{"id":837221,"date":"2026-08-01T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837221\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T06:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:17:15","slug":"pfl-new-york-dakota-ditcheva-outclasses-denise-kielholtz-on-return-from-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/837221\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL New York: Dakota Ditcheva outclasses Denise Kielholtz on return from injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dakota Ditcheva outclassed Denise Kielholtz as the Briton marked her return from injury with a comfortable win by unanimous decision at PFL New York.<\/p>\n

Ditcheva, who had not fought since breaking her left hand just over a year ago, extended the unbeaten start to her career to 16 fights.<\/p>\n

The win for Ditcheva, who triumphed in the PFL flyweight tournament in 2024<\/a>, was a timely reminder to fans of why she is one of Britain’s most talented and exciting fighters.<\/p>\n

Although Ditcheva could not add to her 12 career knockouts – nine of which have come in the first round – she outstruck Dutch fighter Kielholtz 102-64.<\/p>\n

Ditcheva’s win cements her status as one of the biggest stars in the PFL just days after the organisation’s merge with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)<\/a>, while MVP co-founder Jake Paul was cage-side to watch the fights at the UBS Arena.<\/p>\n

Ditcheva, 28, has had a frustrating year<\/a> after her return was delayed in February when she suffered an injury to her opposite hand.<\/p>\n

But she displayed her trademark confidence during her walkout as she sported a relaxed smile, before quickly finding her groove after the opening bell.<\/p>\n

Using her superior height to her advantage, Ditcheva kept the 37-year-old Kielholtz at bay for the majority of the contest with a number of rangy kicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dakota Ditcheva outclassed Denise Kielholtz as the Briton marked her return from injury with a comfortable win by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-837221","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\/837221","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=837221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}