Overview

• The finals take place this Friday, Aug. 15, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte with preliminaries streaming on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET and the main card airing on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET and on DAZN internationally.
• In the lightweight main event, defending champion Gadzhi Rabadanov brings a 12-fight winning streak with all recent wins by early stoppage against underdog Alfie Davis.
• Veteran Liz Carmouche meets rising star Jena Bishop in the women’s flyweight co-main, matching Carmouche’s Bellator and UFC title experience against Bishop’s unbeaten 2025 tournament run.
• The bantamweight final pits striker Marciley Alves—who advanced by split and unanimous decisions—against wrestler Justin Wetzell, who is riding back-to-back decision victories.
• These title bouts conclude PFL’s April–August season under its new single-elimination World Tournament structure, featuring $500,000 winner purses and newly allowed elbow strikes.