After he just waited nearly 16 months in between fights before he pounded on his last opponent earlier this summer, Rockford-area MMA star Corey Anderson now has his Professional Fighters League (PFL) title fight, and he didn't have to wait very long this time.

As part of what the PFL is billing as "a massive championship double-header," its return to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is slated for Oct. 3 and will include Anderson's first title fight as a member of the newly reformed MMA organization. The former Hononegah wrestling star, who went on to greatness in the UFC and with Bellator, won his first bout since PFL took over Bellator with a resounding TKO victory over Denis Goltsov on July 19 in the PFL Champions Series ― Africa. More on Corey Anderson: Rockton's Corey Anderson rains do

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