{"id":37666,"date":"2026-04-09T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Taila-Santos-returns-against-organizational-newcomer-at-PFL-Sioux-Falls-in-May-200789"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:46:45","slug":"taila-santos-returns-against-organizational-newcomer-at-pfl-sioux-falls-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/taila-santos-returns-against-organizational-newcomer-at-pfl-sioux-falls-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Taila Santos returns against organizational newcomer at PFL Sioux Falls in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the Professional Fighters League<\/a>\u2019s highest-ranked
\nflyweights will be welcoming a new fighter to the roster next
\nmonth.<\/p>\n

Per sources close to the situation, the PFL has booked a women\u2019s
\nflyweight tilt pitting Taila
\nSantos<\/a> (22-4) against Qihui Yan<\/a>
\n(25-5) for the upcoming
\nPFL Sioux Falls<\/a> event. The two ladies will battle it out inside
\nof the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on May 2.
\nLocal athlete Logan
\nStorley<\/a> will serve in the main attraction as he takes on
\nFlorim
\nZendeli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

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A bantamweight
\nworld title fight headlines PFL Chicago: Tune in LIVE, Saturday,
\nApril 11 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After six-month suspension for oxandrolone and clenbuterol
\nmetabolites\u2014anabolic agents prohibited both in and out of
\ncompetition\u2014knocked her out of competing in 2025, Santos will
\nreturn to action for the first time since late 2024. The Brazilian
\nsaw her PFL tournament season come to a crashing halt as she
\nsuffered her first career stoppage loss to the hands and feet of
\nDakota
\nDitcheva<\/a>. This defeat put a three-fight win streak behind the
\nformer Ultimate Fighting Championship<\/a> title
\nchallenger, who celebrated decisions over Liz
\nCarmouche<\/a> and Jena Bishop<\/a>
\nwhile tapping Ilara
\nJoanne<\/a> earlier that year.<\/p>\n

\u201cQueen Kong\u201d Yan will make her promotional debut as a well-traveled
\nveteran in the sport, with her most recent appearances coming on
\nthe third \u201cRoad to UFC\u201d season in 2024. While she picked up a split
\nverdict in the quarterfinals, Danni
\nMcCormack<\/a> shut her down in the semis. Before those outings, she
\nmade her stateside debut in 2021 at Dana White’s Contender Series<\/a>, losing by
\nsubmission to Karine
\nSilva<\/a>. The 29-year-old from China posts a stellar stoppage rate
\nof 88% as a professional, only going to decision three times across
\nher 25 pro victories.<\/p>\n

Current PFL Sioux Falls lineup:<\/h2>\n

Logan
\nStorley<\/a> vs. Florim
\nZendeli<\/a> \u2013 welterweight
Gadzhi
\nRabadanov<\/a> vs. Aleksandr
\nChizov<\/a> \u2013 lightweight
Renan
\nFerreira<\/a> vs. Sergey
\nBilostenniy<\/a> \u2013 heavyweight
Magomed
\nMagomedov<\/a> vs. Leandro
\nHigo<\/a> \u2013 bantamweight
Taila
\nSantos<\/a> vs. Qihui Yan<\/a> \u2013
\nwomen\u2019s flyweight
Cheyanne
\nBowers<\/a> vs. Sabrinna
\nde Sousa<\/a> \u2013 women\u2019s flyweight
Simeon
\nPowell<\/a> vs. Emiliano
\nSordi<\/a> \u2013 light heavyweight
Angel
\nAlvarez<\/a> vs. Bryce Logan<\/a>
\n\u2013 lightweight
Sang
\nWon Kim<\/a> vs. Humberto
\nBandenay<\/a> \u2013 featherweight
Brett
\nBye<\/a> vs. Taylor
\nMichels<\/a> \u2013 welterweight <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the Professional Fighters League\u2019s highest-ranked flyweights will be welcoming a new fighter to the roster next month. Per sources close to the situation, the PFL has booked a women\u2019s flyweight tilt pitting Taila Santos (22-4) against Qihui Yan (25-5) for the upcoming PFL Sioux Falls event. The two ladies will battle it out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666","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=37666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}