Both Daniel James and Shanna Young will start their PFL 2024 Regular Season one point down after both missing weight ahead of the first Regular Season show of the year.
The card, which goes down in Atlantic City tonight (April 4), will see the men’s Heavyweights and women’s Flyweights kicking off their season in the pursuit of becoming the 2024 PFL champion and claiming the $1 Million prize money.
In the main event, 2022 Heavyweight champion Ante Delija returns to the PFL Smart Cage searching for his second PFL title and will start is 2024 season against the former Bellator interim champion, Valentin Moldavsky.
The co-main event plays host to an extremely interesting matchup between the vastly experienced Denis Goltsov and Linton Vassell, who currently finds himself in the best form he has been in since 2014, currently riding a five fight win streak.
Bellator Flyweight champion, Liz Carmouche is back in action for the first time since her impressive victory over Ilima-Lei Macfarlane at Bellator 300. In her opening bout of the Women’s Flyweight tournament, the champion will face Juliana Velasquez.
Opening the main card, top prospect Dakota Ditcheva will make her Regular Season debut, following an impressive 2023 PFL Europe title winning year. Standing opposite her, will be American Lisa Mauldin.
In the featured preliminary bout, Daniel James will not only forfeit 20% of his purse after coming over the 265lbs Heavyweight limit, but will receive a 1 point penalty, which will be deducted from his total league points at the end of the regular season. He will face Marcelo Golm.
It is a similar story for Shanna Young, who came in at 128.6lbs ahead of her contest with Kana Watanbe.
Elsewhere on the card, former UFC title challenger, Talia Santos will make her Smart Cage debut against fellow Brazilian Ilara Joanne, Blagoy Ivanov and Sergey Bilostenniy will square off as Steve Mowry vs Oleg Popov round out the opening fight night for the Heavyweights.
PFL San Antonio Main Card:
Thursday, April 4 – Live on ESPN 2 / ESPN+ / DAZN
Boeing Center, San Antonio, Texas
10 pm ET/7 pm PT
Heavyweight Regular Season Main Event: Ante Delija (244.0 lbs) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (237.4 lbs)
Heavyweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Denis Goltsov (245.4 lbs) vs. Linton Vassell (240.8 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Liz Carmouche (126.0 lbs) vs. Juliana Velasquez (125.2 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Dakota Ditcheva (125.2 lbs) vs. Lisa Mauldin (125.8 lbs)
PFL San Antonio Early Card:
Live on ESPN+ / DAZN
6:30 p.m. ET/ 3:30 p.m. PT
Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Marcelo Golm (264.4 lbs) vs. Daniel James (267.0 lbs)
*James will receive a 1-point penalty applied to his total league points earned in this bout, but will be eligible to earn points based on the outcome of the bout. He also forfeits 20% of his total show purse to his opponent.
Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Blagoy Ivanov (257.2 lbs) Sergey Bilostenniy (248.4 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Taila Santos (126.0 lbs) vs. Ilara Joanne (126.0 lbs )
Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Steve Mowry (257.6 lbs) vs. Oleg Popov (242.2 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Kana Watanabe (125.0 lbs) vs. Shanna Young (128.6 lbs) *Young will receive a 1-point penalty applied to her total league points earned in this bout, but will be eligible to earn points based on the outcome of the bout. She also forfeits 20% of her total show purse to her opponent.
Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Chelsea Hackett (125.4 lbs) vs. Jena Bishop (125.6 lbs)
Featherweight Showcase Bout: Lucas Brennan (145.6 lbs) vs. Dimitre Ivy (146.0 lbs)
Bantamweight Showcase Bout: Bryce Meredith (135.8 lbs) vs. Ty Johnson (135.6 lbs)
