Dakota Ditcheva & Jena Bishop face off in the SmartCage after the PFL Women’s Flyweight World Championship ๐ฟ #PFLChicago | Main Card LIVE NOW via ESPN 2 https://t.co/ysS4fjjyVX
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October 17, 2026
in August 2025 at
Professional Fighters League World Tournament Finals, Bishop of Jena
stop Liz Carmouche in the third round. He has since insisted that the layoff was premature and vowed to avenge the loss.
In Friday’s main event
PFL Chicago 2 at Wintrust Arena, Bishop did just that. She survived a punishing opening round and outlasted Carmouche (26-9) in a back-and-forth fight to win the vacant PFL Women’s Flyweight Championship.
Jena Bishop avenges PFL Chicago 2 loss to Liz Carmouche with 48-47 decision
Carmouche rocked Bishop with punches in the first and dominated the rest of the round with ground and pound, earning a 10-8 score from all three unofficial Sherdog scorers. But Bishop (12-3) recovered and used his grappling to neutralize Carmouche for much of the remaining four rounds. Carmouche had to defend takedowns and submission attempts, but continued to hurt Bishop’s legs. Bishop took Carmouche down midway through the fifth and followed with a naked choke, but “Girl-Rilla” lived until the final bell. All three judges scored Bishop 48-47. None of them gave Carmouche a 10-8 lead in the first round.
Gabriel Braga lost the disagreement Timur Khizriev in their first meeting in 2024, the Brazilian won the fight. He tried for a different result in the PFL Chicago 2 Main Event, but again fell short on the scorecards.
Braga (17-4) hurt Hizriev with a left hook in the first, then dropped him twice with punches in the second. Hizriev (19-0) recovered and the featherweights continued to trade, both bloodied by the final bell. All three unofficial Sherdog scorers favored Braga 29-28. One official judge agreed, but the other two scored it 29-28 in Hizriev’s favor, giving him another split decision victory.
Sarvaryon Khamidov strengthened his case with a shot at the PFL bantamweight title Rafael do Nascimento in the first round. The Tajik fighter knocked out Do Nascimento (13-4) with a
a short left hook and followed up with a hammerfist until the Brazilian passed out. The finish came at 1:49, improving Khamidov to 18-1.
Oualy Tandia earned a unanimous decision JP Saint Louis in his 173-pound bout. Tandia landed the cleaner shots and largely controlled the tempo, while Saint Louis (12-6) found success with takedowns. Tandia (6-0) prevailed 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27.
Eliezer Kumbana overwhelmed Trey Waters
with a kick to stop the first round. Kubanza (10-1) knocked off Waters,
he then sent the American back to the canvas after regaining his feet. Takedowns ended the welterweight bout at 1:36, dropping Waters 10-3.
Emiliano Sorti recovered from a difficult opening lap to stop Abraham Bably with a punch in the other. Variety (28-14-1)
hurt Bably and continued to attack with punches and knees until his opponent collapsed along the fence. The light heavyweight bout ended at 3:13 of the 2nd round, with Bably down 8-4.
Lightweight contender Kevin Pease
improved to 9-0 with first round submissions Cassio Barao. “Sweet Pea”
reached Barao’s back and secured the rear naked chokeforcing Brazil (10-2-1) to tap at 3:28.
After absorbing heavy injuries in the opening round, Shannon Clark gathered to a halt Lucero Acosta in the third. As Acosta (6-3) tired, Clark (9-1) increased the pressure and took control on the ground.
Elbows and punches from the top position urged the judge
Kevin MacDonald intervene at 1:59.
Gamid Khizriev dominated Michael Boylan (6-2) en route to a first-round TKO. Hizriev (8-0) secured an early takedown, advanced through dominant positions and
finished with punches and elbowsasking the judge
Nick Cimmarusti to end the fight at 3:04.
Low weight prospect Cobey Fehr
submitted Rosario Romero in 58 seconds. Fehr (5-0) secured the takedown,
took Romero’s back and applied a rear naked choke that rendered his opponent unconscious. Romero went down 4-1.
A light prospect Levan Khabalaev stopped Brock Hamer
in 61 seconds. Khabalaev (7-0)
dropped Hamer with punches and continued to attack with knees and punches along the fence to force a stoppage. Hamer fell 5:2.
Paulina Wisniewska improved to 8-1 by unanimous decision over fellow flyweights Chelsea Hackett (5-4-1). All three judges scored the fight 29-28.
Noah Hermosillo opened the preliminary card with a third-round TKO Caden Cox
(2-1). After two rounds of competition Hermosillo (2-0)
dropped Cox with a kick to the body and finished with punches at 1:43.
