The PFL has announced its third International Qualifier Series event.
In partnership with Russian Cagefighting Championship, the league will host a four-man tournament at an upcoming RCC show on Feb. 22, with the winner of that tournament moving on to compete in the 2020 PFL season. The show will take place at RCC Martial Arts Academy in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
In the bracket, Russia’s Timur Nagibin (15-4, 1 NC) will face Kazakhstan’s Muratbek Kasymbay (7-1), while Belarus’s Mikhail Odintsov (16-2) fights Russia’s Vladimir Kanunnikov (10-2). The winners of their respective bouts will meet each other in a tournament final, with the overall winner joining the PFL roster and earning a potential shot at the league’s $1,000,000 year-end prize.