New York will play home to the one of the most stacked PFL cards of the year, as two undefeated Lightweights meet in the cage in an attempt to take the title and keep their 0. PFL Lightweight Champion #C-Usman Nurmagomedov (21-0) hit the scales at 154.8 lbs, and his opponent #3-Archie “King” Colgan (13-0) weighed in at 154.8 lbs. The stage is set as one fighter looks to build his legacy, and the other looks to start his.
The co-main event will see the return of #1-“Dangerous” Dakota Ditcheva (15-0) who looks to remind the everyone she is the best women’s flyweight in the world. Tipping the scales at 125.8 lbs, she will stand across from #6-Denise “Miss Dynamite” Kielholtz (9-5), a former world kickboxing champion she was originally set to face before suffering an injury. Kielholtz, planning to play the role as disruptor, successfully weighed in at 121.8 lbs.
The card has undergone changes in the last 24 hours.
- · Dovlet Yagshimuradov vs. Simeon Powell has been moved to PFL Charlotte on Friday, August 7
- · Khabib Naviev vs. Jamelle Jones has been removed from the card
- · Moustapha “Black Black” Diakhaté’s opponent, Zach Nishimwe, was not medically cleared. Diakhaté will now face Syndicate MMA’s 2-0 Darryl “The Sacred Beast” Walker, a former amateur champion in Tuff-N-Uff MMA
Main Card
Lightweight Main Event Title Bout: #C-Usman Nurmagomedov (154.8 lbs) vs. #3-Archie Colgan (154.8 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Bout: #1-Dakota Ditcheva (125.8 lbs) vs. #6-Denise Kielholtz (121.8 lbs)
Lightweight Bout: #10-Amru Magomedov (155.6 lbs) vs. Angel Alvarez (156.2 lbs*)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Moustapha Diakhaté (205.2 lbs) vs. Darryl Walker (204.6 lbs)
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight Bout: Raufeon Stots (136.0 lbs) vs. Lazaro Dayron (136.0 lbs)
Bantamweight Bout: Sean Gauci (135.8 lbs) vs. Allan Begosso (135.8 lbs)
Catchweight Bout (175 lbs): Jonathan Piersma (175.4 lbs) vs. Omar El Dafrawy (175.8 lbs)
Women’s Flyweight Bout: Montana De La Rosa (125.8 lbs) vs. Tatiana Postarnakova (125.8 lbs)
Lightweight Bout: Chamy Delva (155.6 lbs) vs. Levan Khabalaev (156.0 lbs)
