{"id":576445,"date":"2026-03-31T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576445\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:35:08","slug":"former-champ-gadzhi-rabadanov-books-return-to-action-in-pfl-sioux-falls-co-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576445\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champ Gadzhi Rabadanov books return to action in PFL Sioux Falls co-main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former PFL lightweight season champion Gadzhi Rabadanov has his next fight booked as he looks to bounce back from his first loss in five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rabadanov is set to face Alex Chizov in the co-main event for the upcoming PFL Sioux Falls event scheduled in South Dakota on May 2. Promotion officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Prior to his loss to Alfie Davis this past August, Rabadanov had been going on a historic run through the best fighters in the PFL at 155 pounds. He scored brutal knockouts over UFC veterans Kevin Lee and Marc Diakiese after previously wiping out former Bellator champion Brent Primus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Overall, Rabadanov had built an impressive 12-fight win streak before he dropped the decision to Davis, who went onto fall to Rabadanov\u2019s teammate and reigning PFL lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Chizov, he enters the fight off three straight wins while primarily competing for PFL Europe over the past few years. He scored a win over Connor Hughes via third-round knockout this past December after previously picking up victories over Claudio Pacella and Mark Ewen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chizov has a 13-3 record but he\u2019ll definitely step into his next bout as the underdog going up against a buzzsaw like Rabadanov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The new lightweight fight between Rabadanov and Chizov serves as the co-main event with local favorite Logan Storley competing in the headliner against Florim Zendeli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former PFL lightweight season champion Gadzhi Rabadanov has his next fight booked as he looks to bounce back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,5963,7613,85],"class_list":["post-576445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-pfl","tag-pfl-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576445","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=576445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}