KANE RULES CASABLANCA! 🇸🇳👑 He did it again! Abdoulaye Kane brings explosive heavyweight fire to the main event stage and takes home a huge TKO victory in Senegal! 🇸🇳🔥 Absolute titan in the cage! #PFLMorocco | LIVE NOW | Mohammed V Complex | Live broadcast via SuperSport and STARZPLAY
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October 10, 2026
The
Professional fighter league Africa held its tournament semi-finals on Saturday at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca, Morocco.
The
PFL Africa 3: 2026 Playoffs A heavyweight clash was headlined Abdoulaye Kane Free Mp3 Download and advertising newcomer Badr Medkour. The heavyweights traded blows early before the action was temporarily halted due to an apparent eye poke from Kane. Medkouri was given time to recover and was able to continue.
Abdoulaye Kane finishes Badr Medkour in the first round in Casablanca
As the action resumed, Kane (6-2, 3-2 PFL) controlled the Moroccan Medkour (9-4, 0-1 PFL) against the cage before taking him down. On the canvas, the Senegalese fighter landed punches as his opponent tried to escape. Kane then
unleashed a series of elbows that forced referee Paul Crossley to stop the game. The technical knockout came at 4:06 of the first round. Kane bounced back from the deficit to improve to 3-1 in his last four games.
In the featherweight co-main event Yanis Ghemmouri (14-4, 2-1 PFL), a former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter and 2025 PFL MENA finalist, choked Taha Bendaoudattack, waiting for him to overcommit. Ghemmouri took the fight to the canvas several times in the second and third rounds and kept Bendaoudi (5-3, 2-3 PFL) at bay with strikes. The Moroccan struggled to impose his game as the match wore on. All three judges scored Ghemmour 30-27, giving the Algerian a unanimous victory.
In the semifinals of the lightweight tournament Shido Boris Esperanca (13-2, 5-1 PFL) stop Rahu Nguphane (9-4, 1 NC; 1-1 PFL) 63 seconds into the fight. Esperanca, who missed 172 pounds on Friday, hurt Nguphane early. “The Machine” maintained the pressure and earned a TKO.
The other 170-pound semifinal featured an International Mixed Martial Arts Federation veteran David Samuel (5-0, 2-0 PFL) to overcome Rivaldo Pereira (4-3, 1-1 PFL) three rounds to earn a unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring it 30-27. “Django” controlled the fighting exchanges but went the distance for the first time in his professional career. Samuel will face Esperanca in the final.
In the semifinals of the card’s only bantamweight Dwight Joseph (17-3, 1 NC; 3-1 PFL) with the edge Boule Godogo (5-3, 2-3 PFL) by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29). Joseph relied on his grappling but was unable to secure the finish despite taking Godogo’s back several times. He faces Raphael Uchegbu in the final against Uchegbu’s scheduled semi-final Alain Majorique was removed from the map.
In the lightweight semi-finals Patrick Ocheme (10-1, 4-0 PFL) earned a spot in the finals by elimination Cornel Thompson (12-4, 2-1 PFL) by body kick at 2:46 of the first round. Thompson
backed up and fell to the canvas as soon as “Star Boi” connected with the punchand Ocheme held back when the referee intervened.
Another lightweight semi-final, sometime Demba Seck
(11-3, 1 NC; 1-0, 1 NC PFL) and Hussain Al Kurdi (3-0, 1 NC; 1-0, 1 NC PFL),
ended in a no contest after Al Kurdi accidentally landed a knee to the groin after 37 seconds. Seck used the full five-minute recovery period but was unable to continue. He advanced under PFL tournament rules and will face Ocheme in the final.
welterweight, Mohamed Ba
(4-1, 1 NC; 1-0, 1 NC PFL) def Yabna N’Tchala (14-4-1, 3-2 PFL) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) for the first decision win of his career. “Black Lion” used an effective beat to dictate the pace. Ba earned his first promotional win and handed N’Tchala his second straight loss.
Heavyweight veteran of the Legacy Fighting Alliance Reda Abdellaoui (5-0, 1-0 PFL) remained undefeated by forcing Tunisia Salim Mhamdi (2-2, 0-1 PFL)
touch the rear choke at 2:11 of the opening frame. “The Lynx” earned his fifth-place finish with as many pro wins and his second-place finish with a naked choke.
Formerly a former African Knockout titleholder Jane Osigwe
(6-4, 1-1 PFL) was defeated Sanaa Mandar (3-3, 0-1 PFL) by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27) at 132 pounds.
In the opening lightweight competition Abderrahman Errachidy (6-2, 2-1 PFL) earned his first decision win by submission Oussama El Idrissi (3-1, 0-1 PFL) on all three scorecards (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
