Mixed Martial Arts promotion, Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced the complete card for the semifinals of its inaugural Africa season, PFL Africa set for Saturday, October 18, at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.
Four Cameroonian MMA stars are on the lineup as Africa’s best elite fighters compete in the Heavyweight, Welterweight, Featherweight, and Bantamweight divisions with their sights set on Benin, where the inaugural PFL Africa champions will be crowned in December, according a press release published Wednesday by the organization.
In the Heavyweight bracket, Maxwell Djantou Nana will square off with South Africa’s undefeated Justin Clarke as both men are eager to establish themselves as the face of PFL Africa’s ‘big boys’ division. Nana will be looking to hand Clarke his first professional loss and secure his own place in the final.
In the Welterweight class, Octave Ayinda, who blasted through his previous opponent with a first-round TKO in Johannesburg to cruise to the semis, will face Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança in a highly anticipated semifinal bout.
In another Welterweight clash of the night, rising star Emilios Dassi; a product of the Francis Ngannou Foundation will square off with Guinea-Bissau’s Yabna N’tchala as both men seek to inch closer to glory. Dassi, PFL said in a press release, “carries frightening knockout power” reminiscent of his countryman, Francis Ngannou.
PFL Rwanda show will feature 11 fights in total: eight semi-final bouts, two alternate bouts, and one showcase fight.
In one of the alternate bouts of the night, Cameroon’s undefeated Alain Majorique will take on Guinea’s Mohamed Camara in the Featherweight division.
Headlining the card, Nigeria’s unorthodox Featherweight star Patrick Ocheme meets Burkina Faso’s dynamic striker Abdoul Razac Sankara, who rides into the matchup with momentum from a “Knockout of the Night” performance at the eliminatory round in Johannesburg last month.
PFL will crown its first-ever Africa Champions across the four divisions at the tournament final in Benin come December.
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