The PFL has announced the full card for PFL Dubai on Saturday, November 14th at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, UAE. The event marks PFL’s fourth card in Dubai and its first in the city since the merger with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP).
The 15-fight card will be headlined by a PFL Heavyweight World Title bout between reigning champion Vadim Nemkov (20-2) and #3-ranked Sergei Bilostenniy (15-4). Nemkov, a protégé of MMA legend Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko, has not lost in more than a decade, going unbeaten in his last 15 appearances. Bilostenniy, who became the first fighter to stop Karl Williams and recently finished former PFL Champion Renan Ferreira, also represents Team Fedor and has shared training camps with Nemkov.
The co-main event is a coming-out party for Namur’s undefeated #4-ranked Patrick “The Belgian Bomber” Habirora (9-0), who steps outside Europe for the first time in his professional career after a 20-second knockout of former UFC champion Benson Henderson in Brussels. Across the cage is Egypt’s #5-ranked Omar "GodFirst" El Dafrawy (16-6), the inaugural PFL MENA Welterweight (170 lbs.) Champion, who will fight in his home territory in an attempt to take the Belgian’s hype for himself in a highly anticipated battle.
Also on the main card, Dubai’s own undefeated heavyweight Pouya Rahmani (6-0) meets #1-ranked Oleg Popov (23-2) in front of his home crowd. Former Bellator World Champion #4-ranked Sergio “The Phenom” Pettis (25-8) welcomes RIZIN star Joji Goto (21-9-1) to the cage in a bantamweight (135 lbs.) match-up, and Abubakar Nurmagomedov (17-4-1), cousin of the legendary Khabib Nurmagomedov, returns from a three-year hiatus against Australia’s David “The Smiling Assassin” Martinez (17-6) in another welterweight (170 lbs.) bout.
Complete PFL Dubai Fight Card
PFL Heavyweight World Title Main Event
C-Vadim Nemkov (20-2) vs. Sergei Bilostenniy (15-4)
Welterweight Co-Main Event
Patrick Habirora (9-0) vs. Omar El Dafrawy (16-6)
Heavyweight
Pouya Rahmani (6-0) vs. Oleg Popov (23-2)
Welterweight
Abubakar Nurmagomedov (17-4-1) vs. David Martinez (17-6)
Bantamweight
Sergio Pettis (25-8) vs. Joji Goto (21-9-1)
Preliminary Card
Lightweight
Shem Rock (12-3-1) vs. Connor Hughes (12-3)
Bantamweight
Lewis McGrillen (13-2) vs. Nawras Abzakh (15-6)
Featherweight
Asaël Adjoudj (11-1) vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (23-0-1)
Lightweight
Alexei Pergande (8-0) vs. Akhmed Magomedov (11-2)
Featherweight
Khasan Magomedsharipov (11-0) vs. Adam Borics (20-4)
Heavyweight
Denis Goltsov (37-9) vs. Maxwell Djantou Nana (9-2)
Welterweight
Ernesto Rodriguez (11-2) vs. Rhys McKee (15-7-1)
Light Heavyweight
Khabib Nabiev (12-0) vs. Styve Ngono (8-1)
Welterweight
Khamzat Abaev (6-1) vs. Leon Hill (10-2)
Women’s Strawweight
Aleksandra Savicheva (8-2) vs. Jacinta Austin (9-2)
