Fabian Edwards will battle former PFL light-heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay within the first spherical of the 2025 PFL middleweight event in Florida on 18 April.
The Briton, 31, faces a troublesome opener towards the American, who has 18 wins and 5 losses on his report.
Kasanganay’s final outing was a knockout loss within the remaining of the 2024 PFL light-heavyweight event.
Edwards enters the middleweight event as one of many favourites after two aggressive match-ups with former Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen in 13 months.
The Birmingham fighter misplaced each these fights however holds wins over Mike Shipman and Aaron Jeffery, who additionally compete within the event.
The PFL tournaments might be knockout format, not like earlier years the place the primary spherical contributed to a division league desk.
The eventual champions will obtain £395,000 ($500,000) in prize cash.
Additionally introduced for the first-round match-ups had been fights for Englishmen Jake Hadley, Linton Vassell, Shipman, Marc Diakiese, Alfie Davis and Simeon Powell.
Heavyweight Vassell will get an opportunity of revenge on 1 Might towards Oleg Popov, who beat him on the best way to the 2024 remaining.
Northern Eire’s Karl Moore fights former light-heavyweight champion Antonio Carlos Jr on the identical night time, whereas Irish bantamweight Ciaran Clarke faces Kasum Kasumov on 11 April and Nathan Kelly takes on Taekyun Kim at featherweight on 3 April.
