The next big PFL card is PFL Chicago on Friday, October 16, at Wintrust Arena, where Liz Carmouche (26-8) meets Jena Bishop (11-3) for the first PFL women’s flyweight world title. The main card starts at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, after an early card at 6 p.m. ET on the ESPN App.
No moneyline for the fight was posted on ESPN’s card as of September 24, 2026, so no price is quoted here. The last PFL card in the U.S. was PFL Tampa on August 22, where Cris Cyborg kept her featherweight title.
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PFL Chicago fight card
- Women’s flyweight title: Liz Carmouche (26-8) vs. Jena Bishop (11-3)
- Featherweight co-main event: Timur Khizriev (18-0) vs. Gabriel Braga (17-3)
- Bantamweight: Sarvarjon Khamidov (17-1) vs. Rafael do Nascimento (13-2)
- Welterweight: Oualy Tandia (5-0) vs. JP Saint Louis (12-5)
- Light heavyweight: Emiliano Sordi (26-14-1) vs. Abraham Bably (8-3)
The main event is a rematch of the 2025 World Tournament women’s flyweight final, which Carmouche won by knockout in the third round. She has won 13 of her last 14 fights. Bishop, an IBJJF No-Gi world champion, has won twice since that final, both by first-round submission.
Khizriev returns unbeaten after a long recovery from an armed attack and a broken hand. He won the 2024 featherweight World Tournament and beat Braga the first time by split decision.
The nine-fight early card is led by a lightweight bout between Gamid Khizriev (5-0) and Michael Boylan (6-1), and a women’s flyweight bout between Shannon Clark (8-1) and Lucero Acosta (6-2).
Upcoming PFL events
| Date (2026) | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 2 | PFL MENA: Riyadh | Green Halls, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Saturday, October 10 | PFL Africa: Morocco | Salle Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco |
| Friday, October 16 | PFL Chicago | Wintrust Arena, Chicago |
| Saturday, November 14 | PFL Dubai | Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai |
| Saturday, December 19 | PFL Lyon | LDLC Arena, Lyon, France |
Two more title fights are set after Chicago. Vadim Nemkov defends the PFL heavyweight title against Sergei Bilostenniy in Dubai on November 14, and Taylor Lapilus meets Mitch McKee for the first PFL bantamweight title in Lyon on December 19.
The Casablanca card on October 10 holds the semifinals of the PFL Africa tournament. It is a bracket, like the World Tournament was. The PFL announced the semifinal pairings on August 13.
PFL Tampa results
| Fight | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Cris Cyborg vs. Ketlen Vieira | Cris Cyborg | Unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) |
| Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Tracy Reeder | Gadzhi Rabadanov | TKO (punches), 4:38 of round 1 |
| Sabrinna de Sousa vs. Taila Santos | Sabrinna de Sousa | Unanimous decision |
| Luke Trainer vs. Roland Dunlap | Luke Trainer | TKO (front kick and punches), 2:52 of round 2 |
| Nkosi Ndebele vs. Marcirley Alves | Nkosi Ndebele | Unanimous decision |
| Daniel Marcos vs. Magomed Magomedov | Daniel Marcos | TKO (injury), 0:11 of round 3 |
| Javid Basharat vs. Movsar Ibragimov | Javid Basharat | Unanimous decision |
| Dakota Bush vs. Morques Forest | Dakota Bush | Split decision |
| Natan Schulte vs. Artur Zaynukov | Natan Schulte | Unanimous decision |
| Gino Van Steenis vs. Robert Watley | Gino Van Steenis | Unanimous decision |
| Eoin Sheridan vs. James Vake | Eoin Sheridan | KO (knee), 4:09 of round 1 |
Cyborg went to 30-2 with the win at Benchmark International Arena. Vieira did not make weight, and Cyborg put the featherweight belt on the line anyway, then said after the fight that she did not know whether she would fight again.
De Sousa stayed unbeaten at 7-0 against Santos, a former title challenger, and Trainer’s win was his sixth in a row. Two 2025 World Tournament finalists fought in Tampa with opposite results. Rabadanov, the lightweight runner-up, won in the first round, while Alves, the bantamweight champion, lost a decision to Ndebele.
PFL World Tournament champions
The PFL’s most recent World Tournament season was 2025, with the finals on three cards in August. None of the 2026 events on the PFL’s own schedule is a World Tournament round, and its world titles in 2026 are decided in single fights such as Carmouche vs. Bishop.
| Division | 2025 champion | Beat in the final |
|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Oleg Popov | Alexandr Romanov |
| Light heavyweight | Antonio Carlos Jr. | Sullivan Cauley |
| Middleweight | Fabian Edwards | Dalton Rosta |
| Welterweight | Thad Jean | Logan Storley |
| Lightweight | Alfie Davis | Gadzhi Rabadanov |
| Featherweight | Movlid Khaybulaev | Jesus Pinedo |
| Bantamweight | Marcirley Alves | Justin Wetzell |
| Women’s flyweight | Liz Carmouche | Jena Bishop |
The welterweight and featherweight finals were in Atlantic City on August 1, 2025, the lightweight, bantamweight and women’s flyweight finals in Charlotte on August 15, and the three heaviest divisions in Hollywood, Florida, on August 21.
How to read PFL odds
When the Chicago lines go up, read each price as a chance. A fighter at -200 is priced to win 66.7% of the time, and one at +180 at 35.7%. A bet is worth making only when you rate a fighter’s chance higher than the price does, and a method or round prop is a separate bet with its own price.
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