Yesterday, the PFL announced their first event of 2026 which will go down in Dubai on February 7th. The card will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between Usman Nurmagomedov and Alfie Davis. This morning, the promotion officially announced the co-main event.
It was announced that the PFL welterweight title will be on the line as the last Bellator welterweight champion Ramazan Kurmagomedov (13-0) will be taking on the 2024 PFL welterweight season champion, Shamil Musaev (20-0-1).
This will be Musaev’s first fight since winning that season championship against Magomed Umalatov by third round TKO. Musaev fought to a draw back in his KSW days in 2023, but since then, he’s gone 5-0 with four stoppages and world championship on his resume. Now, he’ll look to become the promotion’s off

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