The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is less than 24 hours away from making its debut in Morocco, part of a wider PFL Africa initiative to develop and promote mixed martial arts (MMA) in a largely untapped region. While the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues ignore the pleas of its top African starsand Masters of African descentPFL forwards with some of the continent’s most recognizable names.
This includes CrossFit Games athlete and seven-time African sambo champion Sanaa Mandari, who will take on 21-year-old Nigerian phenom Jane Osigwe as part of the PFL Morocco fight card on Saturday. at night (October 10, 2026) from the Mohammad V Sports Complex in Casablanca. The entire 11-game lineup, headlined by a titanic tilt between heavyweight heavyweights Abdoulaye Kane and Badr Medkour, will be broadcast exclusively on Starzplay network at 1 p.m. ET.
Elsewhere on the card, the finalists in the bantamweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions will be determined, with the winners competing for $100,000 in prize money and the right to be declared the best in their class later this year. All 22 fighters met earlier today in Casablanca at the official PFL Africa: “Morocco” weigh-ins, embedded above.
Full weigh-in results for PFL Morocco below:
Heavyweight Main Event: Abdoulaye Kane (265.2) vs. Badr Medkouri (226.8)
Featherweight: Taha Bendaoud (145) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (146)
Lightweight semi-final: Shido Boris Esperança (172) vs. Peace Nguphane (168.8)
Lightweight semifinal: Patrick Ocheme (155) vs. Cornel Thompson (155.2)
Lightweight semi-final: Rivaldo Pereira (169.2) vs. David Samuel (169.8)
PFL Morocco Qualifiers Map:
Lightweight: Yabna N’Tchalá (169.6) vs. Mohamed Ba (169.2)
Weight: Reda Abdellaoui (135.6) vs. Salim Mhamdi (135)
Bantamweight semifinal: Dwight Joseph (135.6) vs. Boule Godogo (135)
Lightweight semi-finals: Demba Seck (155.2) vs. Hussain Al Kurdi (156)
Bantamweight (132 lbs.): Jane Osigwe (132.2) vs. Sanaa Mandar (132.8)
Lightweight: Abderrahman Errachidy (154.6) vs. Osama El Idrissi (155.8)
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