DAZN<\/a>\u00a0monthly subscription\u00a0costs\u00a0\u00a39.99 on a 12-month contract or \u00a319.99 month-to-month. An\u00a0annual subscription\u00a0will cost\u00a0\u00a399.99.<\/p>\nPFL Africa 1 2025 start timeDate: Saturday, July 19Time:\u00a07 p.m. BST\u00a0(3 p.m. BST\u00a0for prelims)\u00a0Location:\u00a0GrandWest Arena – Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n
PFL Africa 1 will be in Cape Town, South Africa on\u00a0July 19. The prelims start at 3 p.m. BST. The main card starts at 7 p.m. BST, while the main event should begin around 10:30 p.m. BST, depending on how long the undercard fights last.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Road to Dubai event, led by PFL Africa Chairman Francis Ngannou, is the latest international league for the PFL. It features a tournament format similar to previous PFL cards as well as top-tier fighters.<\/p>\n
The main event will see John Eblen defend the Bellator middleweight title against Costello van Steenis.<\/p>\n
An NCAA wrestling qualifier, Eblen (16-0) was one of Bellator’s top stars before the PFL took over. He won several PFL crossover events against Impa Kasanganay and Fabian Edwards. The 33-year-old asked to compete after being out of action since October, and he got his wish via PFL Africa.<\/p>\n
Van Steenis (16-3) is 2-1 in his last three fights, competing in various PFL events worldwide. “The Spaniard” has five wins via knockout and seven via submission.<\/p>\n
The co-feature will see the return of Dakota Ditcheva. The 26-year-old Ditcheva (14-0) is a two-time PFL champion, having won tournaments in Europe and the U.S. A Muay Thai champion, “Dangerous,” with 12 wins via knockout, looks to be active in 2025.<\/p>\n
Ditcheva faces Sumiko Inaba (8-1), who is on a two-fight win streak and has four wins via knockout.<\/p>\n
Also on the card will be former Bellator champions A.J. McKee (22-2) and Corey Anderson (18-6, 1 NC).<\/p>\n
PFL Africa 1 2025 fight card<\/p>\n
Main Card<\/p>\n
Johnny Eblen (c) vs. Costello van Steenis for the Bellator middleweight titleDakota Ditcheva vs. Sumiko Inaba; FlyweightsA.J. McKee vs. Akhmed Magomedov; FeatherweightsMakkasharip Zaynukov vs. Takeshi Izumi; LightweightsCorey Anderson vs. Denis Goltsov; Heavyweights<\/p>\n
Prelims<\/p>\n
Nkosi Ndebele vs. Mahmoud Atef; Bantamweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Maxwell Djantou Nana vs. Mickael Groguhe; Heavyweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Shannon van Tonder vs. Boule Godogo; Bantamweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Jashell Ticha Awa vs. Justin Clarke; Heavyweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Asiashu Tshitamba vs. Karim Henniene; Bantamweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Abdoullah Kane vs. Joffie Houlton; Heavyweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Frans Mlambo vs. Simbarashe Hokonya; Bantamweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Paul-Emmanuel Gnaze vs. Abraham Bably; Heavyweights –\u00a0PFL Africa Tournament Quarterfinal\u00a0Juliet Ukah vs. Ceileigh Niedermayr; Strawweights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Fighters League continues to evolve as the promotion produces an event in Cape Town, South Africa.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}