{"id":36951,"date":"2026-02-27T17:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PFL-Chicago-adds-three-battles-to-April-11-billing-200277"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:25:07","slug":"pfl-chicago-adds-three-battles-to-april-11-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/pfl-chicago-adds-three-battles-to-april-11-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL Chicago adds three battles to April 11 billing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The lineup for one of
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a>\u2019s April shows is starting to come
\ntogether.<\/p>\n

The promotion released<\/a> a
\ntrio of matchups for its
\nPFL Chicago<\/a> event on April 11, one that will be capped off by a
\nSergio
\nPettis<\/a>–Mitchell
\nMcKee<\/a> main attraction. The three fights will take place inside
\nof the Wintrust Arena in the Windy City. Each of the new pairings
\nwill see a PFL-ranked fighter take on an unranked adversary.<\/p>\n

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First among those new tilts is a featherweight contest as Gabriel
\nBraga<\/a> (16-3) faces the debuting Mehdi
\nBaydulaev<\/a> (19-2). Since making his PFL debut on the 2023
\ninstallment of the Challenger Series, Braga has served as one of
\nthe best 145ers to not win a tourney. In his three attempts to
\nclaim a tournament title, Braga has been knocked out in the
\nplayoffs each time, with two of those three defeats coming to
\nJesus
\nPinedo<\/a>. On the other side of the equation, Chechnya\u2019s Baydulaev
\nhas won his last 13 outings, nine by submission, dating back to
\n2019.<\/p>\n

Bishop\u2019s Last Stand<\/h2>\n

At the tender age of 40, Jena Bishop<\/a>
\n(9-3) will come into this event in Chicago after her first clean
\nknockout loss. She battled Liz
\nCarmouche<\/a> to a third-round KO defeat in August 2025 for the
\ntournament championship, in a bracket she pushed through with
\nvictories over Kana
\nWatanabe<\/a> and Ekaterina
\nShakalova<\/a>. Her unbeaten flyweight adversary, Borena
\nTsertsvadze<\/a> (6-0), has never competed outside of her native
\nGeorgia. Her stateside debut will come on the heels of a pair of
\nfirst-round stoppage wins over Khanim
\nBashirova<\/a> and Mobina
\nBabanataj<\/a> last year, although those two ladies combined for a
\npro record of 1-1 when she faced them.<\/p>\n

Finally, fans will be treated to a classic matchup of Egypt vs.
\nTonga as \u201cGodFirst\u201d Omar El
\nDafrawy<\/a> (14-6) departs the confines of PFL\u2019s Middle East
\nspinoff for the main league. He faces PFL newcomer James Vake<\/a>
\n(7-1) at 170 pounds, who will be taking his first fight since 2024.
\nVake last competed at welterweight in 2023, winning a decision over
\nthe .500 Dyllon
\nMuniz<\/a>. The Tongan has authored a majority of his victories via
\nstrikes.<\/p>\n

PFL Chicago Partial Lineup:<\/h2>\n

Sergio
\nPettis<\/a> vs. Mitchell
\nMcKee<\/a> \u2013 bantamweight
Jordan
\nNewman<\/a> vs. Joshua
\nSilveira<\/a> \u2013 middleweight
Gabriel
\nBraga<\/a> vs. Mehdi
\nBaydulaev<\/a> \u2013 featherweight
Jena
\nBishop<\/a> vs. Borena
\nTsertsvadze<\/a> \u2013 women\u2019s flyweight
Omar El
\nDafrawy<\/a> vs. James Vake<\/a> \u2013
\nwelterweight

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\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7Gabriel Braga vs. Mehdi Baydulaev \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa
\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8Jena Bishop vs. Borena Tsertsvadze \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea
\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddecOmar El Dafrawy vs. James Vake<\/p>\n

Get your
\n#PFLChicago<\/a> tickets today! \ud83d\udc47
\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/q9Y4PWXnnb<\/a>#PFLChicago<\/a>
\n| Saturday, April 11th | Wintrust Arena\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/VwfjPLc8vl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 PFL (@PFLMMA)
\nFebruary 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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