Dakota Ditcheva is already taking a look at a future past the constraints of the PFL.
After profitable the PFL Europe flyweight event in 2023, ‘Harmful’ ran the desk throughout this yr’s common season event and playoffs, changing into the promotion’s first-ever international PFL flyweight world champion.
Much more spectacular was the truth that she virtually ran by way of former UFC title challenger Taila Santos to win her first $1 million paycheck. Santos beforehand went toe-to-toe with bantamweight queen Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 275 and within the eyes of many, did sufficient to dethrone ‘Bullet’ that evening.
KO’ing Santos within the second spherical of their flyweight remaining, Ditcheva proved that she’s greater than only a fairly face backed by the PFL hype machine. She’s a legit risk to any lady in any promotion, and after logging one other yr contained in the Good Cage, she hopes to check herself on a a lot greater stage.
“I’m positively with PFL as a result of I’m in contract for a minimum of one other yr anyway, so I’ve positively not completed with them but,” Ditcheva instructed talkSPORT. “I’ve obtained a number of issues within the pipeline that we may probably do. However I feel, competition-wise, everybody form of thinks you want to go to the UFC as a result of they do see me as the highest lady in PFL, particularly now that I’ve beat Santos. You already know, she—everybody thought she beat UFC world champion Valentina [Shevchenko].
“So everybody’s form of slightly bit like, earlier than that combat, it was like, ‘How good is Dakota actually? She hasn’t fought anybody,’ kind factor. After which after I beat her, now it’s like, ‘Oh, who’re you going to combat subsequent?’”
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Ditcheva is an ideal 14-0 in her blended martial arts profession with an unbelievable 93% end fee, together with 12 knockouts and one win by way of submission.
It stays to be seen if ‘Harmful’ will compete within the 2025 PFL event or if the promotion will maintain her out of the event in favor of a possible superfight.
Sadly, there aren’t a number of choices for big-money fights underneath the PFL banner which is why she’s already plotting to comply with within the footsteps of two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison and depart the promotion seeking greener pastures and better challenges.
