Fighters Only : PFL Belfast Full Card Confirmed

Fighters Only

Mar 31, 2026

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) today announced the full card for PFL Belfast on Thursday, April 16 at the SSE Arena in Belfast.

Donegal’s undefeated No. 7 ranked Darragh “The Moville Mauler” Kelly (9-0) takes on the biggest opportunity of his career, as he headlines PFL Belfast opposite the dangerous New Zealander, No. 8 ranked Jay Jay "The Māori Kid" Wilson (11-2) in a three-round lightweight match-up.

Kelly is a mauler by name and mauler by nature, whose overpowering style of MMA has allowed him to stay undefeated in all nine of his professional bouts, stopping seven of those opponents before the final bell. A powerful lightweight, the Moville local fights with a heavy forward pressure, looking to throw big and dominate the grappling exchanges. Answering the call to switch opponents on three weeks’ notice, Kelly is looking to build momentum with a win and hunt down the PFL Lightweight World Championship.

Wilson is a dangerous New Zealander who has never been stopped in his 13 professional bouts. With serious power in his hands, and the ability to end a fight on the ground, he has four finishes via KO/TKO and four finishes via submission. With only two losses on his record to elite fighters including undefeated No. 2 ranked Gadzhi Rabadanov and No. 3 ranked Archie Colgan, “The Māori Kid” always comes to fight and aims to separate his opponent from their consciousness.

The co-main event promises fireworks at catchweight (176 lbs), as Ballymena’s Rhys “Skeletor” McKee (14-7-1) makes his PFL debut and enters the fray against France’s Alex "Da Killa King" Lohoré (26-11).

McKee is a former U.K. champion who has never needed the judges in any professional victory as his record boasts 11 KO/TKOs and three submissions in 14 wins. He promises to put on a show in Belfast as he fights in his home country on a global platform for the first time. Lohoré is the current Interim Super Welterweight Champion of BRAVE CF and is confident he has the style and experience to ruin the homecoming for “Skeletor.”

Also newly announced on the card is SBG Dublin’s Pedro "The Game" Carvalho (14-10) who steps in for Darragh Kelly to face Sergio “Drako” Cossio (27-11-1) at catchweight (165 lbs), and Finland’s Omran Chaaban (9-1), who trains in Dublin, will take on the Netherland’s Chequina Noso Pedro (10-4) in a welterweight bout.

The PFL Belfast preliminary card is set to be broadcast in the U.S on the ESPN App for fans with access to the ESPN Unlimited plan from 2:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am PT, with the main card being broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes at 7 pm ET/4:00 pm PT.