Pivotal Bouts Added to July 19’s PFL Africa Champions Series Event

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Professional Fighters League added two solid matchups to its growing July 19 PFL Champions Series 2: 2025 Africa First Round event at GrandWest Arena in Capetown, South Africa.

Headlined by a middleweight title tilt pitting Johnny Eblen against Costello van Steenis, the event also features 2024 PFL champion Dakota Ditcheva, who will do battle with Bellator MMA veteran Sumiko Inaba.

On Friday, PFL revealed two more intriguing tilts to July 19’s lineup as A.J. McKee will lock horns with Akhmed Magomedov in a featherweight clash and Corey Anderson will toe the line against Denis Goltsov in a heavyweight scrap.

The PFL Africa 1 card will precede the PFL Champions Series ‘Road to Dubai’ on the same day at GrandWest Arena and host bantamweight and heavyweight tournaments, as well as showcase fights.

PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai Fight Card

Johnny Eblen vs. Costello van Steenis
Dakota Ditcheva vs. Sumiko Inaba
A.J. McKee vs. Akhmed Magomedov
Corey Anderson vs. Denis Goltsov

PFL Africa 1 Fight Card

Bantamweight Tournament:
Nkosi Ndebele vs. Mahmoud Atef
Shannon Van Tonder vs. Boule Godogo
Antero dos Santos vs. Karim Henniene
Simbarashe Hokonya vs. Alain Majorique

Heavyweight Tournament:
Maxwell Djantou Nana vs. Mickael Groguhe
Jashell Ticha Awa vs. Justin Clarke
Abdoullah Kane vs. Mohammad Ben Yahia
Badreddine Diani vs. TBD

Strawweight Showcase Bout:
Juliet Ukah vs. TBD

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Angola’s own Shido Boris Esperanca plans on bringing the action to PFL Africa

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