{"id":36509,"date":"2026-01-08T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Submission-Specialist-to-Lock-Horns-with-Local-Favorite-at-PFL-Madrid-199673"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:00:05","slug":"submission-specialist-to-lock-horns-with-local-favorite-at-pfl-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/submission-specialist-to-lock-horns-with-local-favorite-at-pfl-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Specialist to Lock Horns with Local Favorite at PFL Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/submission-specialist-to-lock-horns-with-local-favorite-at-pfl-madrid.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Jake<br \/>\nHadley enjoyed a memorable PFL debut. | PFL MMA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jake-Hadley-200597\">Jake<br \/>\nHadley<\/a> will have to go into hostile territory to earn his<br \/>\nsecond <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> victory.<\/p>\n<p>The organization on Thursday announced that Hadley will square off<br \/>\nagainst Spain\u2019s <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kevin-Cordero-198211\">Kevin<br \/>\nCordero<\/a> in a bantamweight clash at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Madrid-Van-Steenis-vs-Edwards-2-110863\"><br \/>\nPFL Madrid<\/a> on March 20. The event takes place at Palacio<br \/>\nVitalegre in Madrid, Spain, and is headlined by a middleweight<br \/>\nchampionship showdown between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Costello-van-Steenis-152859\">Costello<br \/>\nvan Steenis<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Fabian-Edwards-200595\">Fabian<br \/>\nEdwards<\/a>. The card will air on the ESPN app in the United<br \/>\nStates.<\/p>\n<h2>A Strong First Impression<\/h2>\n<p>A former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Cage-Warriors-Fighting-Championship-186\"><br \/>\nCage Warriors<\/a> champion and a seven-time <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> veteran, Hadley his split his first two PFL appearances.<br \/>\n\u201cWhite Kong\u201d enjoyed a spectacular promotional debut, when he<br \/>\ntapped out <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Matheus-Mattos-70757\">Matheus<br \/>\nMattos<\/a> with a third-round twister at PFL World Tournament 2 on<br \/>\nApril 11. The 29-year-old Englishman couldn\u2019t continue that<br \/>\nmomentum in his second outing, as he dropped a unanimous verdict to<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marcirley-Alves-265781\">Marcirley<br \/>\nAlves<\/a> at PFL World Tournament 6 on June 20.<\/p>\n<p>Cordero, who hails from the Canary Islands, will be fighting for<br \/>\nthe first time in more than a year and a half. In his most recent<br \/>\nappearance, 26-year-old Black Lion Team representative scored a<br \/>\nflying knee knockout of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Adriano-Ramos-184809\">Adriano<br \/>\nRamos<\/a> at Total MMA \u201cGran Canaria\u201d on June 29, 2024. That<br \/>\nsnapped a three-bout skid for Cordero, who has notably competed for<br \/>\norganizations such as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Combate-Global-7699\">Combate<br \/>\nGlobal<\/a> and Cage Warriors while compiling a 15-5 career<br \/>\nmark.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37IauLSJY2w?si=zO3VOcOXUqJa3ir2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Hadley enjoyed a memorable PFL debut. | PFL MMA Jake Hadley will have to go into hostile territory to earn his second Professional Fighters League victory. The organization on Thursday announced that Hadley will square off against Spain\u2019s Kevin Cordero in a bantamweight clash at PFL Madrid on March 20. The event takes place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}