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Professional Fighters League Announces PFL Africa Launch; Debut Set for July 26 in Cape Town

The Professional Fighters League’s long-promised foray into Africa is now official, and the promotion appears to be pulling out all the stops to ensure it was worth the wait.

On Wednesday, the PFL announced the debut of PFL Africa, with the kickoff event on July 26 in Cape Town, South Africa set to inaugurate a tournament across four events in the second half of the year. It will be the third such regional league for PFL, which currently runs a European tournament as well as PFL MENA, which focuses on the Middle East and primarily Arabic-speaking North Africa.