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The 2024 PFL season will have a Bellator flair, as expected.
On Monday, the promotion announced its entire lineup of 2024 regular season competitors, as well as the entire first set of regular season matchups, which will take place over the span of three events with two divisions featured at each event.
Of the 60 participants, 34 of them are Bellator imports, who join 22 returning PFL athletes and four free-agent signings.
The season kicks off April 4 at Boeing Center in San Antonio with the lone division new to PFL in 2024, women’s flyweight. It will also feature heavyweights. 2022 PFL heavyweight champion Ante Delija and current Bellator women’s flyweight champion Liz Carmouche are among those featured. Carmouche will face former Bellator champion Juliana Velasquez in a trilogy fight for her first regular-season matchup.
PFL returns eight days later April 12 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas with light heavyweights and lightweights. Notable names include former Bellator light heavyweight champion Phil Davis and 2022 PFL light heavyweight champion Rob Wilkinson, who square off in the main event. 2023 PFL light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay is also on the card.
The final divisions debuting in 2024 are welterweights and featherweights. Former Bellator welterweight champion Andrey Koreshkov, 2022 PFL featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane, and former Bellator interim welterweight champion Logan Storley are among those slated to compete April 19 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
Check out the full set of fight cards below:
2024 PFL 1: San Antonio, Texas (April 4)
- Heavyweight Regular Season Main Event: Ante Delija (24-5) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (12-3)
- Heavyweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Denis Goltsov (32-8) vs. Linton Vassell (24-8)
- Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Liz Carmouche (20-7) vs. Juliana Velasquez (12-2)
- Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Tyrell Fortune (13-2) vs. Daniel James (14-7-1)
PRELIMS (ESPN +, 6 pm ET)
- Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Dakota Ditcheva (10-0) vs. Lisa Mauldin (6-3)
- Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Bruno Cappelozza (15-7) vs. Sergei Bilostenniy (11-3)
- Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Taila Santos (19-3) vs. Denise Kielholtz (8-5)
- Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Steve Mowry (10-1-1) vs. Oleg Popov (16-1)
- Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Kana Watanabe (12-2-1) vs. Shanna Young (9-5)
- Women’s Flyweight Regular Season Bout: Chelsea Hackett (4-1-1) vs. Jena Bishop (6-0)
- Featherweight Showcase Bout: Lucas Brennan (9-0) vs. Dimitre Ivy (12-7)
2024 PFL 2 – Las Vegas (April 12)
- Light Heavyweight Regular Season Main Event: Phil Davis (24-7) vs. Robert Wilkinson (17-2)
- Light Heavyweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Impa Kasanganay (15-4) vs. Alex Polizzi (10-3)
- Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Clay Collard (24-12) vs. Patricky Pitbull (25-12)
- Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Mads Burnell (18-5) vs. Michael Dufort (12-4)
- Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Sadibou Sy (16-7-2) vs. Josh Silveira (12-2)
- Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Antonio Carlos Jr. (15-5) vs. Simon Biyong (9-3)
PRELIMS (ESPN+, 6 pm ET)
- Light Heavyweight Regular Season Bout: Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (21-7-1) vs. Jakob Nedoh (8-1)
- Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Bruno Miranda (16-4) vs. Brent Primus (12-3)
- Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Gadzhi Rabadanov (20-4-2) vs. Solomon Renfro (11-4)
- Lightweight Regular Season Bout: Jay Jay Wilson (10-1) vs. Adam Piccolotti (14-5)
- Heavyweight Showcase Bout: Marcelo Nunes (10-2) vs. Giacomo Lemos (8-0)
2024 PFL 3 – Chicago (April 19)
MAIN CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 10 p.m. ET)
- Welterweight Regular Season Main Event: Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) vs. Magomed Umalatov (14-0)
- Featherweight Regular Season Co-Main Event: Brendan Loughnane (27-5) vs. Pedro Carvalho (13-8)
- Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Logan Storley (15-2) vs. Shamil Musaev (16-0-1)
- Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Gabriel Braga (12-1) vs. Justin Gonzalez (14-3)
- Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Goiti Yamauchi (28-6) vs. Neiman Gracie (12-4)
- Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Bubba Jenkins (21-7) vs. Kai Kamaka (12-5-1)
PRELIMS (ESPN+, 6:30pm E.T.)
- Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Adam Borics (18-2) vs. Enrique Barzola (20-7-2)
- Featherweight Regular Season Bout: Timur Khizriev (14-0) vs. Brett Johns (20-3)
- Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Laureano Staropoli (13-5) vs. Murad Ramazanov (11-0)
- Welterweight Regular Season Bout: Don Madge (10-4-1) vs. Kyle Crutchmer (10-2)
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