{"id":40416,"date":"2026-09-10T04:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PFL-sets-final-event-before-MVP-rebrand-with-bantamweight-title-fight-202739"},"modified":"2026-09-10T04:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:24:22","slug":"pfl-sets-final-event-before-mvp-rebrand-with-bantamweight-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/pfl-sets-final-event-before-mvp-rebrand-with-bantamweight-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL sets final event before MVP rebrand with bantamweight title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Taylor
\nLapilus<\/a> and Mitchell
\nMcKee<\/a> will battle for the
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> bantamweight championship in
\nFrance this December.<\/p>\n

The promotion recently announced that former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> athlete Lapilus will face
\nundefeated McKee in the main event of
\nPFL Lyon<\/a> on Dec. 12 at LDLC Arena.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Lapilus and Mitchell McKee will fight for the
\nbantamweight title at PFL Lyon<\/h2>\n

Lapilus (25-4) will have the opportunity to win the belt in front
\nof his home crowd. The Frenchman has gone 4-0 since joining the PFL
\nafter his UFC run and the upcoming championship opportunity
\nrepresents the culmination of his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy whole career has led to this moment,\u201d Lapilus said. \u201cI\u2019m here
\nto become champion, leave my mark on this sport and cement my
\nlegacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

A flyweight
\ntitle fight headlines PFL Chicago: Tune in on Saturday, Oct. 16 at
\n11 p.m. ET on ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, McKee (11-0) made his promotional debut at
\nPFL Chicago<\/a> earlier this year, defeating Sergio
\nPettis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFighting for a PFL world title is exactly why I came here,\u201d McKee
\nsaid. \u201cI\u2019ve believed from day one that I\u2019m the best bantamweight in
\nthe PFL and in December I get the opportunity to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n

PFL Lyon will also mark the final event under the PFL banner before
\nthe promotion begins operating under the
\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a> name on Jan. 1, 2027, following the
\nmerger between the two organizations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Lapilus and Mitchell McKee will battle for the Professional Fighters League bantamweight championship in France this December. The promotion recently announced that former Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete Lapilus will face undefeated McKee in the main event of PFL Lyon on Dec. 12 at LDLC Arena. Advertisement Taylor Lapilus and Mitchell McKee will fight for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40416","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\/40416","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=40416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}