{"id":39891,"date":"2026-08-13T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PFL-Africa-sets-Casablanca-debut-with-six-semifinal-fights-202354"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:39:33","slug":"pfl-africa-sets-casablanca-debut-with-six-semifinal-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/pfl-africa-sets-casablanca-debut-with-six-semifinal-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL Africa sets Casablanca debut with six semifinal fights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PFL Africa has arrived in Morocco! \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n

The Biggest MMA Event in North Africa is coming to Casablanca on
\nOctober 10.<\/p>\n

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Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our Semi-Finalists are locked in, and the battle for $100,000 and
\nPFL Africa championship belt continues!<\/p>\n

\u200bWith an incredible lineup of fights packed into one\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/1iYZtQ6KO6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 PFL Africa (@PFLAfrica)
\nAugust 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center> The
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> will hold its PFL Africa
\nsemifinals Oct. 10 at Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca,
\nfeaturing tournament bouts in three divisions and a heavyweight
\nmain event.<\/p>\n


\nPFL Africa 3: 2026 Playoffs<\/a>, the promotion\u2019s first event in
\nNorth Africa, will determine finalists in the bantamweight,
\nwelterweight and lightweight tournaments. Winners of the six
\nsemifinal bouts will advance to the PFL Africa Finals later this
\nyear.<\/p>\n

Fighters from nine African nations will compete at the Mohammed
\nV Sports Complex<\/h2>\n

Senegal\u2019s Abdoulaye
\nKane<\/a> (5-2) will face Morocco\u2019s Badr
\nMedkouri<\/a> (9-3) in the heavyweight main event. Kane has earned
\neach of his five professional victories by stoppage, including four
\nknockouts and one submission. Medkouri has recorded eight knockouts
\nin nine victories.<\/p>\n

Unbeaten Algerian-Canadian Karim
\nHenniene<\/a> (7-0) will meet Nigeria\u2019s Raphael
\nUchegbu<\/a> (11-2) in the bantamweight semifinal co-main event.
\nHenniene submitted his opponent in the first round at PFL Africa:
\nNigeria in June, while Uchegbu earned a unanimous decision on the
\nsame card.<\/p>\n

Cris Cyborg\u2019s
\nfinal MMA bout headlines PFL Tampa: Tune in on Saturday, Aug. 22 at
\n10 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liberia\u2019s Dwight
\nJoseph<\/a> (16-3) will face Angola\u2019s Boule
\nGodogo<\/a> (5-2) in the other bantamweight semifinal.<\/p>\n

In the welterweight semifinals, Angola\u2019s Shido
\nBoris Esperanca<\/a> (12-2) will meet South Africa\u2019s Peace
\nNguphane<\/a> (9-3), while Guinea-Bissau\u2019s Rivaldo
\nPereira<\/a> (4-2) faces unbeaten Nigerian David
\nSamuel<\/a> (6-0).<\/p>\n

The lightweight bracket features an all-Nigerian matchup between
\nPatrick
\nOcheme<\/a> (9-1) and Cornel
\nThompson<\/a> (12-3). Senegal\u2019s Demba Seck<\/a>
\n(11-3) will face Chad\u2019s Hussain Al
\nKurdi<\/a> (3-0) in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n

Fighters from nine African nations are represented on the card as
\nPFL continues expanding its Africa series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking to go to all four corners of the continent,\u201d PFL
\nAfrica general manager Elias Schulze said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PFL Africa has arrived in Morocco! \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 The Biggest MMA Event in North Africa is coming to Casablanca on October 10. Advertisement Our Semi-Finalists are locked in, and the battle for $100,000 and PFL Africa championship belt continues! \u200bWith an incredible lineup of fights packed into one\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/1iYZtQ6KO6 \u2014 PFL Africa (@PFLAfrica) August 13, 2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39891","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\/39891","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=39891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}