Overview

• PFL Africa’s second card in Johannesburg launched first-round featherweight and welterweight tournament action with multiple finishes and bracket advancement.
• Abdoul Razac Sankara’s first-round question-mark kick knockout and Dwight Joseph’s buzzer-beating flying knee KO delivered two of the night’s most spectacular finishes.
• Consecutive sold-out events in Cape Town and Johannesburg highlight the success of PFL’s franchise-style global expansion into Africa.
• PFL founder Donn Davis publicly voiced disappointment over Francis Ngannou’s absence from both continental cards, straining the chairman’s relationship with league leadership.
• Rising African fighters have seized the spotlight, with a 70% finish rate fueling momentum ahead of the featherweight and welterweight semifinals.