The PFL’s next card is PFL Dubai on Saturday, November 14, at Coca-Cola Arena, where heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov (20-2) defends his title against #3-ranked Sergei Bilostenniy (15-4). No price on any of the 15 fights was posted on ESPN’s board when it was read at 15:29 UTC on November 1.
The main card starts at 1 p.m. Eastern (10 p.m. in Dubai) and the preliminary card at 9 a.m. Eastern, both on the ESPN app in the U.S. It is the PFL’s fourth card in Dubai and its first there since the merger with Most Valuable Promotions, announced on July 30.
Nemkov vs. Bilostenniy: the heavyweight title
By the PFL’s count, Nemkov has gone unbeaten in his last 15 appearances. Bilostenniy was the first fighter to stop Karl Williams and has since finished former PFL champion Renan Ferreira. The two are former training partners from Fedor Emelianenko’s team, and the PFL’s card announcement of October 27 says they have shared camps.
Our PFL odds and predictions page published its call on October 21: “Prediction: Vadim Nemkov to defeat Sergei Bilostenniy”, with no bet until a verified moneyline is posted. That still stands. With no price on the board on November 1, there is nothing to weigh the call against, so it stays a lean on the winner and not a wager.
The full PFL Dubai card
The co-main event puts Belgium’s undefeated #4 Patrick Habirora (9-0) outside Europe for the first time, against #5 Omar El Dafrawy (16-6), the first PFL MENA welterweight champion. Habirora comes in after a 20-second knockout of former UFC champion Benson Henderson in Brussels.
| Card | Bout | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Main, title | Vadim Nemkov (20-2) vs. #3 Sergei Bilostenniy (15-4) | Heavyweight |
| Main, co-main | #4 Patrick Habirora (9-0) vs. #5 Omar El Dafrawy (16-6) | Welterweight |
| Main | Pouya Rahmani (6-0) vs. #1 Oleg Popov (23-2) | Heavyweight |
| Main | Abubakar Nurmagomedov (17-4-1) vs. David Martinez (17-6) | Welterweight |
| Main | #4 Sergio Pettis (25-8) vs. Joji Goto (21-9-1) | Bantamweight |
| Prelims | Shem Rock (12-3-1) vs. Connor Hughes (12-3) | Lightweight |
| Prelims | Lewis McGrillen (13-2) vs. Nawras Abzakh (15-6) | Bantamweight |
| Prelims | #8 Asaël Adjoudj (11-1) vs. Movlid Khaybulaev (23-0-1) | Featherweight |
| Prelims | #9 Alexei Pergande (8-0) vs. Akhmed Magomedov (11-2) | Lightweight |
| Prelims | #10 Khasan Magomedsharipov (11-0) vs. #7 Adam Borics (20-4) | Featherweight |
| Prelims | #2 Denis Goltsov (37-9) vs. #6 Maxwell Djantou Nana (9-2) | Heavyweight |
| Prelims | #7 Ernesto Rodriguez (11-2) vs. Rhys McKee (15-7-1) | Welterweight |
| Prelims | Khabib Nabiev (12-0) vs. Styve Ngono (8-1) | Light heavyweight |
| Prelims | Khamzat Abaev (6-1) vs. Leon Hill (10-2) | Welterweight |
| Prelims | Aleksandra Savicheva (8-2) vs. Jacinta Austin (9-2) | Women’s strawweight |
Rankings and records are as the PFL listed them on October 27. Popov, ranked #1 at heavyweight, won the 2025 World Tournament heavyweight final by split decision over Alexandr Romanov. Khaybulaev won the 2025 featherweight tournament with a fifth-round submission of Jesus Pinedo.
After Dubai: PFL Lyon on December 19
PFL Lyon at LDLC Arena crowns the first PFL bantamweight world champion: France’s #3 Taylor Lapilus (25-4) against undefeated American #1 Mitch McKee (11-0). The preliminary card is listed for 11 a.m. Eastern and the main card for 3 p.m., on the ESPN app in the U.S.
The PFL says Lyon is its last event under the PFL name. From January 1, 2027, its events run under the Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) banner.
| Date | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 14 | PFL Dubai: Nemkov vs. Bilostenniy | Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai |
| Dec. 11 | PFL Khobar | Dhahran Expo, Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
| Dec. 12 | PFL Africa: Kigali (three tournament finals) | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda |
| Dec. 19 | PFL Lyon: Lapilus vs. McKee | LDLC Arena, Lyon |
Road to Dubai: how Nurmagomedov beat Hughes twice
The PFL Champions Series: Road to Dubai card of January 25, 2025, ended with Usman Nurmagomedov keeping the Bellator lightweight title against Paul Hughes by majority decision: 47-47, 48-46 and 48-46. Nemkov won by first-round submission on that card.
They met again at Coca-Cola Arena on October 3, 2025, in Road to Dubai: The Rematch, for the PFL lightweight world title. All three judges had Nurmagomedov this time, 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47, and he left 20-0 with one no contest.
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