Yesterday the PFL introduced their full 2023 PFL Europe Season Roster per a press launch. There are some attention-grabbing names on the record and options 32 fighters from 14 totally different international locations, competing throughout 4 totally different weight divisions all contained in the PFL SmartCage.
As we all know, the PFL are returning to Europe from their European Season together with exhibits in Newcastle, Berlin and Paris with the finals happening in Dublin in December. The winner will take house $100,000 and earn the possibility to earn a spot on the PFL World Roster and consequently the well-known $1 million season prize.
The 4 weight courses taking centre stage will likely be males’s mild heavyweight, ladies’s flyweight, males’s bantamweight and males’s light-weight.
The complete roster is as follows:
Males’s mild heavyweight
The standout within the males’s mild heavyweight is definitely, Simeon Powell. The opposite mild heavyweight to regulate is Jakob Nedoh. Nedoh holds a 5-1 document, is undefeated since 2014 and has completed all 5 of his wins, together with two beneath the Courageous FC banner.
Ladies’s Flyweight
Dakota Ditcheva (UK)
Clara Riciguolo (France)
Griet Eechkout (Belgium)
Mafalda Carmona (Portugal)
Cornelia Holm (Sweden)
Marta Waliczek (Poland)
Lizzy Gevers (Holland)
Valentina Scatizzi (Italy)
The flyweight roster is Dakota Ditcheva‘s division. She’s the poster lady for a cause and will breeze via every opponent within the division.
Males’s Bantamweight
Ali Taleb (Sweden)
Dominique Wooding (UK)
Francesco Nuzzi (Italy)
Frans Mlambo (Eire)
Farbod Iran Nezhad (Germany)
Kenji Bortoluzzi (Switzerland)
Khurshed Kakhorov (Germany)
Mokthar Benkaci (France)
The bantamweight roster is, definitely essentially the most aggressive of the 4 introduced. Dominique Wooding, Francesco Nuzzi, Mokthar Benkaci and Ali Taleb are arguably the standouts, nevertheless, Frans Mlambo holds a win over Wooding and the others on the roster are all extremely skilled. This one goes to be thrilling.
Males’s Light-weight
Aleksandr Chizov has already confirmed himself at PFL London and will likely be an issue for everybody at 155lbs. Connor Hughes and Jakub Kaszuba each have undefeated data with loads of finishes included. Chizov needs to be the favorite, however once more, the lightweights will likely be aggressive.
Elsewhere through the PFL Europe media day, the promotion introduced the signing of extremely touted Muay Thai practitioner, Sammy-Jo Luxton. Luxton is ready to make her skilled boxing debut on the upcoming Floyd Mayweather undercard and can make her PFL debut later this yr.
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