victory on PFL Madrid springboarded the Spaniard into a headlining
opportunity in Africa, albeit as the unwelcome foreign adversary
battling a proverbial hometown hero. This put a 2024 decision loss
at the “Battle of the Giants” card to Ibragim
Ibragimov in the rear-view mirror.
The other bout currently set for the billing is a lightweight
tournament opener when Nigeria-based athlete Patrick
Ocheme (8-1) faces “Bantu Warrior” Ayinda
Octave (7-1). Both men sport exactly four knockouts on their
respective ledgers, while their defeats have both been by knockout
as well. Ocheme has won six straight—including a flying switch kick
KO—with two of those in the PFL cage, and opponent Octave saw his
unbeaten record come to a screeching halt at the hands of Shido
Boris Esperanca last October.
PFL Lagos announced lineup:
Wasi
Adeshina vs. Nacho
Campos – featherweight
Patrick
Ocheme vs. Ayinda
Octave – lightweight opening round