PFL’s Donn Davis announced on Tuesday that the PFL’s venture into Africa will kick off this July with 4 single-elimination events to determine the PFL 2025 Africa Champion.
PFL Africa Launches This July!!!
32 fighters from 14 nations compete in 4 single elimination events to become PFL 2025 Africa Champion …
3rd regional league from @PFLMMA
May 6 major press announcement with fighter roster and event location details!#PFLMMA #PFLAfrica pic.twitter.com/BTxtajy22e
— Donn Davis (@DonnDavisPFL) April 22, 2025
The PFL has been looking to make the move into Africa with it’s own regional league since signing Francis Ngannou and naming him chairman of PFL Africa in 2023. A little over two-years later they have finally announced that the league will in fact materialize.
“PFL African Launches This July!!!,” wrote Davis on X.
“32 fighters from 14 nations compete in 4 single elimination events to become PFL 2025 Africa Champion…
3rd regional league from @PFLMMA
May 6 major press announcement with fighter roster and event location details!”
Ngannou (18-3) is chairman and equity owner in PFL Africa as part of his deal with the promotion. The former UFC heavyweight champion signed his deal in 2023, but did not compete for the PFL until October 2024 at PFL Super Fights in Riyadh. He lost two boxing matches before stepping into the PFL cage.
It adds another interesting to the PFL story that has really picked up steam since absorbing Bellator in November 2023. Since then the PFL has continued to hold events, eventually letting Bellator fade into the night, but not without controversy.
Since the merger some of Bellator and PFL’s top fighters have complained publicly about lack of fights. Patricio Pitbull campaigned for his release until he got it and eventually signed with the UFC. Aaron Pico made his move to the UFC as well.
PFL star Dakota Ditcheva spoke out in an interview with MMA Junkie about wanting to get a fight booked badly. The next day Davis posted on X announcing that an announcement with fight dates and opponents for Ditcheva and stars like Patchy Mix and Johnny Eblen were coming.
The story gets more interesting every month with the PFL.
