PFL Africa is heading to Casablanca on October 10 with its event fields all the way down to the ultimate 4 in three divisions. The cardboard at Mohammed V Sports activities Advanced will characteristic six semifinal fights, plus a heavyweight fundamental occasion between Senegal’s Abdoulaye Kane and Morocco’s Badr “Dastan” Medkouri. The winners of the event bouts transfer on to the PFL Africa Finals later this 12 months.
PFL Africa Morocco Bouts Introduced
Kane arrives with a 5-2 file and a end in every of his 5 victories: 4 knockouts and one submission. Medkouri, 9-3, can have dwelling help in Casablanca and carries eight knockout wins into the matchup. It’s a heavyweight combat outdoors the semifinal brackets, but it surely provides the Morocco present a neighborhood headliner with a transparent Senegal-versus-Morocco angle.
The co-main occasion places unbeaten Karim “The Kryptonian” Henniene in opposition to Raphael Uchegbu in a bantamweight semifinal. Algeria-born, Canada-based Henniene is 7-0 and booked his place with an anaconda choke of South Africa’s Thimna Mhlauli within the opening spherical in Lagos. The submission got here at 2:23 of the primary spherical.
Uchegbu, a Nigerian fighter with an 11-2 file, superior on that very same June 13 card with a unanimous-decision win over Edson Machavane. All three judges scored it 30-27. Henniene brings the unbeaten file and fast submission win; Uchegbu enters after banking three composed rounds.
The opposite bantamweight semifinal opens the principle card, with Liberia’s Dwight Joseph going through Angola’s Boule Godogo. Joseph brings a 16-3 file, whereas Godogo is 5-2. Godogo reached this stage by stopping Dauda Rajabu with ground-and-pound late within the third spherical through the Nigeria occasion.
At welterweight, Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança, 12-2, meets South Africa’s Peace Nguphane, 9-3. The division’s second semifinal pairs Guinea-Bissau’s Rivaldo Pereira, 4-2, with unbeaten Nigerian David Samuel, 6-0. Samuel has the clear file, whereas Pereira has an opportunity to offer Guinea-Bissau a finalist within the first PFL Africa event season.
Light-weight supplies an all-Nigerian semifinal when Patrick Ocheme meets Cornel Thompson. Ocheme, 9-1, superior in Lagos with one of many evening’s faster highlights, flattening Octave Ayinda with a flying knee at 3:17 of Spherical 1. Thompson, 12-3, took a distinct route, successful a three-round determination over Aureo Cruz by three 29-28 scorecards.
Senegal’s Demba Seck, 11-3, faces Chad’s unbeaten Hussain Al Kurdi, 3-0, within the different light-weight semifinal. Seck earned a 30-27 sweep in opposition to Jean Do Santos in June, whereas Al Kurdi submitted Abderrahman Errachidy with a rear-naked choke within the second spherical.
Heavyweight Essential Occasion: Abdoulaye Kane (5-2) vs. Badr Medkouri (9-3)
Bantamweight Semifinal Co-Essential Occasion: Karim Henniene (7-0) vs. Raphael Uchegbu (11-2)
Welterweight Semifinal: Shido Boris Esperança (12-2) vs. Peace Nguphane (9-3)
Light-weight Semifinal: Patrick Ocheme (9-1) vs. Cornel Thompson (12-3)
Welterweight Semifinal: Rivaldo Pereira (4-2) vs. David Samuel (6-0)
Light-weight Semifinal: Demba Seck (11-3) vs. Hussain Al Kurdi (3-0)
Bantamweight Semifinal: Dwight Joseph (16-3) vs. Boule Godogo (5-2)
Morocco is PFL Africa‘s first cease in North Africa after its June occasion in Lagos. The semifinal lineup contains fighters representing Algeria, Angola, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa, giving Casablanca a card with loads of flags in play and finals locations on the road.
