The
Professional Fighters League continues to build its upcoming
fight card, scheduled for Oct. 16 in Chicago.
An undisputed women’s flyweight title fight between Liz
Carmouche and Jena Bishop
will headlinePFL
Chicago, and the promotion has now added another 125-pound
matchup to the growing lineup.
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Sources close to the promotion confirmed to Sherdog that Shannon
Clark will face Lucero
Acosta.
Shannon Clark meets PFL newcomer Lucero Acosta in a women’s
flyweight bout
The bout will mark Acosta’s PFL debut. She owns a 6-2 professional
record and has earned victories by knockout, submission and
decision.
A flyweight
title fight headlines PFL Chicago: Tune in on Saturday, Oct. 16 at
11 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Clark made her promotional debut at
PFL San Diego this summer, earning a third-round technical
knockout. The victory moved the former
Legacy Fighting Alliance champion into the PFL women’s
flyweight rankings after only one appearance.
Liz
Carmouche will defend the women’s flyweight title against
Jena
Bishop in the main event, while Timur
Khizriev faces Gabriel
Braga and Denis
Goltsov meets Maxwell
Djantou Nana. Elsewhere on the card, Alexandr
Shabliy takes on Landry
Ward, Sarvarjon
Khamidov battles Rafael
do Nascimento, Oualy
Tandia squares off against Kendly St.
Louis and Eliezer
Kubanza meets Trey
Waters.