Dakota Ditcheva will face Sumiko Inaba in a non-title bout on the PFL’s first struggle evening in Cape City, South Africa on 26 July.
The Manchester fighter has not competed since successful the PFL flyweight world title final November and publicly berated the MMA promotion for failing to e-book her.
Ditcheva, 26, will struggle alongside former Bellator champion Johnny Eblen. He will probably be combating in a ‘world title’ bout regardless of the Bellator titles being scrapped earlier this yr.
The PFL instructed Ditcheva and lots of of her fellow PFL 2024 champions and Bellator belt holders that they’d be that includes at their PFL Champions Sequence occasions in 2025.
Ditcheva and Eblen will headline the PFL’s inaugural occasion in Africa, overseen by Francis Ngannou.
The PFL Champions Sequence portion of the occasion will probably be after the opening spherical of an all-African match throughout a number of weight courses.
Unbeaten American fighter Eblen, 33, will defend his world title in opposition to the Netherlands’ Costello van Steenis.
Inaba, 34, was a daily within the Bellator flyweight division however was not a part of the PFL’s 2024 flyweight match.
Ditcheva ran by means of the competitors to turn out to be the primary British lady to win a serious MMA world title.
The Englishwoman is unbeaten in 14 fights with 13 finishes.
