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\nRodrigo Nascimento will make his next PFL appearance in the
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\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> has announced another fight for
\nits upcoming card in Chicago, a heavyweight showdown that will see
\nRodrigo
\nNascimento<\/a> take on Slim
\nTrabelsi<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nnewly-released rankings for the PFL in 2026, with Nascimento coming
\nin at No. 6, while Trabelsi is listed two spots behind him at No. 8
\nin the division.<\/p>\n
\nWorld Title Fight headlines PFL Madrid: Tune in LIVE, Friday, March
\n20 at 12 p.m. ET<\/a>.
The 33-year old Nascimento has competed twice in the PFL. He made
\nhis promotional debut in 2025, where he would go 1-1 in the
\ntournament. His most recent fight was a loss to Oleg Popov<\/a>.
\nNasicmento is also a veteran of
\nDana White’s Contender Series<\/a> under the
\nUFC<\/a> umbrella, where he won a contract in 2019. He would go on
\nto compete for the promotion eight times, finishing with a 4-3
\nrecord with one no contest in that span.<\/p>\n
\ndropped his last two combat sports competitions to recent PFL
\ndebutant Pouya
\nRahmani<\/a> in both MMA and grappling. The loss to Rahmani was the
\nfirst loss of Trabelsi\u2019s career, as he has picked up wins under
\nboth the Bellator and PFL banners.<\/p>\nUpdated PFL Chicago Card<\/h2>\n
\nPettis<\/a> vs. Mitchell
\nMcKee<\/a> \u2014 bantamweight
Jordan
\nNewman<\/a> vs. Joshua
\nSilveira<\/a> \u2014 middleweight
Raufeon
\nStots<\/a> vs. Renat
\nKhavalov<\/a> \u2014 bantamweight
Gabriel
\nBraga<\/a> vs. Mehdi
\nBaydulaev<\/a> \u2014 featherweight
Jena
\nBishop<\/a> vs. Borena
\nTsertsvadze<\/a> \u2014 flyweight
Rodrigo
\nNascimento<\/a> vs. Slim
\nTrabelsi<\/a> \u2014 heavyweight
Omar El
\nDafrawy<\/a> vs. James Vake<\/a> \u2014
\nwelterweight
Biaggio
\nAli Walsh<\/a> vs. Dashiande
\nHarris-Moore<\/a> \u2014 lightweight
Valanti
\nAtsas<\/a> vs. Nate
\nJennerman<\/a> \u2014 welterweight <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"