The PFL Europe Paris card at the Accor Arena next month will herald the MMA debut of former Manchester United star Patrice Evra.
Evra (0-0 MMA), 43 years young, will face an opponent yet to be determined in Paris, France on May 23, 2025. Promotion officials announced the news via press release on Friday.
In a football (or soccer if you prefer) career that stretched from 1998 to 2018, France’s Evra, originally from Senegal, made 533 on-field appearances and appeared twice in the FIFA World Cup. In eight years with Man U, Evra won 14 trophies including five Premier League titles and one UEFA Champions League.
He wrapped up his career with Westham in 2018; in 2024, he was found guilty by a French court of abandoning his wife, Sandra, and their child, and sentenced to 12 months behind bars, suspended for two years– a verdict the former football star has appealed. At the time, the court determined Evra owed 969,000 euros in unpaid alimony.
No debut opponent has been announced for Patrice Evra, though he was quoted in Friday’s press release as saying “You guys should know by now, I love this game too! I’ve performed on the world’s biggest stages, won every major trophy in football, but PFL Europe Paris will be an incredibly special night for me.”
“I’ve been training alongside the best in the world for years, and they’ll also tell you I’m ready for this. I’m going to put on a show at the Accor Arena on 23 May, so come watch the spectacle.”
