The PFL announced the full fight card for the second event of the first PFL African season, which will be held at Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Johannesburg, South Africa on August 9th. This shows the growing excitement around the new regional MMA league following the organization’s sell-out debut event held earlier this month in Cape Town.
PFL Africa Johannesburg
The Johannesburg Card features top featherweight and welterweight fighters from across Africa compete in the first round, aiming to secure a spot in the PFL Africa semi-finals. The main event promises an exciting matchup against Nigerian Patrick Oshmeme. Patrick Osh holds a 6-1 record and faces Guinea’s Mohamed Kamalta (5-2-1). Meanwhile, in the joint main event, Angola’s Shido Boris Esperanca (9-1) will take on Ibrahimane (14-5) of Gambia in a welterweight conflict.
In addition to the headline fight, the lineup includes several other keyboards featuring promising talents such as British Boroyan and Octave Ainda, Sanon Sadek against Yabuna Nukkala and Eaa Adesina. The event also includes alternative battles in both heavy divisions to ensure depth of competition.
Featherweight First Row Domain Event: Patrick Ocheme (6-1) vs. Mohamed Camara (5-2-1)
Welterweight First Round Co-Main Event: Shido Boris Esperanca (9-1) vs. Ibrahima Mané (14-5)
First round match of welterweight: British Boroyan (3-1) vs. Octave ayinda (5-0)
First round welterweight match: Sanon Sadek (7-2) vs. Yabna N’tchala (11-2-1)
Welterweight first round match: Osvaldo Benedito (3-1) vs. Emilios Dassi (4-1-0)
Featherweight first round match: wasi adeshina (7-3) vs. Jean Jacques Lubaya (9-1)
Featherweight first round match: Wilkar Nusamo (7-0) vs. Dwight Joseph (14-2, 1 NC)
First round featherweight match: Elbert Stein (3-0) vs. Abderaman Erachidi (4-1)
Alternate featherweight match: Abdur Razak Sankara (6-3) vs Shadrik Yemba (4-0)
Alternate welterweight match: Desmond Tamnan (5-0) vs. Kunle Late (2-1)
PFL Africa: Johannesburg is scheduled to start at 6pm Eastern Time in South Africa and will air on multiple platforms including Supersports across Africa, French Canal+ and the US PFL app.
Tickets for fans who wish to participate are available through official outlets, reflecting strong local support for the continent’s growing MMA scene. The event continues to showcase PFL’s commitment to developing high-level mixed martial arts competitions within Africa.